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One thing that surprised me when I got my subscription to Harper's and starting exploring the website is that it looked a little off in Firefox. Which is odd, since those guys should be on top of 'new media'.

Thus...

Subject: welcome Firefox please
From: Jeffrey Helm
Date: 11/10/2009 5:09 PM
To: harpers@harpers.org

Hello Harpers,

I justed wanted to give you a heads up.
The Harpers.org website doesn't appear to be optimized for viewing with Firefox. Which is odd because 47.5% of people on the internet are now using Firefox as a base browser.

On both my work and home computer, which run Firefox, the layout of the website is disjointed and I can't imagine that you really want it to look like that.

I want you guys to look good because we both know you're one of the best magazines out there, so please don't skimp on the website.

Sincerely,

- Jeffrey Helm

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Subject: Re: welcome Firefox please
From: Paul Ford
Date: 11/10/2009 6:44 PM
To: harpers@harpers.org

Hi, Jeffrey. We develop Harper's on Firefox first. If it looks
disjointed...well...maybe that points to something else.

Best wishes,

Paul Ford
Harper's Magazine

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Mr. Ford may think that I'm a crank, but my skeptical eyebrow has risen.

If you run Firefox, go to the Harper's page and see if it looks 'off'. To be sure you're seeing things right, compare what you see in Firefox to what it looks like in Internet Explorer.
Right now it's an even tie:

looks wacky on my computer - 2
looks fine. what's your beef? - 2

Replies
Vaska
30 November 09

The team that works on this site is famous...they know their stuff.

Looks perfect and identical to Safari as well for me.

Whenever you have a problem with ANY website simply do a shift + browser refresh and see if it helps. After that, if fonts look weird, trying clearing your font cache. If the problem is still evident then it might even be a router cache issue...and this is a pain to clear. Turning it off then on again is the way to go but it usually takes time for all of this to work itself out.

jroy
7 December 09

Yes, i'm probably the one that's off since I haven't found anyone else that sees it weird yet. But I'm sure I'm not the only one. I would have been happier if Harpers sent back info on things it could be, like Vaska did, instead of just "pointing to something else". Ah well, they're a brilliant publication regardless.

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