[thelist] Designing for Norton Internet Security

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn at xevious.kicks-ass.net
Sat Aug 14 05:03:53 CDT 2004


On 2004 August 13, Friday 10:50, Bird, Graham wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Norton Internet Security - what does it do?
>
> We are increasingly being contacted by our visitors who say that
> online forms, javascript, etc don't work. The common theme is that
> they have Norton Internet Security, but of course...it's all our
> fault.

If your site doesn't transform gracefully when 
Javascript/Java/Flash/etc. support is not there, then it *is* your 
fault.

> I suspect cookie and popup blocking, but who knows.
>
> I've looked on the Symantec (was Norton) website for detail about
> what it actually does, but this must be a closely guarded secret. The
> "How it works" Flash presentation is nothing of the sort.
>
> Does anyone know how it works, or even what it really does (apart
> from spread panic)?

Not really, but as far as your role as a Web site author/designer, it's 
really just the same as making sure your site still works in the 
simplest of browsers. You do test your site with Javascript, Java, 
Flash, etc. turned off in various combinations, right?

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn


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