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Older Programs vs Newer Programs
Posted: 2006-02-01 03:29pm
by Kitsune
Just a little curious. In some cases, I have liked the older version of a program better than the new versions.
For example, before I discovered Foxit PDF reader, I liked Adobe Reader 5.0 better than I liked reader 6.0 due to the fact that many of my PDF documents under 6.0 would not open correctyl. Formatting would be all screwed up.
What are other programs which people like the older versions?
Posted: 2006-02-01 04:39pm
by Alferd Packer
I used winamp 2.64 until late last year.
And I think a lot of people still use apache 1.3.34 for one reason or another.
I bet the most common reason is inertia.
Posted: 2006-02-01 04:50pm
by Batman
Alferd Packer wrote:
I bet the most common reason is inertia.
I bet the most common reason is not needing any of the additional features the new version offers in the first place.
Why bother to upgrade to a new version when the old one does everything you need already? AND is likely as not a lot more stable than the initial release(s) of the new one?
Posted: 2006-02-01 04:56pm
by General Zod
I prefer VLC 8.0.2 over 8.0.4 simply due to the fact that it doesn't crash nearly as much on my system. For winamp I also like the older versions due to liking the older interface better, and frankly I don't see any significant improvement from the older versions to the newer versions. Since I largely use it to just play audio files, all the 'under the hood' tweaks don't really have any significant impact for me.
Posted: 2006-02-01 05:33pm
by Faram
Well I am a nut about upgrading, anything and everything I run is of the latest verision.
But I prefer free stuff, Foxit is my pdf reader, filezilla for ftp, firefox for browsing and so on.
Why? Safty prmarely, I spend ~3h/day looking up the latest verision about any and all applications I and my company uses so I am at the frontline of what is new, also security focus and full disclosure mailing lists gives me the inside info about what is new and what needs to be fixed.
Godamn I love my work, I just wish I could get more respect.
Running ~50 windows servers on the internet and NO succesful hack and wery love unexpected downtime.
One server for 48h in three years, godamn I am proud about that.
(Knock on wood)