On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, William Robb wrote: > What about keeping old software versions around that are not > broken because you don't want to put up with crappy new software > that is broken out of the box? I find it ludicrous that anyone > would try to pass off that recent versions of software are > better than older versions, when often the exact opposite is > well documented.
In general, newer versions (maybe revisions is a better word) fix bugs in earlier versions. If I have a problem with my existing version of Lynx, for example, it may be that going to a more recent version fixes that problem. Of course, you're dead right that many 'new versions' are in fact rewritten completely and introduce as many bugs as they remove. Some software (like Excel, for example) hasn't really changed at all in about five years apart from some minor changes in appearance. Some other software (Windows, for example) has changed drastically and not always for the better. I remember the change from Win95 to Win98 and the drastic loss of stability. However, if a feature is required but not present, or a particular feature is broken (like CSS in NS 4.7x) then that problem is most definitely fixed in the most recent versions which are Mozilla and Netscape 6. That problem is also fixed in Opera, Konqueror, Amaya, W3M, Galeon, K-Meleon, and so on. Even IE5+ is a better browser. Aside: K-Meleon is a very small download and is a web browser which is very compliant with the most recent standards. If you're stuck for space or bandwidth, it's well worth a look. http://www.kmeleon.org/ If you're really stuck for power and space, then try lynx (http://lynx.browser.org) It doesn't require graphics, but does require Win32. Should I only provide pictures on my website as .gifs because Netscape 1.x doesn't support anything .jpgs? dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. -- E. B. White - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
