BuyMusic.com blocks Mac access

burningwheel

turn down business



story at: http://www.macminute.com/



get this; i tried to buy 2 cds from a webstore in italy but they wouln't sell to me unless i bought 4 cds?



companies are dumb

dog almighty

Hahah, maybe they saw the thread where we were dumping on them.

ast3r3x

haha someone pointed this out in another thread...i love how the page loads up fine, then goes to the browser incompatibility error page

gargoyle

Turn off javascript (prefs->security) if you want a look round the site. not a patch on iTMS though.



Seems they don't like Opera too. Bill must be giving them a reach around...

Code:

<script language="Javascript">

<!--

var mac = navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")>-1

var opera = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>-1

//IE5+ required, netscape, macs, and opera are not supported

if (navigator.appName == "Netscape" || mac || opera) {

musicLink = false

window.location.href="/ierequired.htm";

} else {

//find out if its ie, then version 5+

var tmpIEVerInfo = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE ") + 5;

if(tmpIEVerInfo != -1)

{

if(parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(tm pIEVerInfo, tmpIEVerInfo+1)) < 5)

window.location.href="/ierequired.htm";

}

else

{

window.location.href="/ierequired.htm";

}

musicLink = true

}

//-->

</script>











I know versions of netscape and mozilla can be set to "announce" themselves as diff versions. This would be a cool feature for safari so we can get round lame companies like this.

buonrotto

As was mentioned in the other thread about BuyMusic.com, OmniWeb can "lie" and claim itself to be IE for Windows. Go to OmniWeb's prefs in the compatibility pane. Not great for those measuring browser/platform marketshare, but good for when you're dealing with others who are lazy/stupid enough to set these arbitrary hurdles.

fahlman

Quote:

Originally posted by Gargoyle

This would be a cool feature for safari so we can get round lame companies like this.

1.) Open the Terminal:

2.) type the following: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

3.) Quit Safari.

4.) Restart Safari.

5.) In the Debug menu choose: User Agent>Windows MSIE 6.

6.) Browse http://www.buymusic.com

7.) Send them an email to tell them you're browsing their site from a Mac.

8.) Take the poll in this thread.

jante99

This is happening because buymusic.com is Microsoft's bitch. I doubt it will get changed when buymusic.com receives 20 e-mails.



If fact this is probably Microsoft's eventual goal for all websites: they only load if you use IE for Windows. When this happens the monopoly will be complete.

fred_lj

*Shudder*



Hope somebody can actually stop them. Noone (including the feds) has had any success yet.

ast3r3x

Quote:

Originally posted by fred_lj

*Shudder*



Hope somebody can actually stop them. Noone (including the feds) has had any success yet.

haha well that one company suing them and being backed by sony has a case (though i doubt they'll win)

wmf

What does it matter? Even if you could browser the site you still couldn't buy any music.

ast3r3x

Quote:

Originally posted by wmf

What does it matter? Even if you could browser the site you still couldn't buy any music.

haha

powerdoc

Just rename BuyMusic.com by BoycottMusic.com. This kind of companies do not merit that you spent even a penny on it.