Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-23 Thread Stuart Saunders
On 24/02/2006, at 3:30 AM, Howard wrote: Just an FYI-- I have yet to receive anything back from the nice yogurt people in response to my email to them. Has anyone else gotten a response yet? I just got a response from my bank; "Thank you for your recent email regarding our Business

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-22 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 22/02/06 20:36, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm curious--how long was the time gap between when you wrote them and > when they responded? I wrote them on Sunday and got the reply today. -Laurent. -- La

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-22 Thread Howard Katz
I'm curious--how long was the time gap between when you wrote them and when they responded? Later..Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerB

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-22 Thread calebcupplessocialism
on 22/02/06 18:56, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have yet to receive anything back from the nice yogurt people in response to my email to them. Has anyone else gotten a response yet? I've got a reply from their customer relation. They said that they were evaluating the rewrite o

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-22 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 22/02/06 18:56, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have yet to receive anything back from the nice yogurt people in > response to my email to them. Has anyone else gotten a response yet? I've got a reply from their customer relation. They said that they were evaluating the rewrite of

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-22 Thread calebcupplessocialism
Just an FYI-- I have yet to receive anything back from the nice yogurt people in response to my email to them. Has anyone else gotten a response yet? Nope, and I even used my full credentials when I signed the letter. Apparently, they're not concerned about business from Mac-loving UNIX adm

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-22 Thread Howard Katz
Just an FYI-- I have yet to receive anything back from the nice yogurt people in response to my email to them. Has anyone else gotten a response yet? Later...Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refur

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-21 Thread sandra ragan
On Feb 20, 2006, at 9:17 PM, Clark Martin wrote: It isn't a matter of supporting Macs but of supporting standards for HTML. The idea that a web site has to be all bells and whistles is absurd. There was a period where every time I went surfing I'd hit at least one site that needed the latest

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-21 Thread sandra ragan
On Feb 20, 2006, at 6:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kudos to those who support Macs, even if there are few of them lying around. Any one know what the current stats are for Mac usage? A quick search found this 2004 article: T h e   R o a d   L e s s   T r a v e l e d The Mac numbers game:

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread calebcupplessocialism
It isn't a matter of supporting Macs but of supporting standards for HTML. The idea that a web site has to be all bells and whistles is absurd. There was a period where every time I went surfing I'd hit at least one site that needed the latest version of flash or some other crud just so they

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:41 PM -0600 2/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My bank, Regions (formerly Union Planters here in Florida) TOTALLY supports >Safari, Firefox and OmniWeb as well as Internet Explorer. The same down here. All the local banks here are fully Mac compatible, including mine, which only has office

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread bobgir2004
>>> We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their >>> products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :) >> >> That's a very good idea! I'm going to let them know right away! >> >> -Laurent. > > This is the text I left on their website, as a complaint: I

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread calebcupplessocialism
My bank, Regions (formerly Union Planters here in Florida) TOTALLY supports >Safari, Firefox and OmniWeb as well as Internet Explorer. The same down here. All the local banks here are fully Mac compatible, including mine, which only has offices here, and in one other place in the world, that j

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Tim Collier
I find that with USBank, even when I log off properly in Safari (even the latest one), I often get stuck in a loop where I just get the "your session has timed out" screen unless I manually search for and delete all USBank cookies. (It sure would be nice to have a search feature within th

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Howard Katz
On 2/20/06, sandra ragan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Howard Katz wrote: > > > Unfortunately, our system is not "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh > > platform. > > Are they actually using that cow in quotes or just the misspelling? I > think I would have pointed out thei

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Tim Collier
On Feb 20, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote: On 20/02/2006, at 4:28 AM, Tom wrote: What kind of idiot company would make their web site platform specific and eliminate potential customers? Well my bloody stupid bank does. Presumably, 'for reasons of security', they only support

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread sandra ragan
On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Unfortunately, our system is not "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh platform. Are they actually using that cow in quotes or just the misspelling? I think I would have pointed out their that their purposeful insult was not appreciated, either... o

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Howard Katz
I went to send them a complaint email, and their contact page wouldn't give me a valid address that I could see, so I did a shotgun attempt;. [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to have gone thru. (I tried president@ but that bounced.) I started the letter with a quote of their line ab

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Howard Katz
Worked for me in iCab: Thank you for your subscription Howard. You are now subscribed to: Stonyfield Farm E-Coupons Click here to download your E-Coupons. Later...Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.co

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Howard Katz
Aha--got it: We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh platform. LaterHoward -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbish

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 20, 2006, at 6:17 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Tried the same page with iCab. No problems--I can see all the graphics, and access the individual pages. (Is there one with printable coupons? I see the one where they want an email address and they'll send you e-coupons, but I really don't ne

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Howard Katz
I just tried the Stonyfield website: with FireFox, I get little "adblock" boxes all over their home graphic, and if I move the cursor around, the images sometimes pop up. Tried the same page with iCab. No problems--I can see all the graphics, and access the individual pages. (Is there one with

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 20/02/06 14:19, Bert Mehling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just for the record, I had no trouble with the Stoneyfield website, > using Safari on TiBook with OS 10.3.9. Everything worked just fine. > > Bert Mehling You probably didn't get far enough as there is no way you can have ActiveX r

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Bert Mehling wrote: Just for the record, I had no trouble with the Stoneyfield website, using Safari on TiBook with OS 10.3.9. Everything worked just fine. Bert Mehling breaks in fireFox for me if you try and follow the "get coupons" thing all the way to ac

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Bert Mehling
On Feb 20, 2006, at 7:35 AM, G-Books wrote: We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :) That's a very good idea! I'm going to let them know right away! -Laurent. This is the text I left on their websi

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Harry Corsover
On Feb 20, 2006, at 10:54 AM, sandra ragan wrote: where I just get the "your session has timed out" screen unless I manually search for and delete all USBank cookies. sounds like bad programming on the bank's end. Probably, but Safari is the only browser that displays this problem. Fire

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread sandra ragan
On Feb 20, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: where I just get the "your session has timed out" screen unless I manually search for and delete all USBank cookies. sounds like bad programming on the bank's end. Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com Knowledge is a rare thing -- you gain by giv

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Harry Corsover
On Feb 20, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Tom Ethen wrote: Well, I use USBank and their site works just fine on my Mac using any browser I want to use I find that with USBank, even when I log off properly in Safari (even the latest one), I often get stuck in a loop where I just get the "your session ha

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread sandra ragan
On Feb 20, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Tom Ethen wrote: Well, I use USBank and their site works just fine on my Mac using any browser I want to use, so if I were you, I would change banks and find one that is more progressive and less PC anal. If their web site is that lame, I would worry about the rest

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Tom Ethen
On 2/20/06 9:52 AM, "Stuart Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well my bloody stupid bank does. Presumably, 'for reasons of > security', they only support windows and explorer or netscape. So, > instead of being able to log in using the most secure system, I have > to use the most insecure sy

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Stuart Saunders
On 20/02/2006, at 4:28 AM, Tom wrote: What kind of idiot company would make their web site platform specific and eliminate potential customers? Well my bloody stupid bank does. Presumably, 'for reasons of security', they only support windows and explorer or netscape. So, instead of bein

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/02/06 18:21, Harry Corsover at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Feb 19, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> Oups! I just realized why they only support Windows and Exploiter: >> they use >> the shameless ActiveX plugin. Well, then you're stuck and should >> email them >> to let them

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Harry Corsover
On Feb 19, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Oups! I just realized why they only support Windows and Exploiter: they use the shameless ActiveX plugin. Well, then you're stuck and should email them to let them know they're losing customers. Laurent, I work with an otherwise excelle

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/02/06 16:44, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 19/02/06 11:45, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their >> products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :) > > That's a very good idea!

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/02/06 11:45, Howard Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their > products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :) That's a very good idea! I'm going to let them know right away! -Laurent. -- =

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Howard Katz
We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :) Later..Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Donald Keenan
On Sunday, February 19, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Barry Muller wrote: --- Barry Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt people) and got to click to get their coupons and get the following error: "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh Computer. Un

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Tim Collier
If you can enable the debug option in Safari, you could select the Windows Microsoft Explorer user agent, which basically tells the website which browser you use. I just tried it and had no problem getting in. Initially, before I changed the user agent, I got the same message but now it appe

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Tom Ethen
What kind of idiot company would make their web site platform specific and eliminate potential customers? Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Barry Muller
--- Barry Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt > people) and got to click to get their coupons and > get > the following error: > > "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh > Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not > "cow"mpatible with th

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/02/06 06:49, Barry Muller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt > people) and got to click to get their coupons and get > the following error: > > "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh > Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not > "cow"mpat

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/02/06 06:49, Barry Muller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt > people) and got to click to get their coupons and get > the following error: > > "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh > Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not > "cow"mpat

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread calebcupplessocialism
So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt people) and got to click to get their coupons and get the following error: "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh platform." Well, I tried that site, to see what

Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Barry Muller
So I end up on Stonyfield's website (the yogurt people) and got to click to get their coupons and get the following error: "We have noticed that you are using a Macintosh Computer. Unfortunately, our system is not "cow"mpatible with the Macintosh platform." Now, it seems to me that if you one is