-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I don't believe this to be a real problem though. All they need to do is design basic javascript, if that is what they intend to use, that doesn't do anything wierd or os-specific/browser-specific. The simple approach is to provide a warning to users that it has been detected that they are not using either mozilla or IE and that, as such, there is no gaurantee that their browser will work. Give them the OPTION to try it anyway and, if it fails, they can then download the appropriate browser. It is wrongheaded and flat wrong to a priori just assume that browsers other than a or b will not work, period. They do not know this and are likely wrong.
I don't have a problem, per se, with my credit union dumping me to a download window for mozilla or IE. I have a problem with their automatic assumption that no other browser could possibly work on their crappy designed website and thus try to force users to use a particular browser. No, you do not demand that customers use this or that, you serve your customers (not the other way around). I simply want the option, in the form of a button, to go ahead and try to use their site through a non-mozilla/non-IE browser. If it fails, I will report the problem to the developers of konqueror (or whatever) and use mozilla. The world didn't end in trying to use my preferred browser (konqueror) no matter what happens. praedor On Monday 13 October 2003 12:18 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 21:40, Eric Huff wrote: > > > The more honest ones have admitted they can't justify > > > developing for more than IE, given the huge REPORTED market share. > > > With so many people using spoofing, it just makes the market share > > > look even bigger than it is. We can't win for loosing. > > > > That's the silly part: we're not really even asking for development. > > We just want them to get rid of the rejection of non IE browsers. > > It would mean *less* work and less code if they didn't put it in to > > begin with. > > > > eric > > unless it didn't work in your browser, or did but didn't look good. Both > cases come back to more work, only it's unplanned work. - -- I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. Faith, being belief that isn't based on evidence, is the principal vice of any religion. - --Richard Dawkins Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iqIcb1CLurEA6xURAm9MAJ9lKXr2RFO1PMPl5tFcmYGxKSiFUgCfTmPI hTIXdf6OfPRNRljufndorMA= =4s+0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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