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Linux Journal: Won’t Make Your Web Site Work with Linux? We’ll Do It for You.

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 2002

[ Thanks to Don Marti
for this link. ]

“Because of some JavaScript used on the site, the Dutch
railway system web site only supported Microsoft Internet Explorer
versions 4.5 and up as valid browsers when the site premiered,
leaving users of other browsers without train information. The site
also announced that only MSIE was supported, further driving people
away.

For web developers Peter Blokland, Valentijn Sessink and Wiard
Gorter, enough was enough. They decided to build a shadow web site
that shows travelers needed information in a standardized way, so
that everybody could read it no matter what browser they used.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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