Hall of shame...

[blufive]

Corporate websites that can't be arsed with other browsers, pt 94: www.argos.co.uk

Mozilla:

Sorry, the Argos Internet site cannot currently be viewed using Netscape 6 or other browsers with the same rendering engine.

Opera:

Sorry, in order for you to use this site (and to enjoy a better all-round web experience) you will need to update your browser.

The Argos site runs off all browsers from Internet Explorer version 4.01 upwards, and Netscape version 4.07 upwards.

Updating your browser is a simple process and can be done quickly by going through the link below.

This latter is followed by IE and Netscape buttons. But, since the release of version 7, Netscape don't offer 4.x on the main download page. So anyone using N6-7 gets the same message as moz. Of course, as is traditional in this situation, if Opera is set to identify itself as MSIE, it renders the page just fine.

When will companies learn that all they achieve by this kind of moronic cop-out is to show that they can't be bothered doing the job properly, and send a "Fuck You" message to any customers who can't, won't or don't use MSIE. Oh, and Netscape 4.x, of course, just to show that they support alternative browsers.

Comments

[fridgemagnet.livejournal.com]

Said it before, but the message might as well be replaced by "We are a bunch of idiots who have employed know-nothing web-monkeys to build our site. You can be sure that, if they ever get round to updating the site so you can get in, it will be ugly and unusable. Why not go somewhere else to do your shopping?"

[fridgemagnet.livejournal.com]

oh, and the other message is, "Do you work in IT, know about browsers, not use IE, have lots of disposable income and do a lot of online shopping? Fuck off then! We don't want people like you! We're going for the ignorant AOLer demographic!"