General reply:
Of course we recommend anyone upgrade to the current version, just as we recommend other ways to keep users safe from themselves and others. I wish we could convince 1000 users a nite to practice safe puter in many ways i hardly need list. I merely wanted to point out that some may have no choice re mIRC upgrading and that there are a lot more dangers out there than an old version of mIRC that users need to be made aware of. (and if only they would care about them) Removing all access to old mIRC versions wouldnt be a solution or even possible..better those who feel they have to use an old version have access to a source we know is clean. Believe me, i would be the last person to imply ppl shouldnt be security conscious about anything, mIRC included.
There are ppl who have d/l 16 bit in error, but trust me, there are some (not many, but some) who have no choice in the matter. Watchdog, i didnt construe your remarks as personal in any way, but "valid" is really user dependant, imo. In my case win95 was NOT an option for more than one reason. I wont get into those other than to say it had nothing to do with what i "was used to". Poor old puter couldnt even cope with mIRC and IE at the same time. And on a personal note, i will add that if it werent for a group of amazing, wondermous, very special angels i still wouldnt have any choice. Which is no doubt why one of my first thoughts on reading this thread hopped to 16bit users.
As for scripts not working as a reason... well, i have some Hammer scripties that i wouldnt give up for anything. Luckily on the rare occasions when they have needed tweaking for a new version, he's way ahead of me and has them fixed before i know they need it.
