Comments on: Walmart Blocks Other Browsers/Platforms

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:37:14 +0000

Bradley: I think many may end up doing that, if not by choice, but because Walmart asked them to.

By: Olivier Mengué

Olivier Mengué — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:34:09 +0000

I've just blogged (in french) about VirginMega.fr which also blocks its whole site to most browsers since at least 2004. VirginMega.fr also uses DRM from Microsoft.

By: David Hammond

David Hammond — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:38:47 +0000

The reason the stylesheet doesn’t load in Firefox is the CSS file is sent to the browser with “text/plain” for the Content-type HTTP header, instead of the proper “text/css”. Firefox is doing as it’s told and handling the file as a plain text document, not a CSS stylesheet. All Wal-Mart needs to do is send the correct Content-type header. But I guess it’s easier to just give everyone the finger.

By: Bradley Dichter

Bradley Dichter — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:11:40 +0000

so screw walmart and take you business elsewhere. Leave walmart an e-mail telling them why.

By: William

William — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:04:37 +0000

Using “User Agent” as Windows MSIE 6.0 I got as far as Credit Card information. I stopped there of course but me thinks I could have finished the transaction. but then again………….

By: lrd

lrd — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:23:11 +0000

Don’t worry in another six months Walmart will be #2 to Apple in selling music and heading the way Gateway and Dell.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:50:53 +0000

Frankly, I don’t even know why any website shouldn’t be compatible with all major, modern browsers. If there are problems (besides the usual little CSS quirks), the programmer was clearly doing something wrong. Blocking other browsers than the one they were using to make the site is an embarrassing sign of them being bad at their job.