On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:
>> Well, yes, but that was in the days when the web was faster... meaning
>> simpler. These days, there is so much dependence on JavaScript and Flash
>> that it's a wonder anything works at all.
>>
>> It's ironic that a Macintosh running OS 9 (yes, I still have clients on OS 9)
>
> If they're still running OS 9 then the last machines they could have would be
> G4s, probably Mirror Drive Door G4s from 2003.
Wow, it's clear we run in different circles. I don't think I have five towers
in my entire customer base. Try rural retirees running candy-colored G3 iMacs
on dialup (a few because broadband busts the budget, but most because there is
no cable, DSL or even WISP out where they are).
>> can no longer even display Apple's home page properly.
> Exactly why would anyone expect Apple to still support seven-year-old
> machines?
To most people, the web is a utility. Until the digital switch two years ago,
a TV that was 50 years old would still receive contemporary shows fine (modulo
color, of course, but the image and audio were still perfectly legible), and
even the digital switch required only a $20 add-on "accelerator" to keep the
old set serving well. I have 50-year-old dial telephones that continue to
serve me fine every day, and a 50-plus-year-old radio that still receives radio
broadcasts. Heck, email clients that work the same way they worked 20 years
ago still process email just fine.
The difference is, the web is being treated as something that exists to benefit
the ego of the information provider, instead of the convenience of the
consumer. If your website doesn't feature the fad of the day (blink, nervous
text, animated GIF, CSS, Flash, popups, adwords) the cool kids don't let you
sit at their lunch table.
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