yahoo mail classic issue

[cauzomb]

That is not enough reason to just use another browser. With that logic in mind, switching to a new browser is the same as "upgrading to the latest version of IE"
in order to view content that is not following website best practices..

The places that write pages, with all the bells and whistles, that require you to have "the latest" or you can't see their content, are turning a blind eye to the internet/web site best practices. They may not be loosing their majority audience, because people generally just like to keep their computer "updated"

The only issue's I'm finding with internet explorer, even the older versions, 5.0 etc.. are that the website authors don't follow best practices and do not include "non scripted" full access/navigation of their content.

Some of the sites that do this, also allow other shady/tracking/banner script behaviour on their sites from 3rd parties, for "monetary gains" and refuse to allow non scripted navigation to protect their source of income, or to keep their sponsorship, which could be from major software companies that, in order to continue their revenue generation, they need users to upgrade their browsers. For "whatever reason" many of these browsers are now excluding older hardware support, via opperating system/kernel incompatability.. For "some reason" this would mean that in order for the user to view some sites, they would have to upgrade not only their browser, but their opperating system, and hardware..

Other sites are just following trends and are going for the flashy multi-media/interaction "look" because they think it's cool and more popular. This would be just fine if they had non scripted/low bandwidth navigation links/jump pages.

[TurcoLoco]

I agree with you Cauz, I always liked simple, practical or performance driven approaches when it comes to computers and software. I can't stand the fact that a site you visit 'requires' you to update your browser version to a version that you may not like mainly due to its functionality or looks.

I recall the first years when Flash driven web sites were becoming more and more popular but most sites also provided a link where they would allow people to enter a non-flash version of the site which I would also choose even though I had Flash.
Even when I use/used IE, I didn't use IE, I used a browser that ran on IE engine but had its own shell/cover such as Slim Browser or Crazy Browser.
For standalone approach I like Browzar which also automatically cleans your cookies, IE cache and history upon exiting, making it an ideal choice on a shared or work computer.

Firefox is the most versatile but it does crash on me once in a while or go in a limbo or just crawl, never had that with Slim or Crazy browser using the IE engine but it might be due to all the changes in the web site coding.
As things get more complex and sophisticated, functionality goes right out of the window I think.

Regardless of how much we whine and rant, things are changing and often for the worse imo.