No matter what others may have told you, I don't feel any sense of
religiosity when discussing browsers.

Yes, browsers are tools, and IE is the Wentworth socket set of tools.

I reckon I can go to the public library to borrow an IE machine. The
staff here running XP/Win7 are not allowed to use or have IE on their
computers, and my Linux machines can't run IE.

Curmudgeonliness is only acceptable for list posts on days that have a
"y" in them.
--
RJS

On 08/01/2011 11:40 AM, Richard A Jones wrote:
>> Right, but for the 65% of us that don't use IE, the archives are
>> unavailable.
>>
>> NOT starting a browser war! NOT! Just saying that it's a darn pity
>> that the archives can't be coded to work with modern browsers.
>
> Mike:
>
> Browsers are tools, not religions. I don't "use" IE--except to
> search the archives. The list is a tool. Searching the archives
> should always be the first step. Posting a question should be
> the second. I realize that many think the list is a place to
> post stream-of-consciousness ramblings loosely connected to
> Vanagons. I think that is unfortunate.
>
> The real heart of this is that many *always* have a reason why
> they can't search the archives. Currently the old HTML of
> the listserv and the new Firefox et al is the easy reason.
>
> BTW--you can search the archives by email. The page describing it
> even displays correctly in the current Firefox:
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/info/searching.html
>
> I say you can usually search the archives, find lots of info on
> what you want, cull the good from the bad, and have answers quicker
> than you can just post a question. There is almost a rule, "The
> first reply is always wrong," so you have to wait a while and sift
> through the replies to be sure of an answer.
>
> Yes, I'm having a curmudgeonly day. I'll get over it.
>
> Richard
>
>