Online Newspapers Do Something Right For A Change
from the tell-AP-to-shove-it dept
Earlier this month, the Associated Press launched a streaming video offering for its partner newspapers, so they could offer video on their websites. There was just one problem: it only worked on Microsoft IE on Windows. While Microsoft still has the majority of the browser market share, that's still an odd decision. Firefox and other browsers do have enough marketshare to matter at this point, especially among early adopters and the type of people you'd want to watch the video. The same is true of the Mac community. This raised a lot of discussion online, and it appears that at least one newspaper company has turned down the AP until they figure out how to make the service cross-platform compatible. It's nice to see a newspaper willing to stand up for its users -- as this seems like the type of story that could just generate a lot of discussion, without the newspapers actually doing anything, leaving the AP to stick with it's Windows IE-only policy.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Quit complaining
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IE Tabs for Firefox
However, with that said. A good designer designs for all platforms not just one, so that a maximum amount of accessibility can be reached.
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You neglect to consider that there might be business deal involved.
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AP shows they suck
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That's the AP for you.
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I Use Linux
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What is the point
Anyway, Macs do have an available IE for them. In which case, that would give a much broader audience access.
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Re: What is the point
clicky
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Client-server
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that is exactly why it's an IE based product. this forum is finished.
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Bottom line there needs to be a web based lauguage that works the same in any browser. That would bring standarization to the broswer world and this crap would not keep happening
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I hope that was meant to be sarcastic remark ~Agonizing Fury
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