This has to be an April Fools Joke
Posted on April 1st, 2008 in Funnies, Geek Stuff, Web Browsers, Web Technologies | No Comments »
A coworker of mine had a problem at work today and asked if I could help him. Of course, I told him sure.
The problem was something that is not really relevant here. What is relevant is that while attempting to troubleshoot his issue I ran across something so amazingly shocking that I had to surmise it was an April Fools prank. Sadly, I was wrong.
While attempting to do something on a web site for a very large certification organization, I ran across this error message:
Too modern? Firefox is too modern? How can something be too modern? What the carp?
Is it too much to ask a web developer to code for a standard, not a browser? Seriously, if this page were coded for a standard (which it most certainly is not looking at the source) it would render in any modern browser, too modern or otherwise. I find it so very funny that an organization that throws its name onto almost anything electronic can have a web site that claims to be less modern than your browser can handle.
The organization in question?
WOW! Better hope they never have to test or certify something that is too modern for your home.
PS Apparently IE7 is not too modern but just archaic enough to be considered a stable, old fashioned piece of garbage. At least UL proved something here that many developers have been saying for a long time.