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Why isn't my browser supported?
The short answer: your browser, either due to its manufacturer, or its version, or both,
will not render our site properly (it "breaks" when viewing our pages). This is usually
due to either a known bug in the browser, or because the browser's manufacture
either could not (or chose not to) build support for one or more web standards employed by our site.
In developing our site, we have tried to support as many browsers as possible,
as more browsers means potentially more customers.
In what way do browsers differ?
This is a longer story. It's not a matter of features, it's a matter of maintainability. Web browsers have undergone significant reengineering over the last few years.
Most of these changes are "behind these scenes". Here's the scoop:
For years, there's been a turf war among web browser manufacturers--most notably Microsoft
and Netscape, but others have joined the battle, too. To get people to switch to their browser,
each company tried to add compelling new features or capabilities with each new release. Many, if
not most of these features, are never seen by consumers, but are instead "capabilities" that
web developers can take advantage of to build even cooler sites for consumers (like you) to enjoy.
The problem is that, over time, browsers (and browser versions!) became so different,
that web developers almost had to develop a *separate site* for each browser (and version!).
Thus, making a single change could mean changing 10-15 pages. Not feasible.
Recently, however, browser companies have started to work together, realizing that
the chaos had gotten out of hand. Long story short: only recent browser versions
can "read" websites developed to these standards, and display them properly. As much as possible,
we've developed to these standards.
So your browser either (a) doesn't support one or more of elements of these standards that our
site employs, or (b) has a "bug" in its implemntation of the standard that we could not workaround.
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