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Re: Beat the IE6 wolf!

#4
sadly there is IE on that list, even if is a new version, after some time it will become the new IE6, a buggy non standard browser, just ditch IE completely and save the internet.

Re: Beat the IE6 wolf!

#6
Saying something is "old" is not a good enough reason to make people give it up.

Instead, tell them it's unsafe and insecure and it's free and super easy to use a newer browser. Then you've got something. Tell them them IE6 won't be deleted just in case they need to go back for some reason.

My car is over 10 years old, gets better mpg than many of today's cars and still has airbags. An argument that "it's old, better upgrade" wouldn't fly with me (unless somehow it was free and easy to upgrade, lol).

Re: Beat the IE6 wolf!

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post #4

sadly there is IE on that list, even if is a new version, after some time it will become the new IE6, a buggy non standard browser, just ditch IE completely and save the internet.

"IE w/ Chrome Frame plugin" would be a better choice than asking them to upgrade to IE8.

Re: Beat the IE6 wolf!

#8
I prefer http://browser-update.org/ as it is a little less intrusive than a centered popup.

Of course, you may want intrusive (like if your site is horribly broken in IE6) or you may prefer not to direct users to a wordy explanation page, so this is a pretty good option.

Re: Beat the IE6 wolf!

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post #4

sadly there is IE on that list, even if is a new version, after some time it will become the new IE6, a buggy non standard browser, just ditch IE completely and save the internet.

"IE w/ Chrome Frame plugin" would be a better choice than asking them to upgrade to IE8.

No, that puts the burden of keeping IE up to scratch on Google, which is just bizarre situation to be in. Chrome Frame is a quick fix, but it can't last forever.

I'll bet £100 that IE will never be Standards Compliant. Microsoft have demonstrated over and over again that they have no interest in being even remotely Standards Compliant. It would be better for the Internet as a whole if IE simply ceased to exist.

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