Re: Warning - Firefox v4 not compatible with HMC 7.7.1

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/9/2011 2:03 PM, Bryce Martin wrote:
> Why can't the "standard" function keys change?  You are trying to adapt to
> the web... so you might have to change the way things worked before...
> *gasp* change?  Yep, change.  Remember, when you are developing for the
> web, you are now in the browser's territory...so you have to play by the
> browser's rules.

With IE I didn't have to "play by the browser's rules".  Instead, I was 
able to write applications that my users were able to use with minimal 
retraining.  New and shiny is worthless if it isn't as productive as old 
and rusty.

Plus, I see no reason for browsers not to make all those keys accessible 
to JavaScript.  It's lazy coding on their part, and I don't know why my 
users should lose keys on their keyboard just because somebody decided 
it didn't fit this week's idea of a standard.

I can understand changing the paradigm when the device changes - e.g., 
tablets - but browsers have perfectly working keyboards attached to them 
and I ought to be able to use every key on the keyboard.

Joe