[Discuss] Followup to uSource story

[pzelnip at telus.net]

So I decided to actually e-mail the UVic helpdesk about the lack of Firefox
support for the uSource site, and here's the reply I got back.  No idea why he
felt the need to quote me browser statistics.  Doesn't matter if FF is as
"popular as we may like", it should still be supported as it's a major player in
the browser market and to exclude it is discriminatory.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: uSource Supported Browser Question
Date: 	Fri, 5 May 2006 10:16:13 -0700
From: 	UVic Computer Help Desk <helpdesk at uvic.ca>
To: 	Adam Parkin


Hey Adam,

Do not worry about that error message you get in Firefox.  Though the 
underlying system of uSource does not officially support Firefox (as stated by 
the Vendors), no problems have been reported that would back up this claim.  
uSource does, however, support the Mozilla browser and will support Firefox in 
the next version.  Unfortunately, Firefox is not as popular as we may like, 
taking up only 10% of the market share (IE has 83%); but those numbers are 
rising every day.

Long live Firefox,

Luke


>===== Original Message From Adam Parkin =====
>Hello, I was hoping you could explain why the very popular open source
>web browser Firefox is not one of the supported browsers for accessing
>the new uSource site?
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Adam Parkin
>--------------------------
>  The unexamined life is not worth living
>	-- Socrates

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