Anyone here feel best qualified to be point man with the FSC?

[RawAlex]

http://budweiser.com/

Interesting.

Alex

[Simon]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

http://budweiser.com/

I guess they don't test for the Mac platform.

I see this at the top of their index page in Safari and in Firefox:
=0)document.write(unescape('%3C')+'\!-'+'-') //-->
<!------------------------------------------------------>

The real problem is shown in the screenshot below, which shows Budeweiser's entry page with no way to enter for Mac users surfing with Safari, the standard browser on the Mac platform. Not just nowhere to enter or choose a birthdate, but absolutely not one clickable thing on the entire page.

I see this all the time with sites that aren't careful about making sure their Javascript works in all browsers on all platforms, and that don't 'sniff' for browsers they don't support so they can supply an alternate way to enter.

If it's important, I may keep switching browsers until I find one I can use to enter (like Firefox in this case). But sometime it's just "off to the next site" rather that trying to use a site that many have more problems for me just waiting inside.

Mac users are a small segment of total Internet users, that's true. But it's just sloppy coding to completely lock your front door so someone can't get in at all.


Simon

P.S. Yeah, I'm letting them know.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by Simon

I guess they don't test for the Mac platform.

I see this at the top of their index page in Safari and in Firefox:
=0)document.write(unescape('%3C')+'\!-'+'-') //-->
<!------------------------------------------------------>

The real problem is shown in the screenshot below, which shows Budeweiser's entry page with no way to enter for Mac users surfing with Safari, the standard browser on the Mac platform. Not just nowhere to enter or choose a birthdate, but absolutely not one clickable thing on the entire page.

I see this all the time with sites that aren't careful about making sure their Javascript works in all browsers on all platforms, and that don't 'sniff' for browsers they don't support so they can supply an alternate way to enter.

If it's important, I may keep switching browsers until I find one I can use to enter (like Firefox in this case). But sometime it's just "off to the next site" rather that trying to use a site that many have more problems for me just waiting inside.

Mac users are a small segment of total Internet users, that's true. But it's just sloppy coding to completely lock your front door so someone can't get in at all.


Simon

P.S. Yeah, I'm letting them know.

Who cares about you insignificant Apple surfers anyway?

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Surfn

Who cares about you insignificant Apple surfers anyway?

Anyone who doesn't want their Apple/Mac surfers, please feel free to make a big old link saying "Free XXX Porn for Mac Users" and send them to any of my sites.

There aren't that many of us, true, but I don't think I know one without a credit card, or a healthy pre-disposition to spend more money than they probably should on things they think are cool.

The trick is just to make them think your porn is cool.

But you know that already.

[SirMoby]

Originally Posted by Simon

Anyone who doesn't want their Apple/Mac surfers, please feel free to make a big old link saying "Free XXX Porn for Mac Users" and send them to any of my sites.

There aren't that many of us, true, but I don't think I know one without a credit card, or a healthy pre-disposition to spend more money than they probably should on things they think are cool.

The trick is just to make them think your porn is cool.

But you know that already.

Do you think that Mac users are the type of people that drink Budweiser? Mac users probably don't even drink beer and instead drink colorful liquids filled with umbrellas through little straws. Certainly they don't drink anything that's hauled around by horses

Your comments do make me wonder why Apple doesn't fix that problem