I recently had great success at my first attempt at using Hipmunk.com. I'm about to use it again for a much more complex situation, but I wondered if Google Flight Search might be better. Or comparable. Or do something different. So I clicked the link.<p><pre><code> Google Flight Search has not been
optimized for your browser.
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You know what I read here?<p><pre><code> Best viewed in <browser X>
Best viewed at resolution X x Y
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We used to decry these messages as a failure on the part of the web designers or web programmers, but now we're seeing it again.<p><pre><code> Sorry - we're too hip and cool
to cater to older browsers.
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So as the "standards" race ahead, and we, the general public, are forced yet again to upgrade our browser, and then our hardware, to cope with the ever changing (and totally inconsistent implementation of) the latest whizzy thing, I start to wonder if there's space for someone to create a service where:<p>* Using an elderly browser I connect to your service.<p>* I tell you the page I want<p>* You effectively give me a VNC session.<p>I'd pay for that. The machine I use when I'm travelling (and I travel a lot) is not up to using things like Google Flight Search. A gateway service could be valuable.<p>Won't happen, I know. I'll just continue to be told in a patronising manner: Upgrade to a modern browser.