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Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic Not Linux Friendly
These retailer's online stores don't seem to be Linux/Firefox friendly
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While trying to do a little holiday shopping at Old Navy's online store (http://www.oldnavy.com) I was greeted with a friendly:
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We're sorry, but we do not support the version of the browser you are using. Our site works best with the following browsers:
PC users
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
Netscape 7 and above
Mozilla (including Firefox) 1.0 and above
Mac users
Netscape 7 and above
Mozilla (including Firefox) 1.0 and above
We're working on supporting Safari. Please check back soon.
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Old Navy is operated by Gap, Inc, which also operates Banana Republic and Gap Stores. A quick visit to both of these sites resulted in the same error message.
My setup? Mozilla Firefox 1.5 running on Linux of course.
I sent my concerns to their customer support department. You should do the same.
(Interestingly, I couldn't even get to the 'Contact Us' pages on these sites, and had to visit the corporate Gap, Inc site.)
Old Navy: custserv@oldnavy.com
Banana Republic: custserv@bananarepublic.com
Gap: custserv@gap.com
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