I've known so many people who have dropped Norton over the years. The biggest reason is it interferes with too many things, and slows down their computers. But their ad blocking issues that no one ever seemed to deal with was the reason why I had to keep them. I needed to see that anything square was going to be blocked. I had to see that verified by visa wouldn't work unless ad blocking was turned off. (which Jet Blue was glad to hear it wasn't due to customers not being able to figure out how it works) The Major League Baseball site would have most of the front page not show unless ad blocking was turned off. It helped a friend of mine when I saw most of his website didn't show due to certain naming and size issues. So having the button is essential, especially for web designers.
Of course these things are still an issue as nothing is ever done for an older version. Only for the latest.
Do I like the product? Overall, yes. Is it hard to get around the issues? If you have time and know this forum is here, eventually you find your answer. But I agree with most that Symantec should be spending more time keeping their customers (all of them) informed of issues and fixes. That means you have to go beyond this forum. If my web hosting company can tell me when things are wrong, the fixes, etc and I never have to go to their site, then there really is no reason why Symantec can't send an email out to their customers when things like this happen. There are lots of options out there. The economy stinks. People aren't going to wait for very long before they go somewhere else.
Is the button essential? Yes. When you want to see what is actually on the web, you need the ablity to turn on/off certain controls while on the site itself. Both from a user and developer standpoint.
Glen
Message Edited by glensilva on 06-26-2008 02:54 AM
Message Edited by glensilva on 06-26-2008 02:55 AM
