Visa Olympic advergame keeps Mac users out
Do you know the Hard Rock Café motto “Love all, serve all”? I think any interactive agency should always keep it in mind. Even if we (Mac users) represent just a tiny 4-5 percent of the online population, you need to keep in mind we are very likely to be influentials and early adopters. This said, here comes my question: why did Wild Tangent develop an advergame for Visa which only works with Internet Explorer and kicks out Safari and/or Firefox (Mac) users?
It’s the Torino 2006 Olympics advergame, and in the Olympic spirit it should allow everybody in!
If you’re a curious PC user, here’s the link to the game. If you’re a Mac user, just look at the screenshots.
…and it also throws me out using firefox instead of ms ie. i wonder if there is any game at all…
It kicks out Firefox PC users as well…
Well, we’ve just set online a 3D Race game for Renault New Clio (by the way, you can play here : Clio Xtrem Racer, it’s quite funny), and I can tell you it’s not easy to find a plugin that works with firefox or with Mac. Don’t blame the agencies, blame the plugin developpers
Vincent, that’s just not true. You’ve developed with Virtools which supports Mac and Firefox just fine, as does Shockwave. Pretty much the only major web-3D plugin which doesn’t is WildTangent.
The fault here lies with the Agency which made a poor technology decision based on pushing a specific technology as opposed to choosing the best option for their client. (Notice that Wild Tangent is apparently the agency, and the tech provider here!)
This shouldn’t be a surprise for us Mac users. Sad but true. Ironically, the machine that builds much of what we see online can’t access it!