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question everything

(47,517 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:23 PM Feb 2013

I hate YAHOO

It has been my home page where I even have mail, can keep track of investments and get a glance of news.

But it came with a new version that I hate. It told my spouse that the new version is not compatible with the Safari version used, and the new downloaded Safari version is not compatible with... the Mac.

Firefox automatically "updates" it - I have no way in saying anything.

I put my Safari, SeaMonkey and Firefox on a disc, but the old Macbook still cannot use them. At least, SeaMonkey was semi operable but behaved strangely.

DU, is OK, but is limited to news that members put on...

Why do they think that they have to "upgrade" and force us to purchase new computers?



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I hate YAHOO (Original Post) question everything Feb 2013 OP
I'm with you... Earth_First Feb 2013 #1
They had some bullshit today about our troops doing without body armor and the sequester .... Scuba Feb 2013 #2
the worst are the comments BainsBane Feb 2013 #3
But the jokes on them now, BainsBane... David Zephyr Feb 2013 #11
what do you mean by fried? BainsBane Feb 2013 #12
I really should have said drowned. David Zephyr Feb 2013 #14
No kidding. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #16
I hate it too Lebam in LA Feb 2013 #4
Yahoo has too many ads and too much spam... Mike Nelson Feb 2013 #5
Agreed Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #6
The reason is customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #7
A definite piece of shit. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #8
I like the new home page. Much cleaner and less ads. David Zephyr Feb 2013 #9
Why do you say cleaner? question everything Feb 2013 #17
Message auto-removed time 4 me to fly Feb 2013 #10
I have a Mac and use Safari. RebelOne Feb 2013 #13
Me, too. David Zephyr Feb 2013 #15

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
1. I'm with you...
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:25 PM
Feb 2013

My smartphone just recently had a firmware OTA update that I cannot stand.

In fact, I haven't had a 4G connection since the update, and pages load much slower than before.

Unfortunately the only way to go back is to root my phone in a process that I'd rather not get into.

I'm with you, let ME do what I want with MY electronics...

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
2. They had some bullshit today about our troops doing without body armor and the sequester ....
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:26 PM
Feb 2013

... like the price of one aircraft carrier wouldn't be enough to buy body armor for every American citizen.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
11. But the jokes on them now, BainsBane...
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:24 PM
Feb 2013

The new CEO is a huge supporter of President Obama and bundled for him. She's also the youngest CEO in America of a Fortune 500 company and she took over just 8 weeks from delivering her first child.

Marissa Mayer graduated from Stanford with an Engineering degree. She was either the 18th or 20th employee at Google and is credited for Google's famous home page, too.

The teabaggers are getting fried more and more in the message boards at Yahoo.

Things change. Yahoo's moving in a very good direction.

BainsBane

(53,041 posts)
12. what do you mean by fried?
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:26 PM
Feb 2013

The Teabaggers constantly claim that Yahoo is liberally biased, yet insist on swarming there.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
14. I really should have said drowned.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:46 PM
Feb 2013

For too many years, I cringed at the comments by the teabaggers (and preteabaggers) who commented there. But there is kickback now and it's really cool to see how brilliant the Lefties are and in how they handle the nuts. Like this past election showed, demographics are really changing and Yahoo, especially now with Mayer there, is changing.

What's funny is what you said is true that they have always claimed Yahoo was liberal, even when it wasn't, and now they are swallowing the fact that Marissa is the CEO.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. No kidding.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 09:20 PM
Feb 2013

The biggest teabaggers and asswipes post there. I cannot even believe how STUPID the comments are. Beyond belief.

Lebam in LA

(1,345 posts)
4. I hate it too
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:32 PM
Feb 2013

the comments are filled with hate and vile and the new site stinks. Seems to have gotten worse since FR is down and out

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. Agreed
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:44 PM
Feb 2013

however, it is working with my version of safari. I really don't like it at all, but that is where my mail is currently and it would be a major pain to change.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
7. The reason is
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:47 PM
Feb 2013

so they can install newer, "better" spyware that would be a noticeable performance hog on an older computer.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
9. I like the new home page. Much cleaner and less ads.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:19 PM
Feb 2013

Marissa Mayer, the new CEO who was the 18th employee at Google and designed their front search page, is out to remake Yahoo.

Do you have an older Mac? My old Mac would not even play YouTube videos anymore, not because of Flash or YouTube, but because of Apple.

I wound up buying a new Mac for $1,600. In hindsight, I wish I'd waited and bought the new Windows Surface Pro Tablet with 128 GB which is a full computer that acts like an iPad but also works with Office, MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint and is amazing.

I'm really sorry you are having trouble and hope you can fix it because Yahoo has the best financial site on earth and if you follow the markets there is no substitute.

Yes, there are a lot of old right-winger cling-ons from the past there and they clutter many of the message boards, but their heads are exploding because Marissa bundled money for President Obama and the Democrats.

I use both Macs and PC's interchangably every single day and have since the 1980's (that's how old I am), but for computing, it kills be to say this, but I'm finding Microsoft, especially Windows 8, an amazingly powerful tool.

Good luck. I think you don't hate Yahoo as much as you miss it. I hope you can get it back.

So, here's hoping you can get your Yahoo on.

question everything

(47,517 posts)
17. Why do you say cleaner?
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 09:38 PM
Feb 2013

There is a very wide band across the main photo and several photos right below it - this whole section takes more than half of the page. The finance link on the left does not exhibit the green up or red down arrows, and there is no link to the games..

The first page exhibited such huge letters that first thing I had to do was zoom out couple of times.

My poor spouse did not realize that there was an option to go back to the old Yahoo Mail and ended up with no browser. Has now gone back to reload all the original programs that came with the MacBook way back in... 2007. We were thinking of getting a new Mac and this decision may now move from sometime in the future to the near future.

My concern is that if the new Mac will come with the newest operating system we will not be able to exchange programs like MS Office or Quicken. Last year I purchased a new Quicken 2007 version that can read all my old files, going back to the mid 90s but will not be able to run on the new OS version - tiger?

Sigh... I wish those of us, who do not need to get the newest version of anything can continue to operate in old versions of programs and operating systems.

Few years ago we bought a family member a new laptop and a printer because, one reason, cartridges were no longer available for the old printer.

Thank you for your kind words. Will wait and see.


Response to question everything (Original post)

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
13. I have a Mac and use Safari.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:27 PM
Feb 2013

In fact, it is the only browser that really works well with my Mac. I also have Firefox and I hate it.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
15. Me, too.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:48 PM
Feb 2013

I used Chrome with my iMac for a while, but it began to have too many issues.

Firefox allow "no tracking" which I like, but damn, if it isn't a demanding browser...

So back to Safari I returned with my Mac.

At my business PC's, I use Explorer.

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