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As of today, my main workstation is an "early 2008" iMac, at El Capitan and Chrome maxed out at 83.x... In addition to Chrome, I'm using six other browsers whi

As of today, my main workstation is an "early 2008" iMac, at El Capitan and Chrome maxed out at 83.x... In addition to Chrome, I'm using six other browsers which work well with HN, my own sites, fb, gmail, ... I think in today's Web we've achieved an incredible level of compatibility, interoperability, and accessibility. Are there many sites which don't work across 25 years or 15 years or even 5 years worth of client software? Sure, but... There are also restaurants I don't go to, roads I don't walk down, and people I don't associate with... When a site tells me my browser is not good enough, I just turn around and stop visiting, e.g. twitter, reddit, imgur... The Web is better than ever for me, thanks to this strategy. I've heard it called boundaries and self-respect. -- Written on a 2012 iPad mini with iOS 9.x Safari.

blacksmith_tb 5y ago
It's laudable to keep old hardware in service, but there are a lot of serious security issues with such old versions of the browsers. If that machine is your only option, I personally would install Ubuntu on it, which would get you current versions of Firefox and Chrome (but of course wouldn't run OSX apps you may depend on).
chrononaut 5y ago
Are you not worried about security vulnerabilities?
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  From where?
- Sunspark 5y ago
  Speaking for myself here, no. It's not actually that easy to just "own" people randomly through their browser or network connection. First you have to be malicious, then you have to get them to engage with you directly, then you have to be skilled enough to have code ready to go for their specific circumstances. Most of the sites I visit are normal ones like HN. The ones that are not, there's only so much malware an advertising network can stuff in when ublock is present.

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As of today, my main workstation is an "early 2008" iMac, at El Capitan and Chrome maxed out at 83.x... In addition to Chrome, I'm using six other browsers whi

by forgotmypw17 5y ago

blacksmith_tb 5y ago
It's laudable to keep old hardware in service, but there are a lot of serious security issues with such old versions of the browsers. If that machine is your only option, I personally would install Ubuntu on it, which would get you current versions of Firefox and Chrome (but of course wouldn't run OSX apps you may depend on).
chrononaut 5y ago
Are you not worried about security vulnerabilities?
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  From where?
- Sunspark 5y ago
  Speaking for myself here, no. It's not actually that easy to just "own" people randomly through their browser or network connection. First you have to be malicious, then you have to get them to engage with you directly, then you have to be skilled enough to have code ready to go for their specific circumstances. Most of the sites I visit are normal ones like HN. The ones that are not, there's only so much malware an advertising network can stuff in when ublock is present.