[thelist] MSN locks out non IE browsers

[.jeff]

jeremy,

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> From: Jeremy Ashcraft
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> They're not, but they ARE forcing me to use their latest
> and greatest browser to view their site.  Who is MSN to
> dictate what browser I use to view their content?
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uh, they are.  on the flipside, who are *you* to dictate that they support
*your* browser of choice?  if you don't like the conditions for use of their
site then don't visit it.

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> What's wrong with a popup telling me the site may not
> function or appear correctly with the browser I use?
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is that the surest way to get your message across?

not likely to work for people who have javascript turned off.  not likely to
work for people who use ad and popup blocking software.  that pretty much
leaves the option of giving "unsupported" browsers a big white screen with
the message of the day.

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> The standards compliance front is BS.
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i agree.

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> I though IE5.5 on the Mac was compliant, but its not
> getting in.
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maybe i haven't read all the things you have about this, but i haven't heard
anywhere the mac ie5.5 wasn't getting in.

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> M$ just wants MSN to become AOL.
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they've been doing that for the past 4+ years.

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> I don't want to seem like one of those "communist" linux
> zealots(which I am), but M$ continues to thumb its nose
> at the justice department and keeps up the same
> practices its already been found guilty of.
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and had those charges summarily dropped as well.

thanks,

.jeff

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