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Toby Inkster

2007-01-30, 9:59 am

http://www.real.com/ (for me at least) redirects to
http://uk.real.com/home/?&src=ZG.uk.idx

Compare to http://www.real.com/linux

Back to the home page, try clicking on a few of the menu options on the
"tab bar" near the top.

Every page on their website seems to have a completely different
navigation system and various different looks and feels are used.
It's a complete nightmare to navigate!

Try finding your way to the Linux download page from the home page. The
closest I could get was via "System requirements" link to "Click here for
previous player versions" which has a link through to RealPlayer 8 for
Linux. (The current release for Linux is 10.)

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freemont

2007-01-30, 9:59 am

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:00:22 +0000, Toby Inkster writ:

> http://www.real.com/ (for me at least) redirects to
> http://uk.real.com/home/?&src=ZG.uk.idx


> Try finding your way to the Linux download page from the home page. The
> closest I could get was via "System requirements" link to "Click here for
> previous player versions" which has a link through to RealPlayer 8 for
> Linux. (The current release for Linux is 10.)
>


Far out. www.real.com takes me to www.real.com as expected, and at the
bottom of the home page is a clear "Linux/Unix Player" link. *shrugs*

Opera on Mandriva here, btw.

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Toby A Inkster

2007-01-30, 9:59 am

freemont wrote:

> Opera on Mandriva here, btw.


That's odd. I too use Opera on Mandriva. I assume they just redirect IP
addresses they deem as being "probably in the UK" to that rubbish page.

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Rik

2007-01-30, 9:59 am

Toby A Inkster <usenet200701@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:

> freemont wrote:
>
>
> That's odd. I too use Opera on Mandriva. I assume they just redirect IP
> addresses they deem as being "probably in the UK" to that rubbish page.


I get exactly the as you, except I get redirected to the dutch variant.
Indeed close to impossible [*] to find version 10 for Linux there.


[*] "close to impossible": I haven't found it, someone else might.
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