Netflix & IE

[Kjel Anderson]

Thanks for posting that. This sort of thing pisses me off too.

Kjel

On 4/14/07, Tech Writer <TechWtr at handspun.com> wrote:
>
>  I just discovered that Netflix is starting a new on-demand feature that
> will allow you to watch videos from your home computer, without waiting for
> them to arrive in the mail.  This seemed like a cool concept, so I went to
> select a movie, but it wouldn't play on my Firefox browser.  I sent a note
> to Netflix, and this was my reply:
>
> "Currently, this content is viewable only through Internet Explorer 6 or
> above on PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista operating
> systems. "
>
> I've been trying to convert my "average family" to open source software,
> starting with OpenOffice and Firefox.  However, it's hard to do this when
> the rest of the world seems to revolve around MS products.
>
> So... here's my request...  If you are a Netflix customer, and think you
> might use this service, please send a note to customerservice at netflix.com and
> ask them to include support for Firefox in the next upgrade to "instant
> viewing".
>
> I apologize for using this mailing list for a non-Linux issue.  But, I
> don't think this feature will change until they realize how many customers
> they have that use open source products.
>
> Peg
>
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