Walmart Video Download Store showing no respect for web standards

Yesterday Walmart launched a video download store which is supposed to rival iTunes in enabling online download of movies. The selection of more than 3000 titles is impressive. What is disappointing is that the site does not work in Firefox:

Walmart video download store in Firefox

Not surprisingly, the store works fine in Internet Explorer 7:

Walmart video download store in IE7

Now, having the word BETA on a newly launched website is a fine, and nowadays fashionable, excuse — a certainly more elegant solution than the notorious “site under contruction” sign we used to see in the yesteryears — but neglecting 10% or so of your web audience which uses the Firefox browser, does not make much business sense, particularly when you want to establish credibility in a new business.

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2 Responses to Walmart Video Download Store showing no respect for web standards

  1. Damn, cool website. I actually came across this on Bing, and I am really happy I did. I will definately be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the conversation and bring a bit more to the table, but am just absorbing as much info as I can at the moment.

    Thank You

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  2. I would like to contribute on this article by adding that Web standards are very important. Take a look at what is currently happening inbetween Adobe and Apple.

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