OK, but that begs the question of, why should the user have to go
through such contortions in the first place? Shouldn't any web
system be designed to follow well-established standards in the first
place, so that it works with modern browsers? If a system works with
older browsers, and newer browsers still run the old code, then
shouldn't a system just work with newer browsers without any
fuss? And if so, shouldn't that system *not* include code to
specifically and arbitrarily exclude newer browsers?
Like others, I find this simply unacceptable. I would be ashamed to
release such a system myself.
-- dkm
At 6/23/2011 03:43 PM Thursday, Rytlewski, Jamie wrote:
>It's not that they can't use EBS if they upgrade, they just have to
>use compatibility mode (withIE). It's really not that difficult to
>use compatibility mode. Yes, you have to show your users how to do
>it, but I've had no problem in my office.
>
>On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:40 AM, Kim Geiger wrote:
>
> >>>> On 6/23/2011 at 3:29 PM, Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I agree with you about the lack of support for newer browsers, the
> >> Angel/Blackboard system has the same limitation.
> >
> > I was just grumbling about this this morning. Yes, it's true
> that I don't understand the nature of the problem behind the
> scenes, but if I encountered it at Amazon or elsewhere, they'd lose
> a sale rather than get my sympathy.
> >
> > It's kind of, well, unacceptable, actually, and it's turning into
> a real support hassle for me as my users, despite my admonitions,
> click on the upgrade button and then can't use EBS.
> >
> > --
> > Kim Geiger
> > Information Technologist
> > Broadcasting Services
> > Michigan State University
> > 517-432-3120 x 429
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