Upgrade, Upgrade, Upgrade

Be more secure!  Upgrade today. Want better functionality? Upgrade today. Save a developer! Upgrade today. The save a developer thing is the impetus for this post. The upgrade today mantra annoys me. Software rarely spends enough time in alpha and beta cycles to to identify all the issues. People have been so burned by using software in alpha and beta cycles, they are hesitant to try upgrades and help determine the issues. So, version x.0 typically have a ton of unknown problems (even less secure at times). Unfortunately, the vendor who makes the application platform we run, Blackboard , has a philosophy to look at new web browsers while they are in beta but not actually work towards fixes for the new browsers until after the products are released. With most releases of Java or supported web browsers (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox), Blackboard heard the complaints by the early adopters and released within a couple months an update which resolved ...