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Re: Another memo to web designers

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On 06/08/2019 10:41 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:
>
>> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>>> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Nyssa, who couldn't believe that even LLBean has drunk the
>>>> Google Recaptcha Kool-Ade and requires it for just trying to
>>>> view products on their website
>>>
>>> Huh.  I haven't encountered that.  Well, maybe I have *encountered* it
>>> but not actually *seen* it and just wrote off the site as another site
>>> with so much self-defeating kewlness that ICBA to make it work.
>>
>> I run into it often when trying to browse commercial websites using
>> Dillo. In those cases it's because I'm either using a strange
>> User-Agent header which isn't on their whitelist, or there's some
>> other tell such as not running their Javascript that clues them in.
>> Possibly Nyssa's configuration also sets off such websites.
>
> I don't run javascript either.  I've assumed that some sites that seem
> not to work as expected do so because of that.
>
>> They then go into "are you a human?" mode, and nine times out of
>> ten this involves one of the Google Capchas which of course won't
>> work in Dillo either - so I'm blocked. The one where this annoys
>> me most often is Mouser (electronics distributor), as even though I
>> don't buy from them, they often pop up in search results when trying
>> to find specs on a component that I already have or want to buy
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> And I haven't sent them a grumpy Email because life's too short
>> (to spend half an hour finding a suitable address, for starters)
>> and nothing ever comes of it anyway.
>
> I hate trying to communicate with corporations, try to avoid it.
>
> Only recent try: I'm vexed that Levi Strauss no longer sells black
> 550-style Levis in Canada.  Tried numerous avenues to get them to no
> avail.  But wait!  The executive VP in charge of clothing is James
> Curleigh and he's a local boy -- went to university in Halifax and
> worked in a sporting good store on Quinpool Rd.  A Real Person, not a
> coporation!  So I sent him a personal letter, address to his mother's
> home here in Nova Scotia,

Perhaps she just threw it away.  Perhaps it got lost in the mail.  I 
don't know about NS mail service, but every once in a while a random 
neighbor brings us misdelivered mail and we return the favors.  The 
businesses across the street had rubber stamps -- MISDELIVERED TO BELL & 
HOWELL etc.  The post office has a rubber stamp that says THIS MAILPIECE 
WAS FOUND IN A CONTAINER THOUGHT TO BE EMPTY.

> pointing out that I've been wearing Levis for
> 70 years, my father wore Levis and my grandfather wore Levis when the
> company founder was still alive.
>
> Now I'm wearing house-brand black jeans from Mordor^H^H^H^H^H^H
> Walmart.  Fabric is okay, color is okay, fit is not, and they're not,
> yew know, Levis.

Lycra was the best invention for jeans EVER!  I'm willing to give up a 
lot for the ability to bend my knees easily.

> Been six months and no reply so I guess that hasn't worked either.
> But he's been busy with rescuing Gibson Guitars from Chapter 11
> (who knew?) so I may hear back yet.

Sometimes you get lucky.  I got email back from Marker within a day 
about a ski binding question, but my follow-up question has been ignored 
for over 2 weeks.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
  His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.

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  Re: Another memo to web designers Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-05-17 15:24 +0000
    Re: Another memo to web designers Robert Munyer <robertm@not-for-mail.invalid> - 2019-06-07 23:02 +0000
      Re: Another memo to web designers Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> - 2019-06-08 10:49 -0400
        Re: Another memo to web designers kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-06-08 12:03 -0400
          Re: Another memo to web designers Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> - 2019-06-08 16:03 -0400
        Re: Another memo to web designers Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-08 17:16 -0300
          Re: Another memo to web designers not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-09 00:56 +0000
            Re: Another memo to web designers Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-09 02:41 -0300
              Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-06-09 08:23 -0700
            Re: Another memo to web designers Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> - 2019-06-09 10:05 -0400
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      Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-05-17 12:14 -0700
        Re: Another memo to web designers Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-17 20:38 +0000
          Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-05-17 15:52 -0700
        Re: Another memo to web designers Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-05-17 17:45 -0300
          Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-05-17 15:54 -0700
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    Re: Another memo to web designers RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-17 22:10 -0400
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        Re: Another memo to web designers RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-20 17:24 -0400
      Re: Another memo to web designers Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-05-18 03:20 -0300
        Re: Another memo to web designers scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2019-05-20 18:16 +0000
      Re: Another memo to web designers Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-18 19:48 +0000
        Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-05-18 13:29 -0700
          Re: Another memo to web designers Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-18 21:46 +0000
  Re: Another memo to web designers not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-05-19 00:04 +0000
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    Re: Another memo to web designers not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-22 03:03 +0000
      Re: Another memo to web designers The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-06-21 23:06 -0700
    Re: Another memo to web designers Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-06-22 13:35 +1000
      Re: Another memo to web designers Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2019-06-23 11:19 +0100

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