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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Please can you remove your unnecessary mail from my inbox? But I applaud the sentiment.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Jonathan Harker [<A HREF="mailto:jon@jonathanharker.co.uk">mailto:jon@jonathanharker.co.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: 22 February 2003 01:16</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: customer.care@marks-and-spencer.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: [Gllug] Mozilla unsupported?</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Dear Marks & Spencer's web designer,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Please can you remove your unnecessary "unsupported browser" </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> check from your </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> website.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> By using some proxy trickery that fools your site into always </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> seeing IE as the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> user agent, the following browsers display your site </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> perfectly (including the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> mostly unnecessary Javascript):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Mozilla 1.0, 1.1, 1.2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Opera 6, 7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Netscape 7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Konqueror</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Galeon</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Which leaves no reason to block them out, except some daft </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> belief in and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> adherence to an ancient browser-checking technique from the early 90s.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> If you have another read through the freely available W3C </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> recommendations, you </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> will find that the web has come a long way since 1993, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> you may find the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> terms "XHTML/CSS" and "graceful degradation" mentioned.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> This allows your site to be viewed even in simple text </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> browsers, which are </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> used by the blind attached to speech readers or braille </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> consoles, while still </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> allowing flashy animated purple dancing bears to pirrouette </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> across the screen </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and annoy the hell out of people using browsers capable of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> displaying such </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> unnecessary ursine brou-haha.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Currently, your site goes down with the likes of Argos and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Royal Bank of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Scotland as most browser-unfriendly sites of all time. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Believe it, there are </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> such comparison pages out there with your name on it!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Great socks and pants, but please get with the 21st Century.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cheers,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Jonathan Harker.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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