RE: IE-only sites

I must agree with every bit of idealism in your post, and I do. You're
right, by the way, Spain is a very street-oriented country and there's still
no big risk of loosing our little-shop-in-the-corner mentality, thanks God,
although big malls are threatening them pretty well too.

I'm only saying how much I would love to switch (nice SUSE Apple-like
campaign, by the way) tomorrow morning being this issue the only one
stopping me from doing it.

To be honest, the biggest offender is IngramMicro (an American company
operating worldwide). I've sent letters to them (no results so far) but I
invite you all to do the same (www.ingrammicro.com). It's probably one of
the biggest computer parts wholesalers in the world and they EXPLICITLY tell
you to use IE or you're not welcome. I'm doing my best to find other
suppliers for their products and as a matter of fact only a few items remain
being supplied by them only, but I hope also those go away.

I hope you agree with me that I can't put my business in jeopardy because of
this issue, and that's why I'm thinking of doing something programmatically
about it.

I haven't joined the Spanish Linux lobby yet for different reasons, but I
admit it's time to forget worries about joining very radical elite-Linux
types (most of the lobby is made out of these) and try to bring some common
sense to them. :-) 

I've read very interesting suggestions and points of view on this subject
from you guys. Thanks for that.

Regards,

Pablo



> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: annoyances-bounces-DzJonyRHso41Ayx8vbq1stBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org [mailto:annoyances-bounces@dee-
> annleblanc.com] En nombre de The Rev. Shamim, D.D., LFHCfS
> Enviado el: lunes, 24 de noviembre de 2003 17:29
> Para: Seeking Linux annoyances for a book.
> Asunto: RE: [Annoyances] IE-only sites
> 
> Just as price is only one of the factors I consider before making a
> purchase, so is convenience. There are a lot of things I do because of
> my ethics that make my life inconvenient. (I live in the US and I
> don't have a car, and I don't eat meat.) If a site does not wish to
> serve me, I go elsewhere, end of story. I refuse to allow my
> web-browsing habits be dictated by someone else's shoddy design and
> implementation.
> 
> It's not even a case of "the customer is king in the US" -- I know
> it's unlikely that a bank or large merchant will fix all the bugs in
> their site just based on one complaint. But I will make my gesture, no
> matter how puny it is. I send my letter of complaint, cancel my
> service, and ask them to get in touch with me if they ever decide to
> fix their broken site. Then I go on with my life.
> 
> If one just buckles and gives in to these crappy Siebel sits (although
> I'm not sure what that is) then things will never change, and one has
> no right to complain to anyone.
> 
>  > However, you can check the www.dpreview.com site for an example of
>  > a site where you'd never know it's not working properly.
> 
> Interestingly, this is a site I vist relatively often. I have never
> used IE (or any other MS products) and I was not aware I was lacking
> any functionality on it. I can read their reviews, and I can look at
> the sample pictures, tables etc. If they have extra crap I don't know
> I "need," I don't lose any sleep over it. Go read www.photo.net instead.
> 
> (I also patronise my local neighborhood shops if at all possible, even
> if I have to pay more or settle for my second choice. It would be a
> poor world if we just sat at home in front of our computer screens
> with the web being our only outside contact. But that's probably not a
> critical problem in Spain, and in any case that's a rant for a
> different time and place!)
> 
> -s
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