<div dir="ltr">Thats a good idea.<br>I have just wrote a blog post (hebrew) about a similar problem I had:<br><br><a href="http://blog.oriidan.info/2010/03/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%92%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98-jobnetcoil-%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98/">http://blog.oriidan.info/2010/03/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%92%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98-jobnetcoil-%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98/</a><br>
<br>-- <br>Ori Idan<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Orr Dunkelman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:orr.dunkelman@gmail.com">orr.dunkelman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi everybody,<br>
<br>
Well, we all know that feeling when we try to approach the website<br>
http://some.url.here and fail because they require IE on a windows<br>
machine.<br>
<br>
While the situation is slowly getting better (in some aspects), we are<br>
still far away from the wonderland we promised ourselves (yeah, once<br>
there will be 1000's of Linux users, once there will be an official<br>
organization, once the moon will be green). In these instances we<br>
usually complain when we hit a specific website where things do not<br>
work. This sometimes lead to better support, but sometimes not. The<br>
reason for failure is that we usually do not act as a group.<br>
<br>
Hence, I would like to suggest a "rant" meeting, where we will all sit<br>
down together, and at the same time send complaint letters to as many<br>
websites as possible (even those we are not users of). While it is<br>
easy to answer to 1 person complaining on lack of true support, 20<br>
people, each writing their own letter arriving at the same time (give<br>
or take), is something which is harder to discard.<br>
<br>
Before the meeting we will collect the offending websites, and in the<br>
meeting, each of us will send a polite email (with emphasis on<br>
"polite") to the webmasters of all the websites (even if you are not a<br>
client, mention that you cannot become a client until they have<br>
support for your browser).<br>
<br>
Besides a hope for a better tomorrow for us and our children ;) we<br>
will also increase our exposure, maybe shift things in the right<br>
direction, and of course, have a wonderful time ranting on all the<br>
nasty webmasters who insist that IE is the only solution.<br>
<br>
Any takers? (btw, this is a meeting which we can also hold<br>
electronically, so those of us who cannot attend physically, can<br>
attend through chats, IMs, and such),<br>
<br>
--<br>
Orr Dunkelman,<br>
<a href="mailto:Orr.Dunkelman@gmail.com">Orr.Dunkelman@gmail.com</a><br>
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