- From: Silas S. Brown <ssb22@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 05:52:05 +0000
- To: mark novak <menovak@facstaff.wisc.edu>
- CC: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
> You might find the table navigation interesting. Hi, yes I did find the idea interesting but that's what I tried and got the JavaScript errors on. I'm afraid that no way am I installing Internet Explorer 4. The reasons for this are: 1. I have Internet Explorer 2.0 that came with WinNT, and I know that if I install IE4 I'll never see IE2 again, knowing Microsoft's installation procedures. I want to make sure that web pages etc can be read through old browsers like IE2. All this "upgrade your browser and you'll never regret it" propaganda is no good for people like me who want several versions of browsers to co-operate, because not everyone in the world can afford to upgrade to IE4. Yes, I said afford. The download may be free, but the minimum hardware spec isn't, and the phone call isn't if you're anywhere other than America. And if you're stuck in one of those Eastern European countries with a 9600 baud modem that loads of people have to share, you're not going to be too popular making huge downloads. 2. Internet Explorer 4 has had more security advisories than any other piece of software I've seen. I don't trust it. 3. I simply don't have the disk space. 4. I think it might try to take over Netscape as well. You know what MS are like. Regards -- Silas S Brown, St John's College Cambridge UK http://epona.ucam.org/~ssb22/ "Earth itself has been given into the hand of the wicked one" - Job 9:24
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