[Nottingham] Parcelforce

[Dan Caseley]

I'm a software tester, and I'm only *just* coming to terms with letting
developers off with sites that don't work with Lynx.


On 27 July 2011 12:40, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I got a reply.  They have suggested that I downgrade to FF3.6 as
> they do not support FF5 on any operating system.  They seriously expect
> people to downgrade their systems just to use their site?  Someone call
> Steve Jobs!  Cancel the iPad2 as Parcelforce have not certified it!
> Tell HTC to scrap all future production until they are Parcelforce
> verified!
>
> Attached (hope it comes through) is the cheery little message one gets
> if one dares to use anything that is not full-fat Windows or a
> Parcelforce approved browser.
>
> I know that there are many browsers out there and I know perfectly well
> that they can have quirks/incompatibilities and I understand that they
> cannot test on every OS/browser combination (I certainly can't).  I
> normally know the browser I need to support (mostly do Intranet stuff);
> I develop in FF and then test in the target browser (usually IE6).  If I
> have time, I'll test on Opera and Safari too (not w3m or Lynx, sorry).
> I would never, ever go back to the bad-old days of "Best viewed with..."
> like Parcelforce are doing, and certainly not for a site that is
> public-facing.  Being openly hostile to approx 25% of potential clients
> is just bloody stupid.
>
> I hardly know where to begin with this, their gall is staggering.  Or
> maybe I just need to take a chill-pill...
>
> --
> Jason Irwin
>
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