Comments on: Verizon’s Policy Blog, the “PoliBlog”

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:26:10 +0000

I googled PoliBlog and it turned up a bunch of hits. Not a really unique name for a blog, yet I wouldn’t say it’s not neighborly to use that name. It is hard to come up with a unique name, there are companies out there that create new words all the time.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:19:51 +0000

While their developers may have checked out how the page displays in various browsers, they apparently don’t know how to use search engines.

Had they done so, they would have discovered that I already have a well established blog called “PoliBlog.”

It seems odd to me that they would want to try and tap into the Blogosphere, yet do so in a way that isn’t very neighborly.

By: Scott Nolan

Scott Nolan — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:42:15 +0000

Verizon, a copy of lobbyists. What more would you expect?

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:43:02 +0000

Hi CZ, I’m using Safari 2.0.4 (419.3) under OS X 10.4.8, on my Powerbook G4, 1.5Ghz, 2GB Ram. I also tested it on my wife’s iMac G5, Safari 2.0.4, same problem occurs. After following a link that shows in the status bar as “Run script “(;)” the navigation buttons don’t work.

By: CZ

CZ — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:43:22 +0000

Our developers have tested your problem in both IE and Firefox and aren’t able to replicate the Back button problem you have reported. Are there any more details you can give us that will help us resolve this, like browser version, etc?

Also, there is no need to remember the long url to get to the blogs. Just type in http://poliblog.verizon.com/ and you’ll find our page.

Thank you for your feedback! It helps us make Poliblog a better experience.

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:10:55 +0000

Interesting point Yeawell. The PoliBlog works fine in Firefox on Mac, you say it works fine on IE, I assume under Windows. I wonder why Safari 2 on the Mac is having problems? Very odd. An enormous portion of the main page’s source code is Javascript stuff. But for what benefit? They aren’t even loading the bio for the authors in a new window. These are links for crying out loud. Or is something really spiffy happening under IE that I can’t see with Firefox?

By: yeawell

yeawell — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:45:56 +0000

Verizon is out to a good start…
btw what back button issues are you talking… I am using IE and things look ok.