[Chester LUG] Is this what Linux is up against?

[David Holden]

But is this a Linux issue or a Firefox issue. Because Firefox's market
share is certainly more than 2%. If it's a Firefox on Linux issue and
not a Firefox on Windows issue then the blame may not entirely be theirs

 Dave.


On 13/03/12 20:09, Michael Crilly wrote:
> This boils down to poor web development and a "in the moment" mind set, instead of looking to the future. It's common these days, with people developing web based applications to target an OS and or browser.
> 
> Sadly, with the influx of poor developers from various underdeveloped nations, who just slap something together, you're going to find poor quality applications all over the place and more commonly, too. 
> 
> Roll on HTML5. 
> 
> Michael Crilly
> Linux Engineer
> 
> On 13 Mar 2012, at 17:03, "mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk" <mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Having experienced some trouble viewing a web site with my current version of 
>> Firefox, I sent this company a note, mentioning my Firefox was running on Linux 
>> OS.  I suggested they, if they want their web site to be universal, they ought 
>> to test it with Linux.  This is their reply.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> As much as we would like to 
>> have a truly universal offering, due to
>>> Linux OS having a market share of 
>> below 2%, which would be likely be
>>> much lower among Skandia users, it would 
>> not make sense from a
>>> development point of view to build, test and support.  
>> What we are in
>>> the process of is completely re-building our Client extranet to 
>> be
>>> browser impendent, incorporating the latest web standards which should
>>
>>> ensure our users have a seamless experience regardless of browser and in
>>
>>> theory OS.
>>>
>>> Apologies for not being able to accommodate your request 
>> currently,
>>> however I'm sure as open-source OS gains usage we will review this 
>> in
>>> the future.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>
>>
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