Online Retailer Imposes First Ever Web Browser Tax
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I still have to use IE regularly when Chrome and Firefox decide they don't want to load Facebook.
The fact that computer literate people keep their browser up to date and don't use IE at all besides, this is a bad idea, and a bad precedent.
Fun fact: A quick check on Wikipedia reveals that every OS that IE7 was released for is capable of running at least IE8. So the people using this 6 year old browser are clearly holding onto it for some reason, or don't run the updater as often as they should.
If they charge people more for using IE 7, the same people who clearly can't or won't upgrade to the current edition of Internet Explorer or a different browser all together will start looking for someplace else to do business.
Fun fact: A quick check on Wikipedia reveals that every OS that IE7 was released for is capable of running at least IE8. So the people using this 6 year old browser are clearly holding onto it for some reason, or don't run the updater as often as they should.
If they charge people more for using IE 7, the same people who clearly can't or won't upgrade to the current edition of Internet Explorer or a different browser all together will start looking for someplace else to do business.
I applaud these people. They have found a legitimate way to make actual money off of lazy dicks who won't update their browsers! I really wish I had come up with it first!
I'd have to imagine that the people using IE7 are, not so much tech-illiterate, but rather less clued in to advances in browers. People who have a PC but don't feel they NEED to be on the cutting edge but rather "it works for what I use it for, therefore it's fine" mentality.
With that being the case, they likely use IE7 because it came pre-installed when they bought their PC.
With that being the case, they likely use IE7 because it came pre-installed when they bought their PC.
I think that's a good way to keep people off the internet.blurredplacebo said:
Do 90% of sites even work with IE6?
It surprises me that the people behind IE7 are making it even MORE unappealing than it already is. Marketing win!
Well, I really like the idea. However, this is one of those things that would be easily exploited if it caught on; if a store on the internet charged you more because it didn't like the software you were running, I'd piss you off, right? I think that this is a great way to make people get rid of outdated software that can be upgraded for free and costs people money because they have to develop for said outdated software, but just think of what it could be in the wrong hands.
Option 1: Keep the customers, but charge them for the convenience of keeping the website compatible with their old browser. Possibly lose some, but still keep some.mad825 said:
Option 2: Simply don't let the customers shop on your website. Lose any revenue they may have brought in.
You should probably stay out of the business world.
You can take off your tinfoil hat. A company knows that if they start applying a "just for the hell of it" tax because you use (for example) Firefox, then they're going to lose a LOT of customers. There are a lot of things that a business could do to screw over their customers if they wanted to, and the vast majority of those things are things that no sane businessman would approve because it do nothing more than drive customers away.supersupersuperguy said:
I don't know. I honestly can't think of any systems that can't download something like Firefox.
I think this guy has the right idea. Give him a medal, all things considered.
I think this guy has the right idea. Give him a medal, all things considered.
octafish said:
Be glad it was IE7.
One of the places I worked for a couple of years ago, a UK Government department, used IE6 for accessing a national database full of private information.
But wait! It gets worse!
They also allowed employees to browse the web during lunch - but the only browser available? You guessed it - the same IE6 you used to access the database.
Thankfully while I was there somebody had the bright idea to push a firefox install out for the employees to use for web browsing. But I don't think they had any plans to drop IE6 for the national database any time soon.
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There was a point at which I could not use Firefox on my Sony Netbook (It was second hand so I got it for considerably less than half price - a year after it came out.) The thing has an Intel GMA500 graphics chip you see*, and Firefox had switched to a different way of rendering the page by default. The result was a crash to desktop on launch every time.ThunderCavalier said:
It's resolved now, can't remember if it was just an update to FF that fixed it, or if I had to make changes to the settings manually.
*Basically it's a version of Intel's cheap graphics chip designed for use in tablets and other low-power devices. It's a lot more limited than even their normal chips are, can play videos and render a desktop, but anything remotely advanced makes it throw a hissy fit.
I think we are all being fooled >.>
Look at the name...Kogan...put an R in there and you have Krogan...What if Bioware set this store up for EA so they can get even more money >.>
Joking aside, its a good idea to a certain degree, i just hope it doesn't catch on so we ahve to use a particular piece of software to go on a certain site/programme.
Look at the name...Kogan...put an R in there and you have Krogan...What if Bioware set this store up for EA so they can get even more money >.>
Joking aside, its a good idea to a certain degree, i just hope it doesn't catch on so we ahve to use a particular piece of software to go on a certain site/programme.