pixelkat - 6:40 pm on Jun 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

this is not a Microsoft-Opera problem only. I'm a long-time Netscape/Mozilla user. When I went to the Sallie Mae federal student loan site to consolidate my loans and view my account using Netscape 7.01, a message box popped up informing me the transaction could not be completed because I was using what THEY called, a non-compliant browser and stated that I needed to begin the process over using IE only!

of all the nerve! isn't accessibility mandated by U.S. federal law, that Section 506 thing? I don't call developing a site to a 'one-trick-pony' as being accessible according to federal standards! what were they thinkin'?

All I can say is LET Microsoft drop and exclude features of other browsers! Let them discontinue Mac support and no longer offer a freestanding version of future versions! Given the disregard for w3c standards and innovation complacency, IE has become the crappiest browser in the marketplace. what goes around comes around. if we can't influence the browser market with testimonials about other browsers, let Microsoft shoot itself in the foot! I don't mind.
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cheers,
kat