Re: [Sheflug] browser lockin.

["Jim Kerslake" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't looked at the sites, but if they're sufficiently proprietary to
exclude other adaptive browsers too then
there's a pretty strong argument that this might actually be illegal under
the disability discrimination act...

details here:
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html

--
jim



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holden" <xxxxx [at] iucr.org>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 2:28 PM
Subject: [Sheflug] browser lockin.


> Hi,
>
>    Just tried to access halifax "if" banking site, and its stopped
> working with mozilla, I ring them up and I get the pat "we prefer people
> to use IE".
>
> Egg recently introduced a service which only works with IE, you go to
> this services site and it tells you you need to "upgrade" your browser,
> interesting use of the word "upgrade" I use mozilla 1.1 which blows IE
> out of the water.
>
> Any one have views on this, orgs to complain to etc. any way to make
> these people aware there's a world outsite M$
>
>
>
>   dave.
>
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>
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