IE 6 Update

#1

Post by auston » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:06 PM UTC

IE 6 Update
ie6update.com

Re: IE 6 Update

#2

Post by vang3lis » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:23 PM UTC

a nice one, because it doesn't even suggest any particular alternatives when an update would suffice

Re: IE 6 Update

#3

Post by feverishaaron » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:23 PM UTC

While well-intentioned, this phishing-like technique seems at the very least a disingenuous method of getting people to switch. I think there are other ie-update js floating around that get the point across without having to masquerade.

Re: IE 6 Update

#4

Post by tialys » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:25 PM UTC

feverishaaron wrote: post #3

While well-intentioned, this phishing-like technique seems at the very least a disingenuous method of getting people to switch. I think there are other ie-update js floating around that get the point across without having to masquerade.

I had the same feeling. I work on computers that are infested with spyware from silly things like this. Not to suggest that this is a bad thing, but it's misleading, and might lead users to learn a bad habit.

Re: IE 6 Update

#5

Post by RossM » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:26 PM UTC

The IE6 hysteria keeps coming around but it won't change. About now it appears to me that the only users of IE6 arelarge corporations that can't/won't upgrade (feasibility/old internal intranet apps) or those that wouldn't know how to.

In the latter case I think this is a poor way to go about this. I've seen these information-bar mimics before but this one actually suggests you need the update to view the page. Trying to appear as a message from MS itself (which, to those not in the know, this will do) is just trying to trick the user into upgrading. Yes, it's got good intentions but is it ethically correct to almost white-hat-phish someone into this? MS are advising iE6/7 users to upgrade regardless.

Re: IE 6 Update

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:31 PM UTC

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Re: IE 6 Update

#7

Post by edw519 » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:35 PM UTC

This kinds of things overlook on critical detail:

50 million people access the internet from work on locked down computers. One would hope they are current, but we know many are not.

Either way, there's nothing your user can do about it, so you can code to him or abandon him. Bitching won't help.

Re: IE 6 Update

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Post by lucumo » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 3:40 PM UTC

edw519 wrote: post #7

This kinds of things overlook on critical detail: 50 million people access the internet from work on locked down computers. One would hope they are current, but we know many are not. Either way, there's nothing your user can do about it, so you can code to him or abandon him. Bitching won't help.

Where did you get that number?

Re: IE 6 Update

#9

Post by stavrianos » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 4:04 PM UTC

lucumo wrote: post #8

edw519 wrote: post #7

This kinds of things overlook on critical detail: 50 million people access the internet from work on locked down computers. One would hope they are current, but we know many are not. Either way, there's nothing your user can do about it, so you can code to him or abandon him. Bitching won't help.

Where did you get that number?

even if the number did come sliding out of his ass (not meaning any offense, I really don't know if you've sources or not), I think it's a good guess that there's a non-trivial demographic in that situation

Re: IE 6 Update

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Post by keopi » Sat, Apr 18, 2009, 4:11 PM UTC

I could imagine a lot of people thinking their computers are hacked when IE suddenly changes because of a required update that looked like a usual activeX install.

I'm living in Korea right now, and you need activeX for any kind of school, internet banking, or government website. This would make a lot of them not understand what happened to their computer (not that they are particularly aware to begin with.)