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Nowhere did I see any statement saying anything even remotely like "This site shows off Chrome. It is intended only for Chrome, because it is a Chrome showcase"

Nowhere did I see any statement saying anything even remotely like "This site shows off Chrome. It is intended only for Chrome, because it is a Chrome showcase"[1]. So: Whether they're selling ads on the site or not, is irrelevant. They're an ad company, and (one would assume) want, as a consequence, to get as many people to their online estates as they can. That makes this site, whether it displays ads or not, a springboard to their sites that do. Assuming they're in the business of making money [2]. Similarly, whether HTML5 is a standard or not, is also irrelevant. The effect is the same as the effect IE6 had. It denies access to people who choose not to use a specific tool. It's like telling me Linux is good because it's free. Free doesn't make it compelling. Standards won't make me switch browsers. Especially unratified new ones [3]. If Google're hoping to win me back (I've become anti-Google over the years), or to use their browser, then this (blocking access to a web site I may like) is not the way to do it. [1] Doesn't even say it's an HTML5 showcase. This is what the site does say: You’re missing out… Sorry, the Google Art Project uses technology that your browser doesn’t understand. Install Chrome Frame for Internet Explorer to improve your experience of using the web. It’s simple and only needs to be done once. Install Chrome Frame. [2] I doubt they're altruistic enough to put a site up for the benefit of the public at large, and not the benefit of their shareholders. If they are that altruistic they're failing their shareholders. [3] Understand me here, I think standards are awesome. They're even more awesommer when the standards are ubiquitous. Which HTML5 isn't.

melling 15y ago
Runs in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera, all of which are free. You are simply using a browser with outdated technology. No one here can fix that for you. If you, or your company, insists on using IE, that's not something anyone here can fix. The rest of the web is going to move ahead without you. Sorry.
- Spearchucker 15y ago
  I'm starting to think you have an IE axe to grind. But anyway: It's not about me insiting on using IE. It's about a web site that excludes almost one third of the Internet population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers). Re-read what I wrote in the previous post. Also note my point that being free will not make me use a product. Chrome is spyware. Firefox offers nothing I need and don't already have. Safari means I have to switch hardware and software. Oh, and IE9 mainstream support only ends in 2015 (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex). How's that an outdated browser? Unless your only measure of "current" is HTML5. In which case 99% of the Internet is outdated, no?
  - melling 15y ago
    Safari runs on Windows, and you can use the Webkit version too: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ http://www.webkit.org/ http://www.webkit.org/ That one third of the Internet will have to wait for IE10 or upgrade to a better browser. My problem is that I think we've waited long enough to move forward with HTML5. Let's get on with it! There's no reason companies can't install Chrome along side of IE, for example. Slow moving companies will upgrade when they have to. It's starting to look like they have to.

melling 15y ago

Runs in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera, all of which are free. You are simply using a browser with outdated technology. No one here can fix that for you. If you, or your company, insists on using IE, that's not something anyone here can fix. The rest of the web is going to move ahead without you. Sorry.

Spearchucker 15y ago
I'm starting to think you have an IE axe to grind. But anyway: It's not about me insiting on using IE. It's about a web site that excludes almost one third of the Internet population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers). Re-read what I wrote in the previous post. Also note my point that being free will not make me use a product. Chrome is spyware. Firefox offers nothing I need and don't already have. Safari means I have to switch hardware and software. Oh, and IE9 mainstream support only ends in 2015 (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex). How's that an outdated browser? Unless your only measure of "current" is HTML5. In which case 99% of the Internet is outdated, no?
- melling 15y ago
  Safari runs on Windows, and you can use the Webkit version too: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ http://www.webkit.org/ http://www.webkit.org/ That one third of the Internet will have to wait for IE10 or upgrade to a better browser. My problem is that I think we've waited long enough to move forward with HTML5. Let's get on with it! There's no reason companies can't install Chrome along side of IE, for example. Slow moving companies will upgrade when they have to. It's starting to look like they have to.