On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 04:03:53 AM Jason White via luv-main wrote: > Andrew McGlashan via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30/01/2016 10:32 PM, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote: > > > IE version 11 supports it and runs on Windows 7+ (all supported > > > versions of Windows). IE 10 doesn't support it and runs on Windows > > > 7 and Windows 8. Are the free upgrades from Windows 7 to Windows > > > 10 going to solve this problem? > > > > Who cares about IE and Edge? I won't use those browsers except as an > > absolute last resort. > > You and I wouldn't use them except as a last resort, but some newcomers to > Linux who want to join Luv might. Ultimately, this is not a matter of our > preferences but of ensuring that people who visit the Web site via TLS can > use it.
I agree, but will people who attend our meetings be using them? > > > Windows mobile doesn't have enough users to care about. > > > > Again, who cares? > > The said users care. The number of iPhone users at LUV meetings seems a lot lower than the general population. People who use Windows phone are demonstrating a committment to MS that's much greater than average, unlike iPhone the Windows phone has little going for it. Will we have a user of an old Windows phone attending our meeting and if so will they actually expect things to work on a Windows phone? > > I won't do much on a mobile browser when most things can wait for a > > desktop browser and I can lock down a desktop browser much more and > > have it operate much more securely. > > Your preferences aren't universal. > > Given that TLS is now required by luv.asn.au, I think a backward-compatible > approach is appropriate. Arbitrarily excluding users of software that one > doesn't like sends the wrong kind of message. True. But eventually they need to upgrade and other web sites are going to demand string connections too. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
