澳购物网站向IE7用户额外收费
<p>澳大利亚一家购物网站最近宣布，凡是通过<span word="IE">IE</span>7浏览器在该网站购物的用户，都需额外支付交易款项6.8%的服务费。该网站首席执行官表示，这一想法是在网站改版期间萌生的。他指出，虽然该网站用户中大约只有3%使用<span word="IE">IE</span>7浏览器，但他的技术团队还是需要花很大精力调试网页，以使其能在有些过时的<span word="IE">IE</span>7浏览器中正常显示；而花在<span word="IE">IE</span>7浏览器测试上的时间是<span word="Chrome">Chrome</span>, <span word="Safari">Safari</span>和火狐三种浏览器测试时间的总和。这位执行官表示，他并不指望有用户真的会额外支付这项服务费，只是希望通过这个措施鼓励用户升级到更高级别的浏览器。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="retailer">retailer</span> <span word="Kogan">Kogan</span>.<span word="com">com</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> "<span word="tax">tax</span>" <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="Explorer">Explorer</span> 7 (<span word="IE">IE</span>7) <span word="browser">browser</span>.</p><p><span word="Customers">Customers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="IE">IE</span>7 <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="surcharge">surcharge</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="purchases">purchases</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firm">firm</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="site">site</span>.</p><p><span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="Ruslan">Ruslan</span> <span word="Kogan">Kogan</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recoup">recoup</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> "<span word="rendering">rendering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="antique">antique</span> <span word="browser">browser</span>".</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> 6.8% - 0.1% <span word="for">for</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IE">IE</span>7 <span word="launch">launch</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Kogan">Kogan</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="relaunch">relaunch</span>.</p><p><span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Kogan">Kogan</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="only">only</span> 3% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="version">version</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="browser">browser</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="IT">IT</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="occupied">occupied</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="adaptations">adaptations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="pages">pages</span> <span word="display">display</span> <span word="properly">properly</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="IE">IE</span> 7.</p>
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