I don’t disagree with you, but it’s a economic issue. FR needs bigger servers and that costs a lot of money, and that is a real pain to transfer all that stuff over smoothly, I remember when we went through the last server change it took days to get it up and running right. Since FR is privately owned and totally supported by donations ads are not needed nor would we want them.
Especially when only 2 men do all the work. On days when big news stories break it’s hard to access FR to get the real news as it is. Means up grading Windows too I suspect.
Many of us still are using Win 7. This laptop is Win 7 Professional and I’ve still not learned all it can do. And has a split for XP to run and old CAD program.
I can operate simple programs, but trouble shooting is beyond me. My husband taught it for 20 yrs as a JR College Prof. And basically did the same for 20 yrs in the Navy. But he’s not kept up with the software end since retiring. His daughter owns her own IT business and if he can’t fix something she has us press a button and she takes over the computer and fixes it.
Lucky you! You have your own in-house tech support.
I’d be a raving maniac (worse than I am) if I had to deal with Windows. I have a Mac & it’s so simple, even I can usually work it. My first 2 laptops were Compaqs & I threatened to frisbee them constantly.
I am in awe of anyone who knows how these things work. I cannot imagine running a forum or trying to moderate all these different personalities. It would probably drive me to drink.
(knock on wood) FR has gone a long time (for me, at least) without any problems. Except for those character things (which I’ve mostly learned to get around), I’d say things are going pretty good. I’m not that easy to please, so that’s saying something. I have no complaints.