[colug-432] Mozilla and Google conspiracy

Michael Yanovich yanovich.1 at osu.edu
Mon Oct 8 12:24:46 EDT 2012


It wouldn't surprise me if they pull the plug. I tried using the latest
stable of Opera and the beta version of Opera in Google Analytics (or
maybe it was Adsense) and Google refused to load the page and gave me
options for upgrading to Chrome, IE, Firefox, and Safari.

On 10/08/2012 12:19 PM, Rick Troth wrote:
> friends --
> 
> I use GMail.  Inspired by Scott, I outsource my domain to Google "Apps
> for Domains", including email.  Works.
> 
> For email, I use TBird when I can, but I also use the web interface.
> For several months, Google has been nagging me to "upgrade to a modern
> browser".  I am offended that they expect me to upgrade so often.
> Firefox 3.6.x is only two years old.  The rapid-fire release numbers
> since then are unnerving at least.  Where is stability??  I do have
> newer releases of Firefox (and of Thunderbird), but cling to the older
> ones for a variety of reasons (some rational, some not).
> 
> THE QUESTION is ... how concerned should I be that Google will pull
> the plug?  They warn me "some features may not work".  I consciously
> take my chances.  But Googoo has been whining more loudly for a week
> or two.  Then today, they upped it again.
> 
> Thanks for comparing notes and playing sounding board.
> 
> -- R;   <><
> '::1, sweet ::1'
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-- 
Michael Yanovich

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