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GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by dmje »

pluc wrote: post #27
usrn wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're a pretty terrible registrar/host but their marketing is fantastically good. Every non-tech business owner I've met uses them. It makes me kind of sad.

I don't get disappointed at neophytes using GoDaddy. People who know better though should know better. Nobody on here should be using GoDaddy.

Like most things it's not as simple as that. I'm a long-in-the-tooth web guy (30+ years doing this stuff) and for Legacy Reasons I use GD. I wish I didn't, but all my domains (and all my client domains) are with them. Yes I could unpick, but do I have time / inclination? No. Do I want multiple domain registrars? No.

So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by pluc »

pdw wrote: post #21
alias_neo wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an infuriatingly poor error message if the problem is disabled JavaScript. Surely they can detect that and show a proper error instead of trying to be cute with this "Your browser is a bit unusual" junk?

It's hard to differentiate between completely disabled JavaScript, some individual JavaScript files being blocked by an (overzealous?) ad blocker, and the browser not implementing some required JavaScript feature.

I've been using NoScript for about a month full-time.. and it's insane the things you can leave blocked and still see a site as it's meant to be. Ads, trackers and internal tools that somehow I have to contribute my data to, and their accompanying libraries EASILY make up 70% of all JS.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by jefftk »

abirch wrote: post #10
andybak wrote: post #4

"Your browser is a bit unusual". Why, yes. Thank you for noticing. That is entirely intentional. Welcome to the web.

Too bad there's not a chance to respond, "I assume all responsibility for my unusual browser." I remember having to change the user agent string in Konqueror

The way you assume that responsibility in this case is by unblocking the JavaScript GoDaddy requires.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by stevesimmons »

londons_explore wrote: post #26

Fraud rates of 'other' browsers are over double that of mainstream browsers. Nearly every metric is worse - from spam comment removal rate to adspam rate to credit card chargebacks. I can completely understand a web host deciding to block any browser that isn't a major one.

None of that should matter if the services are only available to validated, logged in paying customers.

And then you decide on the basis of the customer whether to block, not the browser.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by mike_hearn »

alias_neo wrote: post #13
rvnx wrote: post #9

This is because the browser fails to load some JS on the control panel because the browser blocks them. That's it.

This is an infuriatingly poor error message if the problem is disabled JavaScript. Surely they can detect that and show a proper error instead of trying to be cute with this "Your browser is a bit unusual" junk?

The error message linked from the post says "Try disabling ad blockers, enabling JavaScript or using a different web browser".

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by [deleted] »

dmje wrote: post #31
pluc wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get disappointed at neophytes using GoDaddy. People who know better though should know better. Nobody on here should be using GoDaddy.

Like most things it's not as simple as that. I'm a long-in-the-tooth web guy (30+ years doing this stuff) and for Legacy Reasons I use GD. I wish I didn't, but all my domains (and all my client domains) are with them. Yes I could unpick, but do I have time / inclination? No. Do I want multiple domain registrars? No. So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by bigDinosaur »

dmje wrote: post #31
pluc wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get disappointed at neophytes using GoDaddy. People who know better though should know better. Nobody on here should be using GoDaddy.

Like most things it's not as simple as that. I'm a long-in-the-tooth web guy (30+ years doing this stuff) and for Legacy Reasons I use GD. I wish I didn't, but all my domains (and all my client domains) are with them. Yes I could unpick, but do I have time / inclination? No. Do I want multiple domain registrars? No. So - yeh, agree in principle, disagree in practice.

That's fine, you just have to admit you're supporting an incredibly slimy business. That's okay, many of us do/have done that even when we don't want to, but at least you gotta tell others to offset your GoDaddy use. Two people swayed away from using it by your opinion should just about do it!
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