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Destroy Internet Explorer campaign gets tooled up
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote ---THE EXPLORER DESTROYER campaign has taken upon itself to promote the destruction of Internet Explorer and promote Firefox instead.
In the UK such actions are illegal, as they could be deemed an incitement to cause harm to a pillar of the community and therefore terrorist in nature.
"Google," says the campaign's online headquarters, "is paying $1 for each new Firefox user you refer. Now you can advance your ideals, save people from popups and spyware hell, and make some serious money."
Organisers of the campaign have produced a software tool that detects Internet Explorer users visting your website. You set this tool to give your users different levels of harassment for using Voleware. These range for a gentle nudge get Firefox to barring IE users from your site.
Those excited about the campaign will have to have a Google ADsense account to earn a dollar from the Web-searchers for those persuaded to see the light.
"For each person you switch, Google gives you $1, Microsoft loses marketshare, and an angel gets its wings," says the site.
Mind you, if your Adsense account never tips the $100 mark you'll never see penny, complains a blogger called Nicholas Carr, here.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31278
I don't like these marketing tactics, I don't mind people publicising Firefox but this is going too far and it isn't as if there are only two browsers to choose from Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer this is stupid.
H_TeXMeX_H:
The definition of terrorist (according to me ... or as it should be defined):
A person who uses violence to obtain a political goal.
I think they are not terrorists. But, yes, their tactics are not too ethical and probably won't help their cause much. I say focus on promoting non-M$ software (browsers included), but not so much on actively harrasing users of M$ software. It's tempting though ... I've always wanted to put the huge image that crashes IE on my website to weed out the IE users :) ... downside is no one would come to your site ...
By harassing users you actually turn them away from FF ... imagine if people tried to get you to switch to a new browser by harrassing you ... I wouldn't switch
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---
I don't like these marketing tactics, I don't mind people publicising Firefox but this is going too far and it isn't as if there are only two browsers to choose from Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer this is stupid.
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I agree, they should promote Firefox, Opera, Konqueror AND dillo, all at once.
Oh and Safari.
EDIT: And links.
And all these!
H_TeXMeX_H:
Most of the links on that page are dead ... only one that worked and looked decent was Amaya
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
I'm trying it now ... it's quite fast. Anyway, I'm interested mostly in browsers NOT based on Gecko or IE or Opera ... a new, independent browser.
EDIT: I found the others whose links were dead:
Chimera
Grail
SurfIt!
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---I agree, they should promote And these!
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A bit old though - it hasn't been updated since July 2000.
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