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billege · 02-09-2005, 09:47 AM

There is a huge difference from a cashier making erronious change and this. It's not even close to similar, for me anyway.

Firefox is this big wondeful browser that gets chatted up like it's a savior from above. Not only will it make browsing better, safer, faster, but it cooks dinner too.

For all of IE's supposed flaws, I never suffered data loss because of it. NEVER. Let me repeat that, for all IE's flaws I never had a destructive problem caused by it.

Sure, IE froze up. So does Firefox. Except when Firefox crashes it causes destructive data loss, in version 1.0. That is simply unacceptable.

I'm trying to explain why I'm so upset.

I have taken more than average measures to protect my data. I don't have to explain that, as I'm sure you all know what actively securing your PC takes. I make a CD a week with all my docs, and my wifes, the files we "can't live with out" go on CD once a WEEK. Never in my wildest dreams did I think "gee, my bookmarks might just vanish." I mean, nothing short of a total system crash should have done that.

I'm pissed because for all the text written about viruses, and all the horror stories of "omg, I lost every thing because I installed XXX and it has a virus/malware," for all that, I NEVER suffered destructive data loss because of a virus/malware issue.

I go to all the trouble to protect my stuff, to backup my docs/spreadsheets/pics, and my damn <i>browser</i> gets me? The browser enough people can't stop praising? That's a buch of bs.

I really can't say that I expected a version 1.0 to have a bug, a well known bug, that just occasionally destroys data. I mean, give me a break.

If Word just occasionally deleted your term papers, I think you'd be pissed.

But of course, in the "non-normal" world of computers, people would actually just tell you "Gee, you didn't KNOW Word deletes files at random? You should KNOW to back up your files."

They make viruses/malware that causes data loss, and it's my browser that gets me.
Sure, I can replace my bookmarks. The ones I use all the time, my toolbar, yeah, I can replace them easy. The other 50ish bookmarsk, of random flash animation sites, of random tech sites I stumbled on, and use only occasionally, the shopping sites I used to check only when I need something, all gone. All that stuff you book mark because you want it, and don't want to memorize the url, 'cuase you don't go there often, all gone. And that's just seriously annoying.

02-09-2005, 09:47 AM	#30 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	There is a huge difference from a cashier making erronious change and this. It's not even close to similar, for me anyway. Firefox is this big wondeful browser that gets chatted up like it's a savior from above. Not only will it make browsing better, safer, faster, but it cooks dinner too. For all of IE's supposed flaws, I never suffered data loss because of it. NEVER. Let me repeat that, for all IE's flaws I never had a destructive problem caused by it. Sure, IE froze up. So does Firefox. Except when Firefox crashes it causes destructive data loss, in version 1.0. That is simply unacceptable. I'm trying to explain why I'm so upset. I have taken more than average measures to protect my data. I don't have to explain that, as I'm sure you all know what actively securing your PC takes. I make a CD a week with all my docs, and my wifes, the files we "can't live with out" go on CD once a WEEK. Never in my wildest dreams did I think "gee, my bookmarks might just vanish." I mean, nothing short of a total system crash should have done that. I'm pissed because for all the text written about viruses, and all the horror stories of "omg, I lost every thing because I installed XXX and it has a virus/malware," for all that, I NEVER suffered destructive data loss because of a virus/malware issue. I go to all the trouble to protect my stuff, to backup my docs/spreadsheets/pics, and my damn <i>browser</i> gets me? The browser enough people can't stop praising? That's a buch of bs. I really can't say that I expected a version 1.0 to have a bug, a well known bug, that just occasionally destroys data. I mean, give me a break. If Word just occasionally deleted your term papers, I think you'd be pissed. But of course, in the "non-normal" world of computers, people would actually just tell you "Gee, you didn't KNOW Word deletes files at random? You should KNOW to back up your files." They make viruses/malware that causes data loss, and it's my browser that gets me. Sure, I can replace my bookmarks. The ones I use all the time, my toolbar, yeah, I can replace them easy. The other 50ish bookmarsk, of random flash animation sites, of random tech sites I stumbled on, and use only occasionally, the shopping sites I used to check only when I need something, all gone. All that stuff you book mark because you want it, and don't want to memorize the url, 'cuase you don't go there often, all gone. And that's just seriously annoying. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."