5 ms·

These kinds of popups always humor me. They put so much effort into making them look EXACTLY like a Windows program or dialog box. And I'm using OS X, they st

by brk 17y ago

These kinds of popups always humor me. They put so much effort into making them look EXACTLY like a Windows program or dialog box. And I'm using OS X, they stand out like a sore thumb.

zandorg 17y ago
They could see your OS from your browser and send a different image...
- viggity 17y ago
  They could, but they don't. Why would they go through all that effort to snare an extra 5% of computers
  - zandorg 17y ago
    5% of a million, perhaps. They run a lot of ads!
  - jcl 17y ago
    Well, for one reason, that 5% is strongly correlated with people who could afford a more expensive computer...
Skeuomorph 17y ago
I screen-grabbed it on the iPhone--looked like a fish out of water. If their code really did provide an Explorer interface on the iPhone it'd be almost worth installing on purpose.