[Am-info] Budweiser: Use Microsoft software or bug off

[Mark Dodel]

In <20040121215452.D071229B47@lists.essential.org>, on 01/21/04 at 01:55
PM,
   "T. Guilbert" <ethical@1of1.net> said:

>In a message dated 2004 January 21 (Wednesday), timestamp 02:13 PM, 
>   on the topic Re: [Am-info] Budweiser:  Use Microsoft software or bug
>off,
>   "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> wrote:

>"|>        Unsupported Browser!
>"|>
>"|>        The browser/system configuration you are currently using is 
>"|>        not supported by this application.
>"|>
>"|>        This application currently supports the following browsers: 
>"|>
>"|>        Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) 
>"|>            on Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP 
>"|>        Netscape 7 (or higher) 
>"|>            on Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP 
>"|>        Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (and higher) 
>"|>            on Mac OS X 
>"|>
>><http://veepers02.budweiser.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=D359D5D0-4BF2-11D8-B31B-B3EE4054966E>

>"|You'd think a corporation their size could afford good web design.

>Erick, you are assuming that it is accidental, is that right?  You are
>assuming no "product placement" money changed hands?

If one ever heard back from them it would probably just be some blather
about having to meet the needs of the 95+% of internet users that use only
m$ systems and how they have to limit access for the best viewing of their
site.  In other words their web design is so broken, it would look like
crap in a standards compliant browser.  Or the problem may just be that
the person doing the work is ignorant about anything else.  Unfortuantely
today almost all computer related education/training is centered around
microcrud.  They only learn the microsoft way.

Mark


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