well see, her husband uses it for email and apparently it is working for him for that. I actually got her on yahoo and it seems to be semi-working.
On 8/12/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/9/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A friend of mine has been telling me how much trouble she is having > getting > > on the web and/or getting email.... > > This was IE on... probably OS 8 by the look of it, t > > Yikes! > > > And before someone suggests a hardware upgrade -- not going to happen. > > I understand your motivation, but leading her to believe that computer > will *EVER* be adequate to use on the internet is just plain cruel. I > would just advise her to place it in the back of the closet and give > up. Even if you get it going for her, it will be a fragile, teetering > pile of software and hardware that you will be over there looking at > for her every night. > > This reminds me of companies who absolutely insist on remaining on CF > 4.5 and then pitch a fit when they can't parse XML with it. Or of my > folks, who insist on saving $15 by using dialup when DSL is available, > and then complain that it takes forever to download anything, asking > me why it's so slow when I visit. > > The good, honest advice in this case is "turn it off and put it away, > it's not going to work". > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213134 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
