The above screen shot from the County of Monterey’s new website may be the single best feature of their website – that’s not to say that the site isn’t pretty decent on it’s own (don’t know if you know that government sites usually, well, stink…) – but a government site that actually tells you to get off of IE6, and start using a modern browser – pretty impressive.
The message is finally getting to the people! Keep the movement strong brothers and sisters!
The above screen shot from the County of Monterey’s new website may be the single best feature of their website – that’s not to say that the site isn’t pretty decent on it’s own (don’t know if you know that government sites usually, well, stink…) – but a government site that actually tells you to get off of IE6, and start using a modern browser – pretty impressive.
The message is finally getting to the people! Keep the movement strong brothers and sisters!
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