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Copyright Office poll: IE-only OK? | |
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| Time: 02:23 EST/07:23 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Signaling a new addition to the list of browser-specific Web sites, the U.S. Copyright Office solicited opinions on a planned Internet Explorer-only zone. The office, a division of the Library of Congress, invited comments through Aug. 22 on an upcoming Web service for prospective copyright owners that may launch with support for only limited browsers. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/11/2005 9:39:22 AM |
| Idiots. Gov't sites, or any site funded with public money, should not cater to any specific browser. |
| #2 By 1845 (67.172.237.116) at 8/11/2005 10:52:13 AM |
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It's not catering to a specific browser. What it's doing is not catering to various browsers. They're using a version of Seibel that was released when IE had >95% market share, so Seibel focused on IE. It will be a few months before the new Seibel system that supports other browsers (built in a time when IE did not have >95% market share). In the interum, they'd like to not have to delay the site to satisfy such a small percentage of the market.
Besides, what does this have to do with you? You aren't a US citizen, correct? |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/11/2005 12:06:12 PM |
| #2: Nice wordplay. It's not that they're catering to IE, they're just excluding everything but. While IE enjoys the lion's share of users, 11% is not insignificant. But that's not really the point. Being a gov't body, it is just wrong for them to exclude all but Windows+IE users from any portion of their site. I'm not a US citizen, but that doesn't make my opinion any less valid. |
| #4 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 8/11/2005 12:10:35 PM |
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latch - "I'm not a US citizen, but that doesn't make my opinion any less valid."
A poll concerning a US Government service? Being used by a Canadian? Yes, your opinion is less valid. This post was edited by mooresa56 on Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 12:39. |
| #5 By 116 (24.173.215.234) at 8/11/2005 1:12:09 PM |
| I find it funny to bring up the race card. Thats pretty ridiculous comparing race to an internet browser. It takes more money to make sure your stuff works in every browser especially if its something complicated. I would much rather spend the extra funds on helping pregnant mothers or people who can't feed themselves. I am sorry if you can afford computer access there are better ways we can be spending our money than working so hard for the very vocal minority computer users out there. |
| #6 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/11/2005 1:46:16 PM |
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#4: so what you're saying is, unless something personally affects you, you have no right to voice an opinion? That's mighty narrow-minded of you.
#6: it's called principle. A gov't that is supposed to serve all should not cater only to a subset of the whole because it's more convenient for them. I didn't quite get the ghist of your last run-on sentence, but I doubt very much that it would take billions, or food out of anyone's mouth, to make that USPTO site more compliant. |
| #7 By 3746 (216.16.225.210) at 8/11/2005 2:00:11 PM |
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I am canadian too so i am going to stay the hell out of this one since i am not allowed. :) This post was edited by kaikara on Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 14:00. |
| #8 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/11/2005 4:56:43 PM |
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050811125917445
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| #9 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 8/12/2005 11:48:30 AM |
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wow, you guys are not quite as intelligent as I assumed.
latch, this is a United States Government service. Your opinion does not matter. In the same way, that my opinion isn't worth jack-SHITE when discussing whether canadian province A should or should not cecede from canada as a whole. jjoelc - amazing leap you took there... bringing up race. I suppose you should consider that this isn't a conversation of "majority rule". It is a conversation of "membership". African-Americans (blacks, as you call them) are full MEMBERS of the US. Whereas canadians are not. Is this really so hard to understand? |
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