Comments | triskellian: I thought those days were over...

triskellian

I thought those days were over...

Nov 16, 2007 09:47

"Unfortunately our website is not compatible with Macs or firefox. Is there any way you can get to a PC with Internet Explorer ( Read more... )

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ar_gemlad November 16 2007, 11:00:42 UTC

"Unfortunately, we may be breaking the law. We may have heard of accessibility, the DDA and SENDA, but we decided not to give a monkey's arse."

onebyone November 20 2007, 01:12:45 UTC

They may be, but personally I think it's a low tactic to use DDA as an excuse for why somebody should support Firefox on Mac (or on PC, for that matter).

Using a Mac is not (yet) a recognised disability.

ar_gemlad November 20 2007, 09:08:22 UTC

No, but if their site doesn't work on X browser, you can bet your last biscuit it won't work with screen readers, CSS over-ride stylesheets, etc etc.

It might be a low tactic, but a site not working on Firefox is inconvenient; a site not working on a screen reader is potentially illegal.

onebyone November 20 2007, 10:17:15 UTC

That's true, and a good way of finding non-accessible sites in the first place ( ... )

Giving in, kind of... mkononi November 21 2007, 09:47:31 UTC

Not sure if you're a Machead now or not, but if you're running a windows box, you can use IE tab in Firefox which opens a page in IE, but within a firefox tab.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Yes, it doesn't address the problem, but at least you don't have to click on the blue e :)

Re: Giving in, kind of... triskellian November 29 2007, 13:36:47 UTC

Nope, I've been a Machead for several years (although I do use a PC as well at work), and IE doesn't even exist for Macs any more (not that I mind). I do occasionally fire up IE at work for purposes of website testing, so it's the principle I was objecting to rather than any actual inconvenience ;-)

(And it turns out it does work on PC Moz, cos that's how I did it in the end.)