-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christopher A. Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 02:18 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> On 22/01/07, David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Before you do that you should know that both Fox and CNN videos are made for >>> Windows Media Player display. I seriously doubt they they will be able to do >>> anything to help you. >>> >> That's exactly the reason that I write to them. If they are made for >> Windows Media, then they are repelling Linux and Mac customers. They >> just might not realize that. Or, they might think that there are not >> enough Linux users to cater to them. Let them know that they are >> wrong. > > I've written to all of them before - including Citibank (citicards was > mentioned in a separate answer on this thread). I got no response from > CNN or Fox. > > Ironically, I was shopping for a credit card when I ran into Citibank's > website issues. I told them that I would not apply for a credit card > from them if their Website wouldn't support my choice of Web browser. > Their response: An on-line application form by e-mail pointing to their > website. Nice...! > > I actually had one Website administrator (http://www.petharbor.com) tell > me that IE6 was the only "authorized" browser for viewing their site. I > told them that, as a site promoting a public service relied upon by city > governments, it was not their place to say which browsers were > "authorized". I got no further response. I also don't use them anymore - > I guess they have enough assistance from "authorized" browser running > people who don't mind frame based sites. > > Even if it's only in a small way, I vote with my wallet when this stuff > happens. Capital One has a site that works just fine. So does American > Express. Citibank is not the only credit card company in town, and I > figure that if they won't listen to me about this when it comes to > customer service, they probably also won't listen to me about other > issues if they were to come up as well... > > Anyone from Citibank care to comment?? I am NOT from Citibank. But you never said what was your preferred browser. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFtAuEAO0wNI1X4QERAqdcAJ40M7jc4eJ1zrUlkYeh1oR2K71eqgCfYU4N 2SZsBf4gI+423NPvyIaq/i0= =RMSp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
