[UPHPU] Even WalMart has cross-browser issues

[John David Anderson]

On Feb 15, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Alvaro Carrasco wrote:

> Brandon Stout wrote:
>> Smith, Jeff wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I thought you guys would find the follow up on this funny/sad/wrong.
>>> Walmart's said that because firefox and Mac's do not support the  
>>> right
>>> type of DRM they don't care about those customers.  They have  
>>> "fixed"
>>> the site.  It now renders but if you use FF or Mac's it says.
>>>
>>> "We're sorry ...
>>> Our website requires the browser Internet Explorer version 6 (or  
>>> higher)
>>> or Mozilla/Firefox with an IE Tab Extension (IE installation  
>>> required).
>>> It appears that you are using Firefox, Safari, or another browser  
>>> that
>>> Wal-Mart Video Downloads doesn't currently support. Click here to  
>>> get
>>> Internet Explorer for free from Microsoft.
>>>
>>> Thank You"
>>>
>>> Way to alienate a good portion of your customers.
>>>
>>> Jeff Smith
>>>
>>
>> I'd like to know... what does Document Rights Management have to  
>> do with
>> this? It's a web page, not a copyrighted book...
>>
>> Brandon Stout
>> http://mscis.org
>>
>
> DRM = Digital Rights Management
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management

Where in that message does it talk about DRM?

I wonder if they rely on some IE-flavored ActiveX trickery somewhere  
in the site.

-- John