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On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 02:33:55 -0000, Mayayana wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote | What's obsolete? Doesn't all software still support | Win7? Of course, you can't use Metro apps, | | Does anybody? I've never met a single person who uses Metro in any way shape or form, it's just some annoying screen we all turn off. | It's not really relevant, but back when they cooked it up they had a plan: the same OS and apps across phone, tablet and desktop, with services and small screens taking over. But then they ended up with no phone and pretty much no tablet. So they have a phone app system on a desktop. Woops. It doesn't really matter if they were successful or not, a computer is not a phone, they're entirely different devices. Making one look like another is gross stupidity, like making a bicycle have the same interface as a car. |
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"Ken Blake" wrote
And it's not "the old and the new version." They are two *different* browsers. No, actually they're not. Edge is just IE with all the IE-specific functionality stripped out. That's why IE11 is similar to Edge but can also be set to compat mode to support ActiveX, VBScript, etc., while Edge cannot. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/201...oject-spartan/ They forked mshtml.dll (the IE DOM DLL) to another DLL, stripped out IE-specific things, may have added a thing or two. (That's not clear.) And it uses the IE9 javascript engine. Is IE-11 non-compat mode the same rendering as Edge? I don't know. For that matter, is Edge now the same rendering as in the first version of Win10? All versions of IE have been incompatible with the last. That's no exaggeration. So if Edge varies a bit in terms of rendering from IE11 that doesn't make it a different browser. It's the same basic thing underneath. Actually, one of the big problems with Edge is that it's still tied to Windows. It's not tied to the shell, as IE is, but it's not a browser in its own right. So even if someone gets a Win10 box to test their webpages in Edge, which Edge are they testing? Win10 is updated every 6 months. Does that mean there are now Edge versions 1-5? What a mess! Microsoft were trying, finally, to make a safe, compliant browser in order to start off a new attempt at creating a browser monopoly. But corporate IT depends deeply on HTAs and the amazing functionality that IE can provide when security is not an issue. So IE11 is there mainly for compatibility and Edge is the stripped down version that they tried to sell as "the not-IE MS browser". Edge could be thought of as "between two stools". It's broken as a version of IE. But given all the complaints it's evidently not yet compatible with standards. And now they plan to turn it into a Chrome clone so they can make cross-browser webpage apps. So it seems to be truly kaput. |
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 06:58:30 -0000, Mike wrote:
On 1/4/2019 3:49 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote: It's not private companies you have to worry about spying on you, they just want to thrust adverts down your throat. What you should be worried about is the government. So you believe that the "government" can't access win7? OR XP? OR your cellphone camera? OR your smart refrigerator? OR your car's GPS? I fail to see why you've established the complete opposite of what I've just said. I'm saying the government CAN and DOES access your computer. OR If you want complete anonymity, I'll lend you my VIC-20... well...I can't, it's running all my secret stuff... Worrying about the government is futile. If they can't get your computer, they'll just break down your door. Indeed, yet we keep on voting for them.... Ballot papers should have "none"as an option. |
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"KenW" wrote
| It only sucks if you don't spend the time to learn it. | Just like everything in life ! Interesting logic. So shoveling out horse stalls, getting a flat tire, or using a spoon with a broken handle are all wonderful once you know how to do it? I wonder if we could extend this to broken condoms and losing weight by eating potato chips. It sounds liberating! |
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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:47:56 -0000, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:19:34 -0000, Mayayana wrote: "Keith Nuttle" wrote | Name one good reason for staying with W-7 which is obsolete! What's obsolete? Doesn't all software still support Win7? Of course, you can't use Metro apps, Does anybody? I've never met a single person who uses Metro in any way shape or form, it's just some annoying screen we all turn off. I use Metro. Where I live it's a Taxi company. I sometimes use Metro. Where I live, it's a free newspaper, (mainly) distributed in public transport. |
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Wolf K wrote:
On 2019-01-05 10:54, Ken Blake wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:47:09 -0700, KenW wrote: It only sucks if you don't spend the time to learn it. Just like everything in life ! Well said! A very strong ditto. Some things suck no matter what. Like tapioca pudding. And, AFAIC, Windows 10 is one of those things. If you spend the time to learn it and how to - try to - circumvent some of its quirks, it *still* sucks, only slightly *less* so. Maybe some day, I'll have to (re-)downgrade to Windows 10, but that won't happen until I *have* to, for whatever reason. Luckily sofar there hasn't been any property/'feature' of Windows 10 which I, my programs or my hardware need. |
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On 1/5/19 1:36 PM, KenW wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 13:20:38 -0500, Wolf K wrote: On 2019-01-05 10:54, Ken Blake wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:47:09 -0700, KenW wrote: It only sucks if you don't spend the time to learn it. Just like everything in life ! Well said! A very strong ditto. Some things suck no matter what. Like tapioca pudding. +1 & chocolate cream pie using pudding. Now that's okay if it's the cooked pudding, but not the instant. |
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On 1/5/2019 6:49 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Mike" wrote | Windows is an operating system. | You choose the best apps for YOUR needs. | If it happens to be a native app, so be it. | Most aren't. Just a note of clarification. "Native app" usually refers to compiled software, as opposed to Metro trinkets or webpage "apps" or Java/.Net software, or any other "sandboxed" software that's not actually compiled to native code (CPU instructions) and therefore runs in some kind of VM or support framework. It sounds like what you mean is not that but rather pre-installed Microsoft products. Having microsoft in the name is a negative point in the selection process. Preinstalled is not an issue. Compiled is not an issue. The issue is that the next version bears enough similarity to the old version that I can operate the old capabilities of the new version without a manual. If you want preinstalled hell, try linux. It's usual for the next version to have different preinstalled/default apps/utilities. It's rare for different distros to have the same preinstalled/default apps. You can't even edit a text file without going on a scavenger hunt to find out what editors are available. Ain't choice great? Sure is if it's my choice. If it's chaos due to other's capricious churning, not so much. |
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:11:12 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 02:49:38 -0000, T wrote: On 1/4/19 5:57 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote: Of the old people I know, 1/4 like Windows 10 and say "why not have the latest", 1/4 like older versions for no reason other than they're quite odd, 1/4 don't care which they use, and 1/4 don't have a computer and would never touch one with a bargepole. One of the latter was quite surprised when I printed off an instruction manual for her washing machine and didn't have to pay for it. She couldn't understand how Hotpoint could provide the manual for free. In the end I said it cost me 10p in paper. I deal with a lot of retired folks that just don't want to learn anything new. So far I have always been able to help them, but with M$ playing hard ball with older versions of Windows, that may change. All the windows versions look pretty similar to me. So the start menu changes slightly, so what? You can always adjust it to the way you prefer. I have a few on Fedora and Xfce configured to look like XP. They can't tell the difference. Classic Shell is a very good bit of freeware to make any Windows version look exactly like any other Windows version. "Exactly" is too strong a word. But yes, it can make Windows 10 look a lot like Windows 7. Classic Shell is a very good choice, but in my opinion, Start 10 is even better. Start 10 isn't freeware, but it's close enough--$4.99 USD, and it comes with a 30-day free trial. |
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On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 13:20:38 -0500, Wolf K
wrote: On 2019-01-05 10:54, Ken Blake wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:47:09 -0700, KenW wrote: It only sucks if you don't spend the time to learn it. Just like everything in life ! Well said! A very strong ditto. Some things suck no matter what. Like tapioca pudding. LOL! I haven't had tapioca pudding in many, many years (60 years? 70 years?). I don't know what I would think of it now, but I remember liking it as a child. |
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Wolf K wrote:
On 2019-01-05 10:54, Ken Blake wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:47:09 -0700, KenW wrote: It only sucks if you don't spend the time to learn it. Just like everything in life ! Well said! A very strong ditto. Some things suck no matter what. Like tapioca pudding. Where is your spirit of adventure ? Just pretend they're "fish eyes". If your kid won't eat it, that's what you tell them. That you had to go through an entire barrel of fish and harvest all the eyes to make that pudding. And how it was hard work. The more gross the description, the faster they'll eat it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._pudding-3.jpg Paul |
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On 1/4/19 3:33 PM, T wrote:
About 25 years ago, I had a multiboot system that used SCSI drives.Â* I had power switch that powered one drive on at a time.Â* Very innovative, but ... That works. It's not a good idea to do multiboot with the OSes on different partitions on the same drive. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding." -- Marshall McLuhan |
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On 1/4/19 5:45 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
[snip] Just because it's now called Edge doesn't mean it's gone.* Edge is still here and it still sux. Yes. While there is no major browser without problems, Firefox seems to have the fewest. Some people like Chrome, but that is from Google. Currently it tells me I have no internet connection, yet every other browser works.* WTF?* And as per usual with modern fluffy programs that act like a ****ing Apple Mac, all I get is a silly cartoon with a confused looking alien saying no internet.* What about some ****ing technical information so I can fix the problem?!? I've noticed that about uninformative error messages. BTW, The first thing I thought when looking at the desktop in the Windos 8 preview was "I really don't want a iPhone". -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding." -- Marshall McLuhan |
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Wolf K wrote:
heh heh. But that won't work for me. I just don't like the stuff. I avoid pumpkin pie, too, after having tried to develop a properly Canadian taste for it. Just didn't take, I guess. If you don't like fish eyes, I have a recipe for cod tongues for you. The fish were speechless :-) Paul |
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On 1/5/19 5:45 AM, Jim S wrote:
[snip] I like Opera, but since it became Chinese I dumped it I'd rather be hacked by someone who spaeks English. I thought that Opera wasn't the best, but was on the way to becoming the best. That was when Opera had it's own engine (Presto). -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding." -- Marshall McLuhan |
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