Technology should move us forward, not backward. These three deprecated functions are unrelated to each other, so bundle them together makes no sense. Using any legacy functions is just fight with time ;) It's irrelevant if some users think that PHP 5.2 is ok, that site does not need SSL cert. and so on. The reality is, that technology is moving and changing relatively fast and itself it does not care about user's knowledge or thoughts. Any developer of software should be progressive and adapt new technology instead of brings users to ICQ age ;)