On 28/02/2005, at 5:13 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
We have started experiencing problems where mac users are unable to
upload
to this site. We are getting quotes from web developers to do a number
of
modifications to our site and have asked that they also guarantee that
the
teachers survival kit will accept both uploads and downloads to and
from
macintosh computers running OSX. The developer who has submitted a
quote
Said "this a compatibility problem between macs and
some browsers." and cannot provide us with this guarantee.
Having a quick peek at the site, it looks like it's running on a
Windows 2000 box (Microsoft-IIS/5.0), and making use of Active server
pages. I'm guessing this is the root of the "compatibility problem".
It is true that some Mac browsers have the occasional problem
interacting with ASP scripts.
That said, it _should_ all work fine with IE5 at the very least... And
it should also all work better being served from 2003 server. Your web
hosting provider should be able to help...
Personally I'd be looking to "switch" to an open-source solution - like
PHP/mySQL.
(or even better move to a Mac or even a Linux server)
A lot less likely to run into incompatibility issues, and I'd guess
there would be more web developers with PHP skills than ASP?
Any comments would be appreciated please.
Is this really an insurmountable problem?
Do you know of any decent web developers, who could provide such a
guarantee?
I don't know about guarantee's, but you should be able to specify Mac
OS's and browsers as part of the testing requirements to be included in
the quote. At least pick a web developer who's got a Mac or two on
site to test with!
(or at least one who can generate valid html....
<http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.stawa.asn.au/
tsk/> :)
Cheers,
Steve.
