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Weird. They claim Firefox is not supported, but with some user-agent switcharoo it seems to work fine.

Ugh.


Well isn't that exactly what "supported" means?

It may or may not work, but since that is a bad user experience, they disable it.


"Not supported" on its own does not mean "actively blocked/disabled", which is what this is.

"Supported" means that they provide a certain effort for make the configuration operational for their users, by designing said support if needed and providing assistance as required.


That's a stupid reason to block a user. Just show a warning that your browser is not yet tested.


"Works through hacking" is not the same as being supported. See Hackintosh.


Yeah they are just being lazy and not testing it... so rather than verify it works and fix bugs, they just check your browser agent and redirect you if you aren't using Chrome or Safari. So ghetto! Reeks of the late-90s/early-2000s "Use IE6" messages that companies used to put out when they built a site using Microsoft web components or proprietary APIs.

"Hey look, I can save my PowerPoint as a web page! And it even has the animations!" Except it's 2024, and we have standards, and for them to say, "Oh we don't adhere to the standards" is shockingly bad.


Similary, the Hyundai Kona is called the Hyundai Kauai in Portugal as "cona" literally translates to "pussy".

Languages are fun :)


So they're just like tesla then :D


Your attitude is quite unpleasant, teetering on the edge of ableism. Some people (myself included) are just very sensitive to RSI. I get up and about plenty, but without my ergodox keyboard and mx ergo I'm in a world of pain after a regular workday.


If you heard me say this in person I'm sure that you'd hear in the tone of my voice that I'm more coming from a place of concern than anything. I understand that what I said landed wrong though. Sorry. I'm just trying to say to other people what I wish I heard from someone years ago when I was having the same issues.


I just love the domain name!


I'd say auto-focus is a requirement for UX. Most users won't find the manual focus adjust button.


I wonder what they get out of this. Injecting ads perhaps?


I saw another comment saying that the site sometimes redirects to adult content sites.


Landing place for a phishing campaign. See: watering hole attack.


Yep, they injects ads


Exactly. My experience is that the universe will just come up with a better fool.

We must not forget that most of us over here have affinity with technology to at least some degree.

We might manage just fine, but it's way above our grandparent's heads.


I just love how close the word seværdighed is to the dutch word: bezienswaardigheid.


Garmin uses them extensively in both their smart watches and handheld GPS devices like the GPSmap series. The displays are not very impressive as far as color reproduction or contrast goes, but the readability in bright sunlight is superb - way better than any LCD or OLED screen. Which is far more important for outdoor devices.


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