Win XP fan soured on MS
I used to do all kinds of (mostly) work on computers from mainframes to Atari (not commodore), and then mainly Dos and Windows PCs. So I have not been an MS antagonist (but I was a BIG fan of Atari).
Now, about all I really need to do is run Firefox on a PC to surf and post. Firefox has the best support for low vision ppl like me via their Blank Your Monitor + Easy Reader high contrast add-on. IE 8 is not as good - harder to control from website to website - and Chrome simply sucks at accessibility.
The new ‘flat’ look of software like for W8 and its new apps is less accessible than the older comparables of XP (and maybe W7). I have the impression that the open source revolution – now led by google’s android – has made it easier for all software developers to simply forget about building-in controllable font sizes and colors to meet needs of low vision ppl. (I think it was a legal mandate for MS and Apple way back.)
So XP w/ Firefox is what works for me quite well. My falling out w/ MS just flared-up when I read they are threatening to cease MS Security Essentials antimalware protection for XP at the same time they stop security patches next April.
Gross heavyhandedness.
I know most of the arguments for and against MS stopping support according to the 10 yr. license agreement – I’ve read all the combox arguments attached to online articles about the end of XP support. Analogies to refrigerators, toasters, long-term auto-recalls, legal agreements, rapid tech obselence, etc…I know them all. (I am partial to the refrigerator-desktop analogy.)
It is hard to argue that they are not over-hyping the ‘dangers’ of staying on XP and taking precautions, and my response to their latest un-necessary threat to cut off their antimalware support is…to cut off their antimalware support now, in favor of Avast and Malwarebytes.
I also plan to try my damndest to migrate to another OS when my two XPs can no longer function.
I supported Martha updating an old XP laptop and getting W8, and have generally been a MS supporter. Not much anymore for me.
And Linux…Please. Tell me in English how to properly create a bootable distro – any will do – just to see how Firefox looks on your open source Oss. I’ve read and attempted to follow a dozen websites to make a bootable DVD/CD/USB. Fail.
Now, about all I really need to do is run Firefox on a PC to surf and post. Firefox has the best support for low vision ppl like me via their Blank Your Monitor + Easy Reader high contrast add-on. IE 8 is not as good - harder to control from website to website - and Chrome simply sucks at accessibility.
The new ‘flat’ look of software like for W8 and its new apps is less accessible than the older comparables of XP (and maybe W7). I have the impression that the open source revolution – now led by google’s android – has made it easier for all software developers to simply forget about building-in controllable font sizes and colors to meet needs of low vision ppl. (I think it was a legal mandate for MS and Apple way back.)
So XP w/ Firefox is what works for me quite well. My falling out w/ MS just flared-up when I read they are threatening to cease MS Security Essentials antimalware protection for XP at the same time they stop security patches next April.
Gross heavyhandedness.
I know most of the arguments for and against MS stopping support according to the 10 yr. license agreement – I’ve read all the combox arguments attached to online articles about the end of XP support. Analogies to refrigerators, toasters, long-term auto-recalls, legal agreements, rapid tech obselence, etc…I know them all. (I am partial to the refrigerator-desktop analogy.)
It is hard to argue that they are not over-hyping the ‘dangers’ of staying on XP and taking precautions, and my response to their latest un-necessary threat to cut off their antimalware support is…to cut off their antimalware support now, in favor of Avast and Malwarebytes.
I also plan to try my damndest to migrate to another OS when my two XPs can no longer function.
I supported Martha updating an old XP laptop and getting W8, and have generally been a MS supporter. Not much anymore for me.
And Linux…Please. Tell me in English how to properly create a bootable distro – any will do – just to see how Firefox looks on your open source Oss. I’ve read and attempted to follow a dozen websites to make a bootable DVD/CD/USB. Fail.
