At a number of large companies, job hunters using Macs will have a hard time submitting their applications. Companies such as American Express, Target, and Sears all use the services of talent management firm BrassRing to handle their online job applications. However, BrassRing's current software system does not support Mac browsers. Mac users visiting these American Express's application forms are greeted by a rather humorous message suggesting they head to their local public library or internet cafe. Visitors to the Sears and Target application pages receive no such warning. Instead, Mac's Safari browser will simply crash or throw an error at the user.
A representative from BrassRing stated that support had no been added for Mac browsers due to lack of demand. However, Mac's market share has been steadily gaining. Shipments were up 48 percent in the third quarter of this year, and Apple's total market share rose to 4.3 percent. BrassRing spokesman Doug Jensen said that company's Enterprise 8 software, due out in December, would be Firefox compatible. This still of course requires Mac users to download additional software, but it is a better alternative to taking a stroll down to your local internet cafe or public library.
Representatives from Sears, American Express, and Target were not available for comment.
News source: CNET News.com
A representative from BrassRing stated that support had no been added for Mac browsers due to lack of demand. However, Mac's market share has been steadily gaining. Shipments were up 48 percent in the third quarter of this year, and Apple's total market share rose to 4.3 percent. BrassRing spokesman Doug Jensen said that company's Enterprise 8 software, due out in December, would be Firefox compatible. This still of course requires Mac users to download additional software, but it is a better alternative to taking a stroll down to your local internet cafe or public library.
Representatives from Sears, American Express, and Target were not available for comment.
News source: CNET News.com
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So what does the bank expect the customer to do or think, when they see this?, jump in joy and go to check their bank account at the public cafe where it can be hacked?
Last edited by 36818 on 28 Oct 2005 - 18:22
then again, more work for them, so they can charge for it.
lets just hope they dont do a UA check just for Firefox, seen it happen before, somebody codse a site in perfect HTML and CSS1, then do a UA check for only firefox for example, tell Safari users they need to upgrade, it's stupid
maybe you could try
The funny thing is, many internet cafes and public libraries use Macs for their internet terminals for the simple reason that they are easier to protect from viruses/trojans/spyware, etc.
It is Apple's job to address industry and customer needs, and to provide viable, better, and more cost-effective alternatives to what is currently the standard.
Why make your site support such a very tiny size of the world user base anyway? It's should be apples job to fix it.
You do realise XHTML/HTML are not official standards, right? The W3 themselves only call them recommendations.
IE, having the largest usage/market share, can be considered the de-facto standard. Therefore, these sites are following standards.
I guess they don't give a **** about you.
but I do, my site is valid XHTML 1.0, so rock on mac users!
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