|
I at my old job I used to have to boot up a Windows emulator on my Mac just to run IE so I could access our internal apps.
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 18:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 21, 2024 10:19 |
|
|
No joke: our danish public healthcare-system runs on IE6 or something goofy like that. All documentation-, booking- etc-systems are build on top of IE. Luckily it works, but no one wants to tackle upgrading it to a newer system.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:16
|
|
|
I work for Microsoft now so I unfortunately have to use edge and bing at work
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:25
|
|
|
Pondex posted:No joke: our danish public healthcare-system runs on IE6 or something goofy like that. All documentation-, booking- etc-systems are build on top of IE. Luckily it works, but no one wants to tackle upgrading it to a newer system. Public what-what?
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:28
|
|
|
Andrast posted:I work for Microsoft now so I unfortunately have to use edge and bing at work Luckily, Bing can help you Edge.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:32
|
|
|
Waffleman_ posted:Luckily, Bing can help you Edge. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:37
|
|
|
Waffleman_ posted:Luckily, Bing can help you Edge.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 19:39
|
|
|
SystemLogoff posted:Oh no, IE will still be there. I just had to help someone set up a bank login in twenty loving eighteen that still required not only Internet Explorer but installation of two different pieces of software 
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 20:11
|
|
|
Saint Freak posted:Public what-what? Well son, I didn't want you to find out like this but uuhh...
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 20:14
|
|
|
The Merkinman posted:They should make IE only able to browse individually white-listed URLs that the IT department manages. They can with proxy/pac settings, but whitelists need to be a lot more prevalent everywhere including for things like email/sms for parents too E: whoops, new page
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 22:12
|
|
|
Tiggum posted:For some reason it's the default search engine for when I type into the address bar of the browser on my phone and I haven't bothered to change it. Somewhat related, I'm using an ancient hand-me-down iPad, and it defaults to capitalizing the word Apple (like so!). For most people, this would be a trivial at best nuisance, but I moonlight in making Apple butter. You can see why this might be frustrating, back spacing and editing all the time. I'm not a fan of Apple to begin with, so this is a pretty dumb marketing move. I can't wait to use my Apple butter sales to buy a non-Apple tablet.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 22:21
|
|
|
JacquelineDempsey posted:Somewhat related, I'm using an ancient hand-me-down iPad, and it defaults to capitalizing the word Apple (like so!). For most people, this would be a trivial at best nuisance, but I moonlight in making Apple butter. You can see why this might be frustrating, back spacing and editing all the time. Apple butter is nice. My great-aunt used to make pumpkin which was also nice.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 22:40
|
|
|
JacquelineDempsey posted:Somewhat related, I'm using an ancient hand-me-down iPad, and it defaults to capitalizing the word Apple (like so!). For most people, this would be a trivial at best nuisance, but I moonlight in making Apple butter. You can see why this might be frustrating, back spacing and editing all the time. Woah woah woah. You make apple butter AND hot sauce? Now I really regret not being able to hang out with you during my hellweek in Virginia 
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 23:04
|
|
|
ExplodingSims posted:Woah woah woah. You make apple butter AND hot sauce? Now I really regret not being able to hang out with you during my hellweek in Virginia Aww! Yeah, I used to have a SAmart thread here for fruit butters and hot sauces (I can dig up the link if you like), but it fell by the wayside when I moved, got a new job, and got too busy. Then winter rolled around, and both apples and peppers were out of season, and I try to get my stuff from local farmers whenever possible. But I should be back in operation soon. Send me your new addy, and I'll send you some. PYF Smart Marketing Moves : Just be nice
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2018 23:46
|
|
|
The Merkinman posted:They should make IE only able to browse individually white-listed URLs that the IT department manages. The whitelist consisting of a single link; The download page for Chrome. Maybe a second link for Firefox if they’re feeling froggy.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:01
|
|
|
I'm scared to remember that way back in the day, IE was the superior browser, if only because it was free to upgrade. Netscape wasn't free.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:18
|
|
|
I bought both Opera AND Quicktime.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:21
|
|
|
Panera's been leaking customer information via publicly-accessible HTTP for 8 months now. How they're responding to it is an example of how not to do things: https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/ Also an example of how not to do things: Their head of information security, who promised 8 months ago that they were working on a resolution (as if, you know, just not posting that stuff openly to the web takes a lot of doing), used to be the senior director of security operations at Equifax. My favorite part is where he doesn't understand how PGP works.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:27
|
|
|
In the mid-2000s I worked for a major construction company whose main cost accounting program was still in DOS.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:33
|
|
|
Krispy Wafer posted:I bought both Opera AND Quicktime. I bought quicktime because I could use it to render flash videos from newgrounds into mp4 files to put on an ipod video Also opera, because opera kicked rear end
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:34
|
|
|
Bobby Digital posted:In the mid-2000s I worked for a major construction company whose main cost accounting program was still in DOS. Circa-2004, UPS was still running their road equipment (trucks, trailers, etc) tracking software on OS/2. It wouldn’t surprise me a bit if they STILL were.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 03:42
|
|
|
Bobby Digital posted:In the mid-2000s I worked for a major construction company whose main cost accounting program was still in DOS. Many days I miss DOS
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 04:23
|
|
|
Krispy Wafer posted:I bought both Opera AND Quicktime.  Used Quicktime to convert videos on my PC to be played on my gf/now wifes old mac.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 05:30
|
|
|
JacquelineDempsey posted:Somewhat related, I'm using an ancient hand-me-down iPad, and it defaults to capitalizing the word Apple (like so!). For most people, this would be a trivial at best nuisance, but I moonlight in making Apple butter. You can see why this might be frustrating, back spacing and editing all the time. Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut.... Add a shortcut for "apple" and make the replacement word "apple" as well and you should be good.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:05
|
|
|
Last Chance posted:Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut.... That sounds like more work than turning off the overzealous iOS auto correct. Thing is a goddamned nightmare to work with and just one more reason I regret getting an iPad.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:16
|
|
|
Just trying to help..
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 17:21
|
|
|
The Bloop posted:Many days I miss DOS In 2016 I worked in a bank and the mortgages were in a DOS program.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 17:44
|
|
|
I have to use a DOS program at work sometimes and I love it. It's super responsive and once you know the keyboard shortcuts you can rocket through stuff. God knows what new, young employees make of it though.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 23:28
|
|
|
A Polish autoshop still uses a c Commodore 64 to do business. I want that monitor.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 23:58
|
|
|
Zeppelin Insanity posted:In 2016 I worked in a bank and the mortgages were in a DOS program.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 03:59
|
|
|
Antioch posted:I currently work at a FI and we just moved from the 1982 release of our banking system to the 1996 version. I don't think there's a newer version. code:
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 04:43
|
|
|
Mr. Flunchy posted:I have to use a DOS program at work sometimes and I love it. It's super responsive and once you know the keyboard shortcuts you can rocket through stuff. Our DOS program locked up if you keyed through the screens too fast.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 04:43
|
|
|
I know Bing is straight up better if you're looking for :files: because they don't get as many DMCA notices.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 08:28
|
|
|
Antioch posted:I currently work at a FI and we just moved from the 1982 release of our banking system to the 1996 version. I don't think there's a newer version. Banks were one of the first industries to move to computers, so that means there's lot of old systems still in use. At my first bank job in the mid-1990's had a specialized POS-style system with a tiny 5 inch monochrome monitor. It was like something out of Brazil. All banking transactions were backed up locally to 8 inch floppies. The next bank was using a system that required Windows 3.11. At one point we got brand new computers that you'd initially boot into Windows 2k or 3.11 (after that you were stuck on that OS forever). So many computers...running so much Windows 3.11. The software was all keyboard based. Just tabbing that TAB button all over the place. The thing is, it was also rock solid and never crashed or slowed down because it was using 5% of the CPU capabilities. If you had a memory leak you probably wouldn't notice it for 6 months.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 12:53
|
|
|
SystemLogoff posted:Oh no, IE will still be there. Years ago, when I was working in IT, the company I worked for started asking for all sorts of software solutions for complicated, time-consuming tasks. I ended up learning PHP, JavaScript and SQL to give them what they needed. It all only works in IE8. At the time, as a total novice, it made complete sense to me: it was an intranet, all the computers were XP with IE8, it was on a Windows domain and IE lets you automatically authenticate against Active Directory and no other browser does, meaning everyone automatically had their own database permissions if you use MS SQL etc. so it took out a lot of the hassle. There's loads of really badly written JavaScript I cobbled together (since I didn't entirely know what I was doing) which flat out doesn't work in IE11/Edge, but they're absolutely reliant on so many things I made that the business literally cannot function without it. So they occasionally pay me ~$80/hr to fix broken JavaScript so that it works in IE11/Edge, because that's a lot cheaper than paying someone to recreate it all from scratch. IE will never die so long as businesses are unwilling to invest in new software to replace the thing that 'works', but only on completely obsolete platforms. Which is forever, until the end of time.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 13:57
|
|
|
Opera still kicks rear end, ok its not necessarily the fastest but having a free unlimited version of NORDVPN built in to the browser is amazing.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 23:50
|
|
|
NonzeroCircle posted:Opera still kicks rear end, ok its not necessarily the fastest but having a free unlimited version of NORDVPN built in to the browser is amazing. I thought being super fast and lightweight was operas thing.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2018 04:38
|
|
|
Ticketmaster's internal point-of-sale system still runs on VAX and it's all command-line 
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2018 06:01
|
|
|
Gaius Marius posted:I thought being super fast and lightweight was operas thing. Opera’s thing is doing loving everything ever.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2018 06:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 21, 2024 10:19 |
|
|
Gaius Marius posted:I thought being super fast and lightweight was operas thing. Used to be.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2018 06:15
|
|
