July 31, 2004
And I quote - "downloading will not work with Internet Explorer"
Went to download the latest update to Roxio's Toast CD burning application, and was surpisingly greeted by this message:
In order to download the update you will need Safari, Camino or Netscape browser – downloading will not work with Internet Explorer.
This is really no better than the silly coders who disallow any other browser, it's just that you don't often see the apple fall on IE's side of the tree.
Posted by jtnt at July 31, 2004 06:47 PM in Web Development | TrackBack
Yep, it does speak to that. My point was that it was interesting to see someone excluding IE, when it's usually the case that sites exclude Safari, Mozilla, etc. - all but IE! Either way, it's all silliness.
Posted by: jtnt at August 3, 2004 10:14 PMDoesn't that just speak to the fact that Microsoft has chosen to no longer update free versions of Internet Explorer for the Mac? (Make no mistake; the newest version of IE:mac's rendering engine is available on a subscription basis with the MSN:Mac browser, and is likely used as the HTML renderer for Entourage 2004. It's simply not offered free any longer.) I agree though, that a better statement would be: "We allow all browsers to attempt downloading from our website, but we recommend standards-compliant (X)HTML, CSS, etc. browsers for optimal results." Ideally that statement would also be followed with a link to at least one standards-compliant browser or a page that listed several.
Posted by: Johnathan at August 2, 2004 05:45 AM