Re: [Sheflug] browser lockin.

[David Holden <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

  very interesting I'll give this a read.

  dave.


Jim Kerslake wrote:
> 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" <dh [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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Dr. David Holden. (Systems Developer)
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Thanks in advance:-
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