Re: FLASH: Not all clients care about all platforms

[Stacy Westbrook]

>

From: Michael Penne <digit8ryahoo [dot] com>

> Good point! I too often surf on my Macs while

> researching PC software, because of all the

> downloadable windows virii I very rarely connect with

> my home PC at all, and at work I generally use

> whatever machine/OS is not presently being used by my

> busy employees. 

> 

> So sites that make it difficult/impossible for me to

> connect with the MacOS will likely lose my Wintel

> business as well...


Along a similar vein is my favorite insipid platform redirection script.

The Microsoft site does this, and it's really annoying.  If I go to their

site and am on a Mac, I am automatically directed to the Mac site.  This

would be fine if there were a way to go to the PC site as well, but there

isn't.


I used to work for a college that was a 99% Mac campus, but we also had to

support a few Windows boxes in the administration.  So even though I was

surfing from a Mac, I really *did* want to go to the PC content to look for

updates and fixes!  But the site did the thinking for me, even though I can

think for myself.  Typical Microsoft!


Stacy Westbrook




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