Usually when a web site doesn't work I can look at the source for that page and see that a new script language is being used. The header usually tells you the script version and its usually something new. Bandwidth is a problem but I never visit sites that require it. My needs are simple. If there is a good video on the web; the nightly news will have it; I don't have to waste time finding it.
cheers DS On Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:18:11 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > Opera 10.1. Video & FLASH I don't need. My computer isn't used as > an > > entertainment center. The web needs a steady unchanging format > that you can depend on. > > One day a web site works and the next it doesn't. Just a big pain. > > Flash requires the Adobe Flash Player plugin. If it's not > installed, > Flash won't happen. > > HTML5 is *not* your problem. Bandwidth is. You're on dial up, and > flash and video both require bandwidth you don't have. (They also > require system resources. I have an ancient notebook multi-booting > Win2K and Linux. I don't even try to play Flash video. I see a > series of still pictures. The old box has a 767mhz CPU and 256MB > RAM, > and just doesn't have the power to handle the demands.) > > I strongly suspect lack of bandwidth is also what bites you on sites > that work one day and fail the next. It's in the interest of web > sites to be accessible, and most sites of any size are careful about > changes that may break things for users. I have broadband. I see > occasional instances of sites working one day and not the next, and > bandwidth is the issue. *My* bandwidth is fine. *They* don't have > sufficient bandwidth from their host, and my attempt to connect > times > out. But those are all smaller and largely hobbyist sites, > operating > on a shoestring. > > The issue you are facing is that broadband is increasingly > prevalent, > and most sites assume the user will have broadband and a relatively > current browser supporting current standards. It's a fair > assumption > because most users *do* have those things. There simply aren't > enough > who don't to justify the effort needed to accommodate them. > > Like I said, the web won't hold still for you, but HTML5 is not your > problem. > > > cheers > > DS > ______ > Dennis > https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Open source business process management suite built on Java and > Eclipse > Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community > Edition > Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows > Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ____________________________________________________________ > Computer Won't Start? > Recover Files from Old PC's, Then Erase Your Data - Easy > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3165/53baf49027c2e74904a8amp09duc > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
