There's no question that Firefox has transitioned from a niche technophile browser into mainstream awareness. However, at the same time the public opinion of Firefox may not be as rosy as everyone wants to believe.
Driving home from work Friday, I was flipping around the stations and somehow ended up listening to the following paraphrased exchange between a DJ and a caller for 103.5 Kiss FM:
Caller: "I can't figure out how to get to the $500 contest."
The DJ: "Uh oh, maybe our website's broken, let me check... No, it's right in the center of the page."
Caller: "But I can't click it"
The DJ: "What browser are you using? Are you using Firefox or some crappy browser like that?"
Caller: "Yeah"
The DJ: "You have to use Internet Explorer. The website sometimes doesn't work on Firefox. Go back to your old ways."
Here's the relevant code:
<div class="page">
<p>
<a href="http://www.kisschicago.com/cc-common/videos_on_demand/" target="_blank"
mce_real_href="http://www.kisschicago.com/cc-common/videos_on_demand/">
</a>
<a href="http://www.1035kissfm.com/pages/finishline.html"
target="_self"
mce_real_href="http://www.1035kissfm.com/pages/finishline.html">
<img
src="http://www.1035kissfm.com/cc-common/mlib/1846/10/1846_1193083585.jpg"
border="0"
mce_real_src="http://www.1035kissfm.com/cc-common/mlib/1846/10/1846_1193083585.jpg">
</a>
<a href="http://www.1035kissfm.com/pages/randomCash.html"
target="_self"
mce_real_href="http://www.1035kissfm.com/pages/randomCash.html">
</a>
</p>
</div>
Can anybody figure out why Firefox doesn't allow clicks?