Weight Watchers: Inaccessible Design

Today I tried logging into weightwatchers.com to track my points for today.

After a brand-spanking new install of Kubuntu on my 64-bit computer, I tried accessing the site in KDE’s default browser – Konqueror.

The result was not pleasant…

Browser Error Page

Unfortunately for me, and many others, we have to have Flash 9 installed on one of 3 browser (IE, Safari, or Mozilla). This is rather poor design on WW’s decision to simply block access for unsupported browsers.

There are many, many more than 3 browsers, and perhaps they don’t care about 2-3 people a week in their stats that won’t be able to access their site, but when it happens to me – I write about it.

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One Response to “Weight Watchers: Inaccessible Design”

  1. chovy says:

    Sadly, weightwachers.com support got back to me, suggesting that either the date was wrong on my computer, or that I had mis-typed the password.

    They either are so technically in-ept to point where I’m seriously considering *NOT* giving WW my money.

    Or they simply did not bother to read or ask someone of technical skill what this means.

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