On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas &lt;dsvyas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: use another browser. this is a human right violation :) -- j.mp/ArunGanesh <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Hi Dhaval, Am just curious, being from the non-technical field and all. If there is a problem with respect to IE7, should the problem lie with Microsoft? I mean, can the bug be fixed? I mean no offense and if the bug can be fixed, it should be done, everyone has their browser preferences that they are comfortable with and am sure Arun meant it as a joke. But if the bug is not fixed and the update is applied, would it be possible for you to temporarily shift to another browser till the bug is fixed, since it is already filed? On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas &lt;dsvyas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Regards, Debanjan* - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas &lt;dsvyas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Dhaval, As you would have got the update by now, a fix was made and bug is on its way to closure (with a resolution.) post deployment[1]. There is no need to take offense on Arun's comment. It probably came because he was bothered more about the lack of choice at certain places than the technicalities given that lot of us value freedom and choice. Nonetheless, IE7 should still be supported as it still gets 4% (861 M) of all page requests[2] to Wikimedia. There would be hundreds of people who might have the choice but prefer to use IE7 as their choice for reasons up to them and bugs are welcome on IE7 as long as its still in use and supported by Microsoft. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36275#c10 [2] http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportClients.htm -- Regards Srikanth.L _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Yes Srikant, I am following the bug so am aware that its approaching closure. Arun, This email is for you, probably you might consider doing some research, as Srikant did, before making such silly comments on a wider forums. That could probably save others' time in advocating you.

Regards, Dhaval On 11 May 2012 11:44, "Srikanth Lakshmanan" &lt;srik.lak(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Hi Arun, In fact I am sorry. Sorry for taking the real bunter so seriously and personally, sorry for having a go at you. Guys here kept on convincing me that it was a joke, but I was blinded so much in my false anger. I really apologise for that. I have inly seen all serious discussions and allegations recently and from the very first day of joining this list, that I could simply not think that someone mught even joke here.

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas &lt;dsvyas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: No problem, I totally understood why I could have been misunderstood. I myself am scared to post on the India lists because it feels like I'm about to enter combat with unknown assailants who strike wherever you are not looking. These lists are meant to be for discussions on topics of our interest and building online relationships with fellow contributors. If we cant make it fun then what's the point of contributing? Regarding the bug, I feel at sometime a decision should be taken to stop active support for old browsers. We are still spending valuable development time and effort on fixing issues such as these when we could be concentrating on building stuff for the future. I can understand if there are people using ie7 out of their own will, but from previous cases, it does seem like a good chunk of users are in offices because of outdated IT policy. The IT policy has to eventually see reason and change, so why cant it be now? It will just make the world a better place :)

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