Re: [SLUG] Fw: website must be viewed with IE

From: Patrick \(at work\) (pwgrant@cssi-fl.com)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 13:56:29 EDT


You must have konqueror set to answer as though it were IE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Hollen" <Seth@hollen.org>
To: "Slug@Nks. Net" <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Fw: website must be viewed with IE

> Hmmm it works fine for me in Konqueror.
> but mozilla does get me that stupid message
>
> On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 09:59, Patrick (at work) wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Economic Development Council - Sue Lathrop"
<slathrop@manateeedc.com>
> > To: "patrick grantham" <pwgrant@cssi-fl.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:53 PM
> > Subject: re: must be IE
> >
> >
> > > Patrick,
> > > Although we are not ready to boycott Microsoft products, I can
understand
> > your frustration and apologize for any inconvenience experienced by you
and
> > those who agree
> > > with your stance on Internet Explorer.
> > >
> > > When we reviewed our options for a new web site we were looking for
> > features that would provide a seamless delivery of information to our
> > potential clients, provide office integration within our organization,
and
> > incorporate some unique features such as the dynamic generation of PDF
> > files. In order to achieve our goals we were faced with much higher
> > programming costs to provide cross browser and interoffice software
> > compatibility, or decide on a single platform. We reviewed the latest
> > browser statistics and saw that Netscape had much less than ten percent
of
> > that market. (
> > > http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2001/December/browser.php )
Consequently
> > with that information and our VERY modest budget we decided to develop
the
> > web site and later provide a Netscape version with fewer features.
> > >
> > > >> What a wacky decision to shut out browsers other than MSIE.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sue Lathrop
> > > Economic Development Council
> > > Phone: (941) 748-4842 ext. 125
> > > E-mail: SLathrop@ManateeEDC.com
> > > Web Site: www.ManateeEDC.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Take care,
>
> Seth
> seth@hollen.org
> 727-919-1598
>
>



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