First, if you read my comment, I never used the word 'demanded'. I said 'asked' and I believe that to be accurate.
The wordspy editor was given the choice to either remove the word or allow Google to essentially define the word.
The definitions in wordspy are meant to reflect the way a word is commonly used; I certainly have seen usage of the word 'google' to mean searching in general.
Funny that the article didn't mention the fact that Google's lawyers
recently asked Paul McFedries to remove the word 'google' from his excellent wordspy lexicon.
A company that 'gets it' indeed.
The Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland has stood for 1300 years, and it's constructed of stacked stones with no mortar. The method of stacking provides stability and keeps the inside dry.
Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those
Robots defeat me
Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those
Robots eat me
(flaming lips)
There's a big difference between sites that warn the user (this site may not work with your browser...) and sites that disallow access from non-IE browsers. I've found that most sites work just fine with Mozilla, even if they haven't been 'designed' to be compatible.
I can understand why 'designers' don't spend much time worrying about anything other than IE, but I'd like to be able to take my chances. Give me a warning if you must, but then I'm pretty well capable of deciding whether or not a site is usable, thank you. However, I can't forgive the decision to block me entirely if I'm not using IE.
The Benjamin Moore Paints website doesn't allow non-IE browsers to even TRY to render the pages; to me this is far worse than a simple warning. That company lost me as a customer recently because I couldn't view their product information. Pretty stupid.
For the record, the arrogant, stupid people responsible for the Benjamin Moore site are Modem Media and some woman called Ellen Zaroff Brady. Please avoid them like the plague.
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First, if you read my comment, I never used the word 'demanded'. I said 'asked' and I believe that to be accurate.
The wordspy editor was given the choice to either remove the word or allow Google to essentially define the word.
The definitions in wordspy are meant to reflect the way a word is commonly used; I certainly have seen usage of the word 'google' to mean searching in general.
Funny that the article didn't mention the fact that Google's lawyers recently asked Paul McFedries to remove the word 'google' from his excellent wordspy lexicon. A company that 'gets it' indeed.
The Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland has stood for 1300 years, and it's constructed of stacked stones with no mortar. The method of stacking provides stability and keeps the inside dry.
Umm... what? Linux is only useful for network access? Woooooooo - that's a good one.
I just installed asterisk PBX software at home this weekend; not exactly a 'production' environment, but I was impressed. Bayonne looks promising too.
Oh Yoshimi They don't believe me But you won't let those Robots defeat me Oh Yoshimi They don't believe me But you won't let those Robots eat me (flaming lips)
...that a crop circle hoax has been used for corporate marketing. The History Channel commissioned a hoax recently...
I can understand why 'designers' don't spend much time worrying about anything other than IE, but I'd like to be able to take my chances. Give me a warning if you must, but then I'm pretty well capable of deciding whether or not a site is usable, thank you. However, I can't forgive the decision to block me entirely if I'm not using IE.
The Benjamin Moore Paints website doesn't allow non-IE browsers to even TRY to render the pages; to me this is far worse than a simple warning. That company lost me as a customer recently because I couldn't view their product information. Pretty stupid.
For the record, the arrogant, stupid people responsible for the Benjamin Moore site are Modem Media and some woman called Ellen Zaroff Brady. Please avoid them like the plague.
Obviously, if the remote works outside of line-of-sight, it's not IR. In fact it's a radio remote.
Maybe I can use this to find out what the blinking light on my power strip has been trying to tell me all this time...