nexess Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Mozilla...;displaylang=en that website from microsoft is using example screenshots from Firefox if you use a firefox browser: as witnessed below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamend Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 ... It's the download page for the Firefox WGA check plugin. Why wouldn't they show the example download dialogue of Firefox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diffstyle Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ohh damn niceee one, haha, microsoft is using firefox no there, funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyakite Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ohh damn niceee one, haha, microsoft is using firefox no there, funny... Are you guys retarded? To download apps requiring WGA from Firefox, you HAVE to install a plugin because there is no ActiveX plugin like there is in IE. In fact in that screen, if you look at the top it says "Netscape and Firefox users may have to install etc. etc.". This is not news. And not funny. It's not anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted April 21, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 21, 2007 Umm, it's a screenshot demonstrating how to use WGA with Firefox. It wouldn't be a very useful screenshot if it used a different browser... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted April 21, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 21, 2007 In other news, employees at Microsoft's Mac Business Unit were caught developing software on Macs. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trong Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 LAUL! No really, I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 omg this is just too funny (the topic, that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexess Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 It was never meant to be funny or a "What!>?" kind of topic--I was just interested to see that they would use a Firefox dialog openly even if you were to use a Firefox browser just to help the user out. It's just interesting that they accept the fact that people use other browsers and that they're going to help those people out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 It was never meant to be funny or a "What!>?" kind of topic--I was just interested to see that they would use a Firefox dialog openly even if you were to use a Firefox browser just to help the user out. It's just interesting that they accept the fact that people use other browsers and that they're going to help those people out too. It's less of a surprise than you think. They're a business, they have to service all their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexess Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashy Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 wow. This thread is completely stupid... and useless. What did you expect, instructions to download software for FF using IE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It was never meant to be funny or a "What!>?" kind of topic--I was just interested to see that they would use a Firefox dialog openly even if you were to use a Firefox browser just to help the user out. It's just interesting that they accept the fact that people use other browsers and that they're going to help those people out too. rofl, I'm embarrassed for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoKiller Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hmm, let me see If I recall, this has been there for about a year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In other news, employees at Microsoft's Mac Business Unit were caught developing software on Macs. :rolleyes: :rofl::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrDZ13 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It was never meant to be funny or a "What!>?" kind of topic--I was just interested to see that they would use a Firefox dialog openly even if you were to use a Firefox browser just to help the user out. It's just interesting that they accept the fact that people use other browsers and that they're going to help those people out too. Your interest and test of the site is fine, but then you came here and actually typed a post about it. That's why this is funny. In other news, employees at Microsoft's Mac Business Unit were caught developing software on Macs. :rolleyes: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted April 24, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's less of a surprise than you think. They're a business, they have to service all their customers. Nevermind the fact that plenty of MS employees use Firefox. It shouldn't really be that big of a shock. Plenty use Google, own Macs and Nintendo Wiis, use non-MS instant messaging services, and so on. It's not like we all live under some big Microsoft-branded rock. Most MS web properties, like the new Hotmail and Live.com, have made Firefox support a top priority since a significant number of their users are running Firefox these days. As more and more people use Firefox, it gets easier and easier to justify supporting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anandx Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I agree thats its silly to point the fact that to show users how to use a microsft technology is to be installed in Firefox, MS used firefox. But just for the sake of pointing out, i have inserted below an image of a screenshot that was suppose to be realeased by Microsoft to demo there new technology "Silver Light" I dont know how authentic is this image as i got from a website <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070416-microsoft-tries-to-outshine-flash-with-silverlight.html>. And it did not have a link to the main one on MS site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I agree thats its silly to point the fact that to show users how to use a microsft technology is to be installed in Firefox, MS used firefox.But just for the sake of pointing out, i have inserted below an image of a screenshot that was suppose to be realeased by Microsoft to demo there new technology "Silver Light" I dont know how authentic is this image as i got from a website <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070416-microsoft-tries-to-outshine-flash-with-silverlight.html>. And it did not have a link to the main one on MS site Not very useful for Microsoft if they are trying to create a Flash killer without support for other browsers and platforms, right? ;) Of course they're going to show how they support other browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 24, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think that file comes with Illustrator, or Flash or something. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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