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i watched their commercial on youtube and didn't see anything that would "urge a user to upgrade from ie6". how many computer-illiterate people even know what

by there 17y ago

i watched their commercial on youtube and didn't see anything that would "urge a user to upgrade from ie6". how many computer-illiterate people even know what version of ie they're using? they see the blue ie icon and assume whatever they have on their computer is what it's being mentioned in the commercial. and worse, they probably see all these safety features in the commercials and think they're even safer now. microsoft needs to take more drastic steps to force users to upgrade. if windows' automatic updates haven't upgraded ie for them by now, they should put some kind of interstitial ad on msn and team up with yahoo (or whatever most of these users are using as their homepage) to explain (with big scary pictures) that their ie version is out of date and that they should upgrade.

lmkg 17y ago
> how many computer-illiterate people even know what version of ie they're using? This is important. Remember, most people don't even know what a browser is. Internet Explorer is very cleverly named: people don't think they're opening a browser, they think they're opening the internet.
- RevRal 17y ago
  >This is important. Remember, most people don't even know what a browser is. Internet Explorer is very cleverly named: people don't think they're opening a browser, they think they're opening the internet. It is funny that you say this. Today, I'm visiting a friend and his family. His grandma asked his sister: "what is the internet." And her response was pretty much: "it is simple. Let me explain. It is so you can do research for homework, watch videos, and read email." Up until today, I've only heard of such ignorance about the internet, but never have I seen it. My first thought was: "wow, it is like that HN submission about how if you ask a kid why the sun exists, their response would be, "to make things grow."" We cannot separate external experience from self without effort, a bit of training, and some self awareness. Something the laymen rarely wants to do. Mistaking their initial reactions as true to the world, since it is apparently true to them. The internet experience is only one example of this.

by there 17y ago

lmkg 17y ago

> how many computer-illiterate people even know what version of ie they're using? This is important. Remember, most people don't even know what a browser is. Internet Explorer is very cleverly named: people don't think they're opening a browser, they think they're opening the internet.

RevRal 17y ago
>This is important. Remember, most people don't even know what a browser is. Internet Explorer is very cleverly named: people don't think they're opening a browser, they think they're opening the internet. It is funny that you say this. Today, I'm visiting a friend and his family. His grandma asked his sister: "what is the internet." And her response was pretty much: "it is simple. Let me explain. It is so you can do research for homework, watch videos, and read email." Up until today, I've only heard of such ignorance about the internet, but never have I seen it. My first thought was: "wow, it is like that HN submission about how if you ask a kid why the sun exists, their response would be, "to make things grow."" We cannot separate external experience from self without effort, a bit of training, and some self awareness. Something the laymen rarely wants to do. Mistaking their initial reactions as true to the world, since it is apparently true to them. The internet experience is only one example of this.