I suppose in essence, what I am saying is that browsers (or any software) that doesn't auto-update is effectively competing with the other versions of itself.

What is interesting from the version transition graphs is that you can clearly see the different development cycles of the three top browser organizations.

Microsoft: http://www.conceivablytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/browser4.jpg

Mozilla: http://www.conceivablytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/browser5.jpg

Google: http://www.conceivablytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/browser6.jpg

I suspect the auto-updates on chrome are actually helping to increase the user base.

Yes, but your mum and your Auntie Beatrice are not a good enough cross section of society for you to be able to make the conclusion that most of the rest of the world oppose it!

Still being made (though not for shoe fitting). http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=162

Fluoroscopy devices are still made (although not for shoe fitting). See http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=162

... Now that should die!

It only goes to a zoom level of 50. Hmm!

Anyone weight the earth lately?

Well, yes actually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_experiment

Because, as a standard, you needs to physically weigh things against it, otherwise it means nothing.

The letters F and T appear together because it is phonetic in order to write the name the way it sounds. There are no rules in English about how foreign names should be spelled.

" ... [I] really want ... I want ... I want ... I don't want ... I don't want ... I'd at least like ... I'd like ... I'll give them a try ... I still want ... I expect ... I guess ... "

Then you shall have.

I know, but you have to start the message with something that both parties would recognise, use that to establish a common understanding (we understand prime numbers, you obviously do since you picked up on this, now we both understand that ooooo represents the concept of 5 things and using that knowledge to then try and convey more information about how we understand the world (starting with things like o+o=oo oo+o=ooo oo+oo=oooo oxo=o oxoo=oo ooxoo=oooo and so on which established new symbols and from there on start defining more complex symbols.

Floats can be used for layouts. It also means that the display order doesn't always have to be the same as the order in the HTML (useful for accessibility when you want the menu to be first in the HTML so that readers can see it first, but you want the visual design to have the menu on the right).

" ... as not every biology teacher was a science major ... "

Would that be acceptable in any other subject area? That, say, not every music teacher is an arts major.

Remind me to never hire you for a project. You sound like you are a nightmare to work with. I suspect you have never worked on a real site that needs to be used by a wide range of people across a wide range of circumstances. Blind people, colour blind people and people with upper body problems have to be able to pay online for their council tax, apply for planning permission etc.... Standards are vitally important for that.