April 01, 2014

The site says the move was in response to new Mozilla chief

Dating website OKCupid has sought to deter users from accessing its site via browser Mozilla Firefox.史雲遜 收費

The site says the move was in response to new Mozilla chief executive Brian Eich's previous opposition to gay marriage in the US state of California

Users are directed to use other internet browsers, such as Chrome.

Mozilla said OKCupid had not contacted it to confirm facts, and that: "Mozilla supports equality for all, including marriage equality for LGBT couples."

Visitors to OKCupid's website using Mozilla's free Firefox browser see a message that reads: "Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples.alexander hera價錢

"We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OKCupid."

However, it is still possible to access OKCupid's site via Firefox, if users click through the message.
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It's hard for me to think of a scenario where someone could donate to that campaign without feeling that queer folks are less deserving of basic rights”

Christie Koehler Mozilla employee

Ok Cupid is owned by media conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp, which owns 50 brands across 40 countries.

These include other major dating sites, like Match.com, as well as news website the Daily Beast and web properties like Dictionary.com.


Mr Eich, who is the inventor of JavaScript, was appointed to lead the open-source browser firm on 24 March.

He is listed publicly as having donated to a campaign in support of California's Proposition 8 campaign in 2008, which had sought to ban gay marriage in the western US state. geijlsngi15百佳家品店

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