Yes, I play WoW but it's my only MMO and I certainly do not want any more.
Look at the games I have purchased recently:
Unreal Tournament 3, World of Goo, Ghost Recon 2, Command & Conquer 3, SlamIt Pinball, Bioshock, Left 4 Dead, Trackmania.
That's a pretty broad spectrum of game styles.
PC owners want the same games as console owners...we're just getting screwed over more and more by the games companies pandering to ADD console-kiddies and FUD piracy bullshit.
The only thing that will stop me from picking up a copy of Resident Evil 5 is that they seem to have removed every puzzle-solving/scary/survival aspect that made the RE games such classics and are now forcing the same bland co-op, horde, tension-lacking nonsense we've seen done so often before...
What we really want is originality and that's something no gamer is getting right now...
This has obviously descended into another slagging match with regards to IE's quality and standards-compliance.
The OP is talking about a drive to upgrade from IE6. Let's talk about that.
The reality is that banks and other blue chips upgrade in cycles. It probably is about time that these organisations upgrade, but:
IE7 was around too short a time and was not considered worth it. IE8 is almost here, so these companies WILL skip IE7.
The upgrade will be done as part of an OS upgrade. There was no impetus to switch to Vista and Windows 7 is almost here, so it won't happen until then.
There is no incentive for these companies to switch to another browser, regardless of how much better it may be. They will continue to use IE because that is what they know and what comes with Windows and what they have documentation and support structures in place for.
An upgrade is expensive! It may cost hundreds of thousands of pounds/dollars/euros to complete such an upgrade. In these rocky financial times it's pretty far down the list of requirements.
For the record, my browser of choice continues to be Firefox. I also believe that IE7 is much better than IE6 and that IE8 is better again but nowhere near ready for the banks. It will be another 2-3 years before we see IE6 really disappear...
I'm in the UK and I just don't have an issue with my 25GB(20GB until a few months ago) cap. I've used it all ONCE in 4 years, when I was replacing my computer and had to reinstall everything. It's not that I'm a cautious bandwidth user either.
I play WoW(1.6GB path last week) and Warhammer(10GB beta download). I never worry about my limit and download games, music and video, whenever I wish. I also manage a dedicated server, with website and all the data transfer that involves.
I wonder, what nefarious activities are all you lot up to that demand so much bandwidth? Maybe I should contact the MPAA...
Although there is a danger with this idea: that a derivative is better than the original. It could be argued that this is a good thing. Artists would no longer be able to settle for releasing mediocre material just to make a quick buck. Along would come somebody with more talent, create the derivative and essentially steal the copyright.
The cream of the crop talent-wise would then rise to the top rather than those the record companies forced to the top.
Yes, there are many issues with this approach but I'd still love to see what would happen.
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This is a simply ridiculous comment!
Yes, I play WoW but it's my only MMO and I certainly do not want any more.
Look at the games I have purchased recently:
Unreal Tournament 3, World of Goo, Ghost Recon 2, Command & Conquer 3, SlamIt Pinball, Bioshock, Left 4 Dead, Trackmania.
That's a pretty broad spectrum of game styles.
PC owners want the same games as console owners...we're just getting screwed over more and more by the games companies pandering to ADD console-kiddies and FUD piracy bullshit.
The only thing that will stop me from picking up a copy of Resident Evil 5 is that they seem to have removed every puzzle-solving/scary/survival aspect that made the RE games such classics and are now forcing the same bland co-op, horde, tension-lacking nonsense we've seen done so often before...
What we really want is originality and that's something no gamer is getting right now...
This has obviously descended into another slagging match with regards to IE's quality and standards-compliance.
The OP is talking about a drive to upgrade from IE6. Let's talk about that.
The reality is that banks and other blue chips upgrade in cycles. It probably is about time that these organisations upgrade, but:
For the record, my browser of choice continues to be Firefox. I also believe that IE7 is much better than IE6 and that IE8 is better again but nowhere near ready for the banks. It will be another 2-3 years before we see IE6 really disappear...
I'm in the UK and I just don't have an issue with my 25GB(20GB until a few months ago) cap. I've used it all ONCE in 4 years, when I was replacing my computer and had to reinstall everything. It's not that I'm a cautious bandwidth user either.
I play WoW(1.6GB path last week) and Warhammer(10GB beta download). I never worry about my limit and download games, music and video, whenever I wish. I also manage a dedicated server, with website and all the data transfer that involves.
I wonder, what nefarious activities are all you lot up to that demand so much bandwidth? Maybe I should contact the MPAA...
The cream of the crop talent-wise would then rise to the top rather than those the record companies forced to the top.
Yes, there are many issues with this approach but I'd still love to see what would happen.
There is also EcoPort (www.ecoport.org).