RE: Design Change Requests

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   8. Re: Design Change Requests (rob)
>
>A big point to consider is that some people, using FF had no problem with 
>that site.  They just used a newer version of FF.  Is it really such a 
>PITA to upgrade your browser?  Or is there some business decision to 
>remain at ancient versions of the browser in order to test any website you 
>design that it is compatible with old versions of FF?  Are there really 
>"users", and not web developers, that use something like FF and refuse to 
>upgrade to a newer version of FF?


A browser upgrade is one of the first things I try, along with ensuring that my 
JRE, etc., is also current. (With recent Sun Java auto-update or notification, 
my Java is rarely behind anymore.) Current updates seem more important than 
choice of browser in terms of how often an update fixes the problem.

(That last bit is irritating because IBM sites seem to regularly require the 
absolute latest possible everything. Meanwhile, we often get to develop with 
lowest-common denominator tools or at least tools that are behind.)

I use Mozilla 1.7.11 with no idea how that relates to Firefox releases. My need 
for IE has dropped significantly during the past year.

I wonder how much of the IE market share is influenced by users like me. That 
is, I ~do~ use IE when there's no other way. Do I get counted as one IE user as 
well as one Mozilla user?

Tom Liotta