Arrrrggghhh.. website's which are not Mac friendly whatsoever!

Basq

Just tried to renew my TV licence on TVLicence.ie and they recommend Internet Explorer. But they actually don't allow you to progress on the site using Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer for Mac or IEView.

Guess this means all us Mac users are exempt from paying our TV licence!

Huzzah!

Mac - 1
PC - 0

Gordon

Hehe. Have you tried Opera as afair Opera has a thing that you can set that shows the browser as being IE. Afair..

Basq

Ended up using the girlfriend's PC to pay it. Absolutely dreadful site - both from a design and technical viewpoint!

Will try Opera now for the craic.. didn't have it installed originally but am installing now.

EDIT: Nope.. Opera didn't work either. They do say this though on the 'Unsupported Browser' page.

The TV Licence Online system supports Internet Explorer 6 or Version 7 for Windows only at this time.

We have detected that you are using another browser. Unfortunately, this means that you can't use the TV Licence Online service at this time.

We are working to add support for other browsers, including Firefox, to the TV Licence Online system.

Sherifu

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 - worth a try

Basq

Sherifu wrote: »

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 - worth a try

Probably works more-or-less the same as IEView though..

EDIT: Actually.. no, that worked. Cheers Sherifu. Shame i've it paid already.

monkeyfudge

I wonder if Microsoft gets a cut of the license fee now.

Sherifu

Gerry Ryan says thanks!

Chardee MacDennis

Safari 3 also has a debug menu which lets you set it to act as any of the main browsers.

whiterebel

Sherifu wrote: »

Gerry Ryan says thanks!

Pat kenny says : "Is that all?"

Cabaal

Might be worth everyone dropping them a e-mail advising them about there ****e site and lack of support for Mac or Linux

Basq

Cabaal wrote: »

Might be worth everyone dropping them a e-mail advising them about there ****e site and lack of support for Mac or Linux

Well.. they do say they're adding support for other browsers including Firefox.

Spud83

That really is a stupid f**k up. For a site that is offering such a simple service not to be compliant with more than one browser is crazy. Especially seeing as it look like it was a deliberate decision that was made considering the fact the actually check your browser and provide you with an HTML error page if you aren't using IE6 or IE7.

It just reeks of a decision made by a business man, or dare I say a government official to try and use the latest and greatest technologies for no reason other than justify the no doubt huge cost of the web site, all the while saying “ah sure everyone uses IE. What do you mean there are other Internets?.”

MDTyKe

To note, I tried Opera, but im on Windows since my Mac is off for repair.

But, did you choose "Mask as Internet Explorer" not just "Identify as Internet Explorer"? Makes a difference.

Otherwise, its looking for Win/OSX bit too.


Matt

conor2007

well most irish govt site need to use ie on windows
tis ridiculous but hey,this the govt
they will be voted in next time again(for some odd reason)

Spud83

conor2007 wrote: »

well most irish govt site need to use ie on windows
tis ridiculous but hey,this the govt
they will be voted in next time again(for some odd reason)

Even though i find it annoying I dont think I will be basing who I vote for on poor browser support. Imagine Bertie v Enda in the great debate one supports IE one supports Firefox, while wait here comes the Labour party who thinks every browser ever made should be supported right back to the IE 3.1.

ntlbell

why is this an OS war?

Surley firefox on Windows has the same problem?

Basq

ntlbell wrote: »

why is this an OS war?

Surley firefox on Windows has the same problem?

It's not.. I was joking! :rolleyes:

But there's no browser supported on Mac. Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows are only supported.

ntlbell

basquille wrote: »

It's not.. I was joking! :rolleyes:

But there's no browser supported on Mac. Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows are only supported.

Have you tried faking IE in firefox to see if it sticks?

Sherifu

http://blog.vlad1.com/2008/02/28/finding-the-os-x-turbo-button/ - Interesting piece about ff on mac I read today.

Basq

ntlbell wrote: »

Have you tried faking IE in firefox to see if it sticks?

IEView didn't work... but the User Agent Switcher plugin that Sherifu posted above did.

babypink

i tend to use camino for those sites that safari doesn't like

440Hz

babypink wrote: »

i tend to use camino for those sites that safari doesn't like

Ah yes!! Another one woohoo :pac: