LiveJournal just banned IE use

[jamesd]

Way to go! LiveJournal just changed its TOS to prohibit the use of Internet Explorer, text-only browsers and aggregators

Comments

[galbinus_caeli]

Does that also apply to paid users? Who don't see those ads anyway?

Or to those of us who choose not to install Flash, and run non MS OSes that do not do ActiveX?

Silly

[jamesd]

It doesn't distinguish between paid or unpaid users. Logically paid users should be excluded from that restriction since they aren't affected either way.

Writing a TOS which covers what's needed without undesirable side-effects is a very tough job - lots of unintended consequences, like the prohibition on advocating the death penalty for an individual which is still in the current TOS, assuming you think killing someone is harming them. You may not "promote physical harm or injury against any ... individual". The problem here is "illegal" is in the first part of that TOS paragraph but not in the rest, so you end up prohibited from both legal and illegal advocacy when the later parts apply.

[galbinus_caeli]

I understand how hard they are to write well. I have read hundreds and even written a couple over the past two decades.

[jamesd]

Then you know all the joys and the fun feedback you get when you get it wrong. I've only had the joy of writing my own once and that was enough... :) Much more fun to laugh at the others and in pleasant rare cases find people who will fix theirs.:)

[brad]

I agree with you 100%. I'll work on getting it changed.

[jamesd]

Thanks.