on 19/02/06 06:49, Barry Muller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt > people) and got to click to get their coupons and get > the following error: > > "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh > Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not > "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh platform." > > Now, it seems to me that if you one is on the web and > using HTML, Java, ... etc. this stuff is platform > independant, so a developer would have to go out of > their way to make it incompatible with a type of > computer. > > Also this particular firm takes a hipster-dufus > marketing approach and would seem to me would want to > cultivate customers in the progressive Mac community. > > > Oh yeah, this happend while surfing with my 400 MHz > Pismo (obligatory G-book content). > > Thanks for listening/reading. Would be great if > someone would generate a list of shame on the web for > sites that have known "compatibility" issues with a > given system (Mac, Linux, yes - even WIndows, if such > a sie exists).
If you can enable the debug option in Safari, you could select the Windows Microsoft Explorer user agent, which basically tells the website which browser you use. I just tried it and had no problem getting in. Initially, before I changed the user agent, I got the same message but now it appears to be fine. It's really a pity that developers are so lazy that they code for only a specific platform. The Internet was supposed to be platform and OS agnostic but the dominance of Windows and the constant push from Microsoft with their specific extensions to the HTML language has skewed the direction of the Internet and many websites only assume that you're running Windows and using Internet Exploiter... You could email or contact them to let them know -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] iron: n. Hardware, especially older and larger hardware of mainframe class with big metal cabinets housing relatively low-density electronics (but the term is also used of modern supercomputers). Often in the phrase big iron. Oppose silicon. See also dinosaur. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
