{"id":403,"date":"2007-11-07T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.codedread.com\/archives\/2007\/11\/07\/mainstream-firefox-awareness\/"},"modified":"2007-11-07T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:54:03","slug":"mainstream-firefox-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/07\/mainstream-firefox-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream Firefox Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

There's no question that Firefox has transitioned from a niche technophile browser into mainstream awareness<\/a>. However, at the same time the public opinion of Firefox may not be as rosy as everyone wants to believe. <\/p>\n

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<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Caller: \"I can't figure out how to get to the $500 contest.\"<\/p>\n

The DJ: \"Uh oh, maybe our website's broken, let me check... No, it's right in the center of the page.\"<\/p>\n

Caller: \"But I can't click it\"<\/p>\n

The DJ: \"What browser are you using? Are you using Firefox or some crappy browser like that?\"<\/p>\n

Caller: \"Yeah\"<\/p>\n

The DJ: \"You have to use Internet Explorer. The website sometimes doesn't work on Firefox. Go back to your old ways.\"<\/p>\n

Here's the relevant code:<\/p>\n

\n

<div class=\"page\"><\/p>\n

  <p><\/p>\n

    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kisschicago.com\/cc-common\/videos_on_demand\/\" target=\"_blank\"<\/p>\n

       mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.kisschicago.com\/cc-common\/videos_on_demand\/\"><\/p>\n

    <\/a><\/p>\n

    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/pages\/finishline.html\"<\/p>\n

       target=\"_self\"<\/p>\n

       mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/pages\/finishline.html\"><\/p>\n

      <img<\/p>\n

           src=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/cc-common\/mlib\/1846\/10\/1846_1193083585.jpg\"<\/p>\n

           border=\"0\"<\/p>\n

           mce_real_src=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/cc-common\/mlib\/1846\/10\/1846_1193083585.jpg\"><\/p>\n

    <\/a><\/p>\n

    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/pages\/randomCash.html\"<\/p>\n

       target=\"_self\"<\/p>\n

       mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.1035kissfm.com\/pages\/randomCash.html\"><\/p>\n

    <\/a><\/p>\n

  <\/p><\/p>\n

<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Can anybody figure out why Firefox doesn't allow clicks?<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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