[TYPO3-hci] My 4.1 proposal - again

[Bernd Wilke]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:10:25 +0200, JoH asenau wrote
with subject "Re: [TYPO3-hci] My 4.1 proposal - again":

 
> First question: How long will be "near future" in this case?

next year easter?
I think at that time older versions than 7 will have not more market share
than Netscape 4.

> Second question: Nobody will be able to escape? I would really like to know
> how they would legally force the user to accept such an automatic upgrade.
> At least on my systems its me who decides what will be upgraded and when ...

you decide wether you want to have a secure system or not.
every security update is connected with a new IE.

maybe you can escape the new IE, but probably only on win-versions, which
are no longer supported at all. 
On Win-NT or W2K. win9x? (95,98,ME)
But I don't think you can escape IE7 on Win-XP and you won't escape it or
later Versions with Vista.

For some time now it is usual that the latest service-packs provides you
with the latest IE. Maybe, because the browser is one of the greatest
security holes? ;-)
XP (and Vista) will stop working if you don't get security-updates. 
If not today then a few monthes later.

As a professional you won't be able to risk the vulnerability of an
unprotected windows. maybe you can stop microsoft-updates, but are you sure
you can stop hackers too? 

Hiding the old browser from internet:
Do you really need a car if you keep it in your garage to avoid possible
accidents?

 
> > It also reads IE7 will handle alpha-transparency in PNGs. I think
> > that will push PNG as the better transparency-format (including more
> > colors).
> 
> OK - good news after all, but I don't think it will significantly change the
> number of IE6 users within the next months, but this is our current
> timeframe for the usability improvements. So we still have to take care of
> IE<7

I thought it the other way:
as the IE7 will spread you also don't need to take care on
alpha-transparency and special filters because it is handled correctly.

Bernd
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