Originally Posted by kanebear
Yet it appears that a perception problem exists between what is fact and what is opinion! There the problem lies!
Statements such as "... it indisputedly has far better security compared to its predecessor, including a built-in phishing filter to help users detect and thus avoid malicious sites." appear to me to be a statement of fact. Yet perhaps I misread!
Even if so, on what basis do you make such absolute statements?? Such qualifications or equivalent experience are necessary to be able to evaluate said issues properly. Hence my question! What qualifies you to make such assertions?? Proper security evaluation and assessment is much more than an "opinion!" Of course, I don't purport to be an expert in such areas and never have. I don't recall you having done so as well, hence my question! If I am to accept advice, I'd like to know on what basis the person putting forward such advice is offering it! Is it based upon professional and/or personal experience or merely gleaned from reading what others have written on blogs and the web?? This is an important distinction!
Ah, yes, of course they can feel free... and are also quite free to break their ability to use software and 'sites that worked previously! While they're free to do so, I'm sure you wouldn't advise this.
Sadly, not all software and websites 'play nicely' with the latest and greatest from our friends in Redmond!
Sometimes, they even break their own software with updates designed to fix something else! Microsoft makes great products, yet they are not perfect! And no update is right for everyone!
A hypothetical example: Annabelle has a Personal Information Manager she's used since 2001 that's no longer supported and uses a proprietary data format that cannot be imported into modern software! It works perfectly under XPSP1, yet SP2 introduces new libraries that break the software! Surely this is a valid reason not to shift to SP2! And such examples are, sadly, quite common! So, you see, you may be unable to imagine why one wouldn't install SP2 but very valid reasons exist! And clearly, for our poor Anna, installing it would
not be a good thing! JMHO, of course.
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I'm not under arrest, am I? Is this just an interogation? Should I perhaps call my attorney?
Let me first say, to be clear, that I stand behind everything that I've posted here. What seems apparent to me is that some folks seem to think that they know everything, and that others know absolutely nothing! That, of course, is their 'opinion' and they are entitled to have it as I'd said before!
And insofar as I know, hubris is seemingly not a TOS violation, so....
FWIW, while I have software as well as some hardware experience dating back to the late 70's, I'll be the first to say that I do not know everything. It seems however, that you might be well be somewhat shocked at what I know based upon the rather scathing rants you've indulged in concerning my posts and I.
And also, yes, I'm well acquanted with your hypothetical example, and others in real life for that matter. I would surely have had her try to address their issue(s) over the last few years, wouldn't you have?
Or do you perhaps suggest that Anna, and others like her, use DOS? If so, I have a TRS-80 that I can perhaps get them a good deal on! LOL!!
I believe you are now, as you have in the past on many ocassions, showing less than good judgement, unfortunately. Yet that is not my problem, is it?
My personal experience, for what little it is worth, is that people have found IE7 to be a fine browser.
You, and other folks, should use whatever they like of course!
Have a great weekend all,
Mark