OK, so here in OZ we have instituted a regular get-together of state and federal heads to discuss issues around The 19, and how to deal with it. Officially it is called The National Cabinet. Enter the ABC Coronavirus Live Blog - an informal stream run by the ABC Newsroom to allow readers to ask questions and get clarifications about the various restrictions, lockdowns, vaccine rollouts, and so on. It has developed into quite the tight-knit community, with their own in-jokes (Hi Barbara - how's the pool-boy doing?) and their own slang. One of the central pieces of which is the nick-name for the National Cabinet - forever known as the NashyCab. Which resulted in extensive speculation about just what that was. Over the past couple of weeks, we have entered Nashi season here, and my chance to strike has arrived. I now present, for the first time in public, The NashiCab. The Ingredients For the Nut Crumble 200g Almonds (or Macadamias) 60g Butter 50g Brown Sugar 50g Raw Sugar For the Cr...
I dont' agree more of the typical elitist crap you see these days. i hope they get boycotted
ReplyDeleteSpeaking from experience, Internet Explorer 7 is just terrifying. I mean, it's not secure, at all, for starters. Imposing a tax that forces people to use a modern, safe browser is a wonderful idea. People probably didn't switch because they didn't know they had to, or because they're too lazy. Now, I know my fair share of lazy people, and even they would rather spend the 5~ minutes to get another browser properly set up and running than pay. On a side note, surprised/happy to see Opera listed!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet most people still using IE7 can't upgrade. Usually because of corporate lockdowns or simply because they don't know that they can.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a bad thing because I can still remember being locked out of banking and local government sites because I wasn't using IE even though Mozilla was rendering he website perfectly.
Actually I'll bet most of their IE7 traffic is Mozilla pretending it is IE7 because that is what you had to do.
Well, they're not being locked out, and the notice does show them what they can do, so I still think it is a net positive. And if corporate lockdown is to blame, well... this is a bargin retail site...
ReplyDeleteOkay ... so you are browsing from your Linux / Android / iOS / Mac box and you encounter a website that wants to charge you 6.8% more because you are not using IE 8/9. Are you happy then? Of course it helpfully points you to the microsoft site where you can download the latest version of IE ... does that make you feel any better?
ReplyDeleteAnd as for costs us more to support that is bollocks 8-(
Actually a better example would be if I was using Netscape4.3 or Firefox2. I do see your point, but the inherit incompatibilities of IE7 with the standards, and even with later versions of IE, combined with the security issues with it do make it a problem. Even Microsoft say so.
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