Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Website Redesign Available to the BB

[G8IFF/KC8NHF <nigel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't see any need for a browser check either.
My personal web site (www.ngunn.net) doesn't check and nobody has ever 
complained.

But then... Emily created the web site and she knows better than I her 
reasons.
I still think she's done a great job.  Thanks Emily.



John Heaton wrote:

> On 1 Jul, 2004, at 12:17, G8IFF/KC8NHF wrote:
>
>> Works fine on my 5 browsers under both Windows and Linux.
>>
>> I can understand not upgrading if it costs money but  most web 
>> browsers are cost free and take only a few minutes to download and 
>> install.
>> The new web site looks great and works well.
>>
>> Daniel Schultz wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having a bad user experience, I consider it unfriendly for any 
>>> web site to
>>> tell me what kind of browser I should have on my computer.
>>>
>>
>
> What is it in the new website design that demands the latest all 
> singing all dancing web browser?, if its only on certain pages could 
> the 'unsupported browser' warning just be put on pages that really 
> need it, rather than making the whole site inaccessible.
>
> After all if AMSAT-UK can do a redesign that works with most browsers 
> (including lynx), I can't see why AMSAT-NA is so restrictive.  If you 
> want some lessons on website design, you could always ask AMSAT-UK :-)
>
> John
>
> p.s: The link to the old site doesn't work from the browser check page.
>
>
>   John Heaton, G1YYH
>   AMSAT-UK #5701
>   http://www.uk.amsat.org/g1yyh
>
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