Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011 211
jbrodkin writes "What if you took the raw, pre-patched, 10-year-old versions of Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.1 and tried to surf the modern Web? What would happen? You might think firing up IE6 or Netscape would lead to an immediate onslaught of viruses, but just for fun, I decided to spend some time using these two ancient browsers. It turns out IE6 is still capable of surfing much of the modern Internet, and can play Flash and Java content, but Netscape's troubles show it probably died a justified death."
Re:Or possibly... (Score:5, Interesting)
Really. I work at corporate for a medical system with a few hospitals and clinics...only late last year was IE7 approved for deployment because (finally) a couple of key software vendors supported it. Deployment is still optional at this point in time, but theres talking of making it automatic soon.
Re:Or possibly... (Score:2, Interesting)
Because then you can retract your statements and game modding up for nefarious reasons. Slashdot has permaposting for a good reason.
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Surely the solution to this is just to remove any mod points if a post is edited? Or allow editing for 15 minutes, and in those 15 minutes, no moderation is allowed.