On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 12:14:04PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:52:44PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > In such a case, should I tell my friend "dont apply for jobs with > > capitalone > > as they use a website which is not compatible with iceweasel?" or should I > > tell him "Just go to a windows machine and send your application?" > > Not as such, no. You should tell your friend "Don't apply for jobs with > CapitalOne because they choose not to comply with existing, well-known, > documented standards." Whether their noncompliant site happens to work > with your preferred browser or not is entirely beside the point.
The distinction is simple, IMHO. The OP talked about an ISP providing non-standard content and possibly filtering content based on user-agent string. IPS's are in the business of providing web-content and access. So, in the case of an ISP, absolutely they should be avoided as their failure to comply with known standards *in their primary business field* is a sure sign that there are going to be other issues with them. Raju's point about employment with capitalone is entirely different. CapitalOne is not (at least ostensibly) a web content company. As such they can (IMO) be somehwat forgriven for having non-compliant stuff on the web. That said, their web folks should be slapped around a bit. make sense? A
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