Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:34:18 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Tires again!
In-Reply-To: <4E36FB4F.2070807@gmail.com>
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Jack (or is it Mike you prefer?), can you get an old version of Firefox to install along with the newer version you prefer? Seems that would cover you, even if you and others consider it to be "not cool." But think of it the way some think of their Vanagons -- an old version vehicle to do a job that newer versions can't. Unless someone "fixes" the archives, something like that seems the only way to go. mcneely
---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> No matter what others may have told you, I don't feel any sense of
> religiosity when discussing browsers.
>
> Yes, browsers are tools, and IE is the Wentworth socket set of tools.
>
> I reckon I can go to the public library to borrow an IE machine. The
> staff here running XP/Win7 are not allowed to use or have IE on their
> computers, and my Linux machines can't run IE.
>
> Curmudgeonliness is only acceptable for list posts on days that have a
> "y" in them.
> --
> RJS
>
> On 08/01/2011 11:40 AM, Richard A Jones wrote:
> >> Right, but for the 65% of us that don't use IE, the archives are
> >> unavailable.
> >>
> >> NOT starting a browser war! NOT! Just saying that it's a darn pity
> >> that the archives can't be coded to work with modern browsers.
> >
> > Mike:
> >
> > Browsers are tools, not religions. I don't "use" IE--except to
> > search the archives. The list is a tool. Searching the archives
> > should always be the first step. Posting a question should be
> > the second. I realize that many think the list is a place to
> > post stream-of-consciousness ramblings loosely connected to
> > Vanagons. I think that is unfortunate.
> >
> > The real heart of this is that many *always* have a reason why
> > they can't search the archives. Currently the old HTML of
> > the listserv and the new Firefox et al is the easy reason.
> >
> > BTW--you can search the archives by email. The page describing it
> > even displays correctly in the current Firefox:
> > http://gerry.vanagon.com/info/searching.html
> >
> > I say you can usually search the archives, find lots of info on
> > what you want, cull the good from the bad, and have answers quicker
> > than you can just post a question. There is almost a rule, "The
> > first reply is always wrong," so you have to wait a while and sift
> > through the replies to be sure of an answer.
> >
> > Yes, I'm having a curmudgeonly day. I'll get over it.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
--
David McNeely
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