At 2:14 PM +0000 7/11/07, George Paul wrote:
>I received an e-mail from Gerald, GWAPuffin, as follows:
>
>"George Paul,
>I have FireFox installed and it uses QuickTime to play the files, it
>works the way you would
>expect. The problem is with IE and Windows Meda Player, I don't
>think IE recognizes the
>format that your web page is using. I only mention the problem
>because there may be
>many
>people that can not hear the files, it is possible to do a work
>around but many users just
>use
>one product and depend on it working as expected.
>Gerald"
>
>Thanks Gerald:
>
>Just curious. I built that site with Apples iWeb software. I was
>assuming it could be
>accessed by all web browsers.
>
>Just to know, how many other people could not access the site, and
>what browser are they
>using? It is good to know these things, as who wants to build a web
>site if no one can
>look at it? Indeed, many might just try for a second or two, and if
>things aren't working,
>they give up and go on to something else. You really have to look
>at something to trouble
>shoot, just as Puffin says.
>
>Thanks to Gerald for tipping us all off to this dynamic and possible probl=
em.
>
>George Paul
>
>
This is on-topic to the extent that we are discussing ways of
accessing each other's work.
I did a quick search and pros are reporting that the iWeb code (for
the newest version only), though bulky, is for the most part web
compliant-. George's page seems to be compliant:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fweb.mac.com%2Fgeopaul%2FiW=
eb%2FThe%2520Visit%2FWelcome%2520%2520.html
I could not find any specific references to mp3 download issues with
IE. With this compliancy in mind, Jerry's IE difficulty spells out
the dilemma pretty clearly for me. As a novice web page maker, which
is easier for me to do? (1) Help visitors who come to my site using
IE adjust their settings and update their plugs or (2) Encourage them
to try FireFox? FireFox also has excellent accessibility support.
I've not heard from one IE/Windows XP user who went back to regular
use of IE after using FireFox as their regular browser. It takes
about 5 minutes to install (DSL) and you can import all of your IE
bookmarks. I checked my website and Firefox (42%) is now edging out
and IE (41%) and Safari is at %15,. IE was closer to 70% last
spring, so more folks could be exercising their options. Rob D.
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