While Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touted the US arrival of his company's Google AdWords killer, potential customers who use the Firefox browser found their attempts to join AdCenter were being killed by a lack of cross-browser compatibility.
explained why Microsoft needs to acknowledge the world beyond the cozy confines of Redmond:
That idea and belief must be washed from our corporate culture. It's going to be a hard thing to beat. But beat it is VERY important.
Why? Because a high percentage of influentials are Firefox users.
In other words, if you want the most passionate people in society to use your stuff, you must support Firefox.
Microsoft's IE-only policy for AdCenter did not impress Vancouver blogger Darren Barefoot, who screenshot):
Microsoft adCenter does not currently support the web browser you are using. Please sign in using Internet Explorer 6+. More about system requirements
Ironically, the more about system requirements' link is currently broken.
This is old-school but not surprising behaviour from Microsoft.
Barefoot also noted AdCenter does not work from his Mac laptop, though he did not note if he tried Safari or Firefox from that machine.
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