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Tell Bonzi to go browser independent!

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Send your emails to Bonzi telling them they should really go browser independent. Talked with a very nice woman from their customer support. They actually have people who call you back which is amazing!
But how could you be dependent on the browser object model. That is just so sad. I really don’t understand in the [...]

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I hate Internet Explorer specific websites

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Why do people create these sites? It is so easy to be compatible with generic browsers. Here are a list of offenders that are truly depressing to me:

Applix. It is probably Microsoft’s issue, but why is the user admin console of their hosted Exchange only possible in IE. It certainly isn’t because of the rich [...]

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OpenTable rocks!

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

My friend Jeff is doing a great job there. Haven’t used it in a while, but OpenTable now does a nice job with AJAX, it sends invites, it knows how to export reservations to Outlook VCS and also therefore iCal, but Entourage seems a little broken.
Also, you can send invites to others for reservations as [...]

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