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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

"I'm not really sure where this assumption that I don't know anything about backwards compatibility is coming from "

Another......ummm. I said thanks because you did inform, but the rant part of it was NOT directed at you. Just not sure how I should've made that clear. I didn't want to put an FR on the whole thing but,,,,,see what I mean ?

"Well, I suppose I could go into a long list of the advantages of modern operating systems and software versus 1990, but somehow I have feeling that is going to be lost... "
 
Quite perceptive LOL. (now ro figure out why I pick up your font when quoting....in the reply window anyway)
 
The gist of what I'm getting here is that it's easier to code for the newer browsers. Is that correct ? But what I really wonder is just what are all these features ? In my dinosaur I can see videos, click on things, the drags and drops work, all kinds of things. Just how much more can it do ? And to me, the question is why ? My knowledge of HTML is limited to I guess HTML one, done in notepad. But my point is it works.
 
"Well, DLink does kind of suck, but really, investing the $500 for a modern computer than can support a modern OS and modern software provides huge advantages compared to the stuff you seem to be running on, provided you take advantage of those advantages and not remain cemented in this "older is better" mentality."
 
Every time I upgrade I seem to not be able to do something that I want to do. For example I learned how to put new shortcuts into the sendto menu, in 98 it was easy, then in XP it took me a bit to find it, but i did. But then in Vista I found it and the damthing won't LET me put anything in there. I don't want to change the file associations. For example I put image editors in there so I can force it to open in Paintshop or Adobe, media files I can force to open in VLC and quite a few things I like to see in notepad.
 
I admit I'm a dinosaur. If I ever buy a new car (under threat, duress and coersion I assure you) there will be bullet holes appearing in the dashboard until the thing stops nagging me to put my seat belt on. Seriously. I think I want a Model T.
 
"I also think your undercutting a lot of the value of having a modern browser. I can't think of anyone (besides you) who doesn't believe that IE 9 (or even IE 8) is a significant improvement over IE6. "
 
Next to the back button in IE6 is  little bar. It will open up a dropdown with recently viewed pages. I am going to use it when I get done with this post. The usual back button doesn't want to take me back to the list of topics, and it's the same in IE8. However in IE8 my only choice seemed to be to make a bookmark for collarchat.com to get back. That is an example of a pet peeve. And though it's not really that big a deal I HATE how IE8 looks. And I don't want tabs, I want mutiple instances.
 
"I don't need to. It's the "Cannot connect to webpage error", typically resolved by reconnecting to your wireless router or plugging in your ethernet cable. "
 
Not 12007. I could be wrong but it seems to me no matter what browser you use, Windows and thus IE is involved. I've read a few pages about it and figured out how to correct it, but it's so much fun because it won't connect. Break out the thumbdrives or whatever.
 
"It's a huge improvement over Vista. As a devoted Ubuntu/Linux user, I have to swallow my pride and admit that I like Windows 7 almost as much as I like Ubuntu. "
 
I see the word "almost" :-)...... I have only played with Linux of any flavor a little bit, but it keeps looking better and better. Will Ubuntu run off CD like the older versions ? I've run the old dinoversions and while I realize there are alot of things you can't change in it obviously, it's kinda nice to have a totally bulletproof OS. Running off CD is about as secure as it gets I think.
 
T^T