[MACCAWS] A recent experience I had

Hi,
I've forwarded the following converstion I had
recently. It is kind of thinking we need to educate.

Real life names of the correspondant replaced.

> From: Ben Meadowcroft <>
> To:  [email protected]
> Subject: Re:
>
http://www.aspnetpro.com/members/subscribe/TrialOffer.asp
> 
> ABCABC wrote:
> 
> >Hi Ben,
> >
> >I'm glad you got your order placed.
> >
> >Being a web developer, I wish we could support all
> the browsers, but...
> >
> >The business point of view --
> >"When you weigh the rich experience of Explorer and
> even Netscape against
> >the quarter of one percent of user that use another
> browser, we just can not
> >justify the cost in man hours to support something
> different."
> >
> >I guess that's why I'm a web developer instead of a
> business man?
> >
> >ABCABC
> >
> >--
> >ABCABC 
> >Web Developer 
> ><Addrress Stripped>
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ben Meadowcroft
> [mailto:] 
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:18 AM
> >To: ABCABC
> >Subject: Re:
>
http://www.aspnetpro.com/members/subscribe/TrialOffer.asp
> >
> >
> >ABCABC wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Ben,
> >>
> >>I have had some trouble reproducing the error you
> describe. Can you 
> >>please send me the link to the page where you are
> having the problem.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>ABCABC
> >> 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
>
>http://www.aspnetpro.com/members/subscribe/TrialOffer.asp
> >I have tried to do it again and am having the same
> problem, however I 
> >was using Mozilla 1.1, trying again with Internet
> Explorer 6 has "fixed" 
> >the problem. However I'll take the oportunity to
> point out the inherent 
> >problems of relying on Javascript to dynamically
> change forms. If you 
> >hadn't got back to me I wouldn't have bothered
> trying to subscribe again.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Ben Meadowcroft
> [mailto:]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:56 AM
> >>To: [email protected]
> >>Subject:
>
http://www.aspnetpro.com/members/subscribe/TrialOffer.asp
> >>
> >>
> >>I tried to sign uo for the trial offer.
> >>However despite selecting my country as "United
> Kigdom" I was still 
> >>given a choice of US States, leaving it as Alabama
> I tried to continue. 
> >>The next page totally ignored my choice of country
> and had me down as 
> >>    
> >>
> >>from the US. Needles to say I did not complete the
> transaction.
> >  
> >
> >>If the trial offer is not open to non US residents
> then having multiple 
> >>country options is both redundant and unneccessary
> ;)
> >>
> >>--
> >>BenM
> >>http://www.benmeadowcroft.com
> >>    
> >>
> 
>  

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