ADA web site takes step backwards - Correction
After I published the post below, I received comments from several people that they were able to read the ADA web site using Firefox. I checked the site using Firefox on other PCs and they all worked successfully.So I apologize to the ADA and my readers for not being more careful in checking my facts before blogging about it. That was sloppy of me and I'll be more fastidious before I make an accusation again.
Original post follows:
You've probably seen the news reports about the sudden cancellation of the ACCORD trial. And I'll post about that separately.
I read an e-mail from the American Diabetes Association about this news and it invited me to see the ADA statement about this issue. So I clicked and found the Page Not Found page at the ADA site.
That didn't make sense, I clicked on link in the left-hand menu and was again taken to the Page Not Found page. When I opened the same pages in Internet Explorer the contents are displayed correctly. But if I try this with the Mozilla Firefox browser, none of them display. Which is difficult, because Firefox is the browser I prefer to use.
According to one site, Firefox is used by about 17% of the people browsing the web. That's a lot of folks looking for diabetes information that can't get to it on the ADA site.
To me seems like a step backwards in reaching out to people. Come on ADA, how about supporting all major browsers, not just the one from Microsoft?
posted by Bernard @ 12:58 PM
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It takes a great human being to apologize with humility.
"Humility is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person, someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others."
There definitely was something up with the ADA's website for a brief bit. From both Safari and Firefox on a mac I got errors that the URL needed to be renewed.
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