Alternative browsers - the lot of marginals?
Habraludi often wonder: why so many people use this buggy, leaky, non-standards-compliant browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6?
One of the reasons is that only a small number of “advanced” users know about such concepts as web standards, security, and even usability.
But in the books for the “common people” they write in a completely different way.
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For example, in the book “ Tutorial. Mastering the Internet ”, among other things, users of alternative browsers are declared marginal ... Note that the book was released in 2005: Firefox, and even more so, Opera already existed.
The fact that normal browsers, “despite all their flaws”, was devoted to “the whole” small chapter is wonderful. But what about this chapter?
I don’t think that Aunt Manya and Uncle Vasya, who are just starting to master the Internet, will immediately want to be among the marginals ...
So, while such tutorials, alas, are not uncommon, the number of users with outdated technologies in general, and IE6 in particular, will be large.
PS The topic has been moved to the “ Mad Books ” blog - books that do not increase, but decrease knowledge. If you have met with similar books - join!
UPD 1. The purpose of this topic, first of all, is not to “expose” a particular book or its author (we all make mistakes, and other books, it seems, are quite normal), but to show a more general problem.
The chain breaks in the weakest link.
We are technical experts, we see the progress of IT in the development of "high" technologies: web standards, semantic layout, separation of presentation from content, Semantic Web ... And we achieve great success - this is a strong IT link.
However, there is a weak link - this is a basic user training. And if the majority of users will not know the basic things, no one will be able to take advantage of our achievements.
Therefore, the main condition for progress is to increase the basic training of users.
UPD 2. The answer of the author of the book V. Leontiev is in this commentary and his LJ .
UPD 3. My answer to V. Leontiev is in RE: On browsers and marginals .
UPD 4. In the course of the discussion more or less general opinion was found. V. Leontyev took into account the criticism and made a correction in the next edition of his book. I think the discussion can be stopped ...
One of the reasons is that only a small number of “advanced” users know about such concepts as web standards, security, and even usability.
But in the books for the “common people” they write in a completely different way.
')
For example, in the book “ Tutorial. Mastering the Internet ”, among other things, users of alternative browsers are declared marginal ... Note that the book was released in 2005: Firefox, and even more so, Opera already existed.
The fact that normal browsers, “despite all their flaws”, was devoted to “the whole” small chapter is wonderful. But what about this chapter?
I don’t think that Aunt Manya and Uncle Vasya, who are just starting to master the Internet, will immediately want to be among the marginals ...
So, while such tutorials, alas, are not uncommon, the number of users with outdated technologies in general, and IE6 in particular, will be large.
PS The topic has been moved to the “ Mad Books ” blog - books that do not increase, but decrease knowledge. If you have met with similar books - join!
UPD 1. The purpose of this topic, first of all, is not to “expose” a particular book or its author (we all make mistakes, and other books, it seems, are quite normal), but to show a more general problem.
The chain breaks in the weakest link.
We are technical experts, we see the progress of IT in the development of "high" technologies: web standards, semantic layout, separation of presentation from content, Semantic Web ... And we achieve great success - this is a strong IT link.
However, there is a weak link - this is a basic user training. And if the majority of users will not know the basic things, no one will be able to take advantage of our achievements.
Therefore, the main condition for progress is to increase the basic training of users.
UPD 2. The answer of the author of the book V. Leontiev is in this commentary and his LJ .
UPD 3. My answer to V. Leontiev is in RE: On browsers and marginals .
UPD 4. In the course of the discussion more or less general opinion was found. V. Leontyev took into account the criticism and made a correction in the next edition of his book. I think the discussion can be stopped ...
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/44014/
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