[thelist] MSN locks out non IE browsers

Joe Crawford jcrawford at avencom.com
Fri Oct 26 16:40:20 CDT 2001


Scott Brady wrote:
> > Who is MSN to dictate what browser I use to
> > view their content?  What's wrong with a popup telling me the site may
> > not function or appear correctly with the browser I use?
> 
> I personally think it's pretty stupid for MSFT to do this.  However, if MSFT
> wants you to use IE 5+ and you don't want to use IE 5+, then don't go there.
> If MSFT starts losing enough customers this way, they'll change.  No one is
> forcing you to go to MSN.com (I'm not certain why you would want to, but
> that may just be me).

The Opera spin on this is priceless. Laughed my ass off.
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/20011026.html

	- Joe <http://artlung.com/>
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