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From: Kelly Lupo
Date: Mar 7, 2016 2:33PM

Is there a particular question with the paragraph?

What it is saying, essentially, is that I (for example) create my
web-browser: KBrowse (I hope that's not a real browser!). I customize my
website to work *really, really,* well within KBrowse, and let people know
that if they want the "full experience on my site," they should download
KBrowse. Up to here, I'm actually okay.

The problem starts when I muddle with what visitors see in any other
browser - that is, I intentionally make my website look bad, in an attempt
to force people to download KBrowse in order to partake of my content.
(This can be done by detecting what browser the visitor is using, and
choosing to display one set of code over another based on what is detected.)

That's not to say that a website can't say "download KBrowse, we do x,y,z
functions integrated with our website!" but that the website should at
least correctly function with other browsers as well. (I can't exactly
tell Microsoft that Internet Explorer needs to implement x,y,z functions,
but I *can* tell the IE browser that hits my site to only ever redirect to
a page saying "Download my browser before I will let you continue," or not
show any pictures, as Greg said.)

Why would a company want this? Having more downloads and users raises a
company's or product's standing and may encourage yet more people to use
it. It's not a valid strategy for a small individual organization, but for
someone like Google, that could be quite persuasive. It forces people to
either find another search engine, or switch browsers, for example.

Kelly

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Donna Jones < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> hi all: i'm reading the accessibility article from web aim, this page,
> http://webaim.org/articles/pour/robust . i've copied a piece of a
> paragraph below that i just don't understand. can someone(s) clarify,
> perhaps give example.
>
> thanks.
> donna
>
> <copy>
> One of the most noticeable exceptions to this general trend is found in
> web sites owned by companies which develop their own browsers. They think
> that they can persuade people to use their company's browser if they create
> lesser versions of web content for all other brands of browsers. While this
> may be an effective marketing technique, it is not a good accessibility
> technique.</copy>
>
> --
> Donna Jones
> 94 Park Avenue, #3
> Portland, ME 04101
> (new address as of summer 2013)
> > > > >