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   Michael Downey 🧢 (downey@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 18:49:10 JST Michael Downey 🧢

   Dear devs,

   It's NEVER ok to lock people out of a webapp because their User-Agent doesn't match your predefined list. ?

   Especially webapps they need to manage their healthcare.

   (I am in fact using one of the browsers on this list, your code just isn't able to tell.)

   :boost_love: Please boost for basic education.

   #webdev

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     Michael Downey 🧢 (downey@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 18:54:32 JST Michael Downey 🧢

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     • Asta McCarthy

     @AstaMcCarthy

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     Asta McCarthy (astamccarthy@mastodon.pirateparty.be)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 18:54:34 JST Asta McCarthy

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     @downey "our website strickly follows well established webstandards, therefore we support any browser you like" should indeed be the proper atitude to webdevelopment.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 18:54:35 JST clacke

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     • Keith J Grant
     @keithjgrant @downey "prepare to fast forward"
     
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     Keith J Grant (keithjgrant@front-end.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 18:54:40 JST Keith J Grant

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     @downey Most weeks I have to check the city website to see if it's a recycle pickup week... I spent the first five seconds looking at a loading spinner that says "Checking your browser..."

     What's to check!? I literally just need to you show me an "A" or a "B"

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 21:59:03 JST gnutelephony

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     @downey some logical corollaries; "your car make or model is not new enough to use our parking lot", "your money is not recent enough in circulation to be accepted here".