[UNCLASSIFIED]RE: [clug] ebay

[Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au]

Owen wrote:
Bill Clarke <llib at computer.org> wrote:

>> On a related note (browser incompatibility): Canberra Connect no 
>> longer lets you pay bills online using Firefox (when it used to work 
>> just fine).  They recommend IE or Safari.  I wrote them a (somewhat 
>> abusive) complaint (I was irate at the time).  I recommend those of 
>> you who use the service do the same (although perhaps less abusive might be sensible).
>> (I wonder if changing the browser id will help?)

>You can download an Firefox extension, User Agent Switcher-0.6.9 from the extensions area.

OTOH, user agent switching is a great way for their server stats to
show that everyone is using IE and Firefox usage is declining anyhow.

So I'd prefer it if people made noise about crummy design (but be polite
about it, chances are the people taking your email/call are not responsible
for resourcing things like proper W3C compliance).

Antti

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