For a few weeks now, whenever I've tried to check my e-mail, this message has popped up. Easier, faster, newest version. It's got to be better than the old classic, right? Wrong.
Take a look at what showed up on my screen today. Note the spelling error. "Newset?" Trust a Yahoo with my precious mail? Like Gulliver, I will--not! I'd rather believe that there really are Houyhnhnms.
...I gave the captain, Pedro de Mendez, a very short relation of my voyage, of the conspiracy against me by my own men, of the country where they set me on shore, and of my five years' residence there--all of which he looked upon as if it were a dream or a vision; whereat I took great offense, for I had quite forgot the faculty of lying, so peculiar to Yahoos, in all countries where they reside, and, consequently, the disposition of suspecting truth in others of their own species...
(from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726)
Life is crazy these days with all these gadgets and free software that comes with it, then out of nowhere they want you to switch formats, or rather they do it for you. I can't keep up for one (and I think I speak for many!)
ReplyDeleteOh boy!!!
ReplyDeleteThey just automatically upgraded mine or changed. Not sure which but it looks different-still works though.
ReplyDeleteLike Robert, I'm overwhelmed with the constant changes on the Net. It may well be for good...but there always seems to be so many "bugs," in the new things.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they spend some time fixing everything BEFORE they actually launch these things?
I'm with you on this one.....
ReplyDeleteI always see typos and wonder does anyone ever use spell check? Crazy!
ReplyDeleteChange is a good thing. So they say but I hate change with computers as I have a new challenge before me... Grrrrrr
ReplyDeleteI don't know....If it's not broke why fix it or upgrade it in this case.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't trust anything either that has a misspelling in it:)
ReplyDeleteI am constantly bombarded with messages to upgrade this or that every time I turn on my computer. Meanwhile, my computer just gets slower and slower.
Scary. Hasn't happened to us yet, but it may. We were not totally thrilled with our Bellsouth server and email, but it wasn't too bad. Then, Yahoo took them over and everything got much worse. We are looking for a new internet server and will probably change to gmail's free email, which a lot of people like. However, that means changing the address on business cards and with all our correspondents. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteOn a brighter note, thank you very much, W2W, for your delightful post about troubles, a Luna moth, and "Dow's Flat". I absolutely LOVED it!