Franki, I agree with Sridhar, I'm not sure this is an appropriate thing to do. However, it is your site.
Three reasons I don't think it's a good idea: - AFAIK, Microsoft has backed down and is no longer doing this. Now we potentially look like the bad guys. - I haven't used Mozilla, but I understand it's a bloated monster -- do we really want to encourage a lot of people to try it and then swear it and open source software off (semi-)permanently? (Is it as fast as IE -- I suspect not on a Windows machine.) - Darn -- forgot the third -- maybe I meant to mention the same thing Sridhar mentioned. If I think of the third I'll follow up. If you do it, some nits below: Franki wrote: > <html> > <head><title>WARNING! Non Standards Compliant Browser Detected. Possible > Security Risk.</title></head> > > <body> > <h4>You are using: Microsoft Internet Explorer to view this site.</h4> > Because Microsoft do not always support open standards, and > they appear to change their level of support constantly, we cannot > guarantee that you will receive our site in the manner and > with the functionality with which it was intended.<br> In the US, we would say "Microsoft does not", most Americans would consider "Microsoft do not" a grammatical error (even though we would say "they appear" and "their"). I don't know the best approach in a world community -- maybe "do" is OK if the rest of your site is quickly recognizable as non-US, but otherwise it leaves a bad impression on Americans. It would be nice to change the sentence to avoid the issue -- I haven't thought of alternate wording, but here are some random suggestions: You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Microsoft Internet Explorer: <make the following a bulleted list> - Supports features that are not standard, contributing to the development of web sites that cannot be viewed properly by all browsers. - Does not support all standards. <Is this true, except in the sense that old versions don't support the newer features? -- If not true, delete it. Plus, I kept that pesky "does" -- ahh, but wait, that's OK in the King's English (I think, and, is it the King's English in Australia?) because now the subject is "Microsoft Internet Explorer", which is clearly singular(?).> - Includes security flaws that can put your computer and personal infomation at risk. <Are there no security holes in Mozilla? Do we know that for sure?> We suggest you download Mozilla (Free) from <a href ="http://mozilla.org"; target="new"> http://mozilla.org</a> and show your support for free software around the world. Mozilla was created and is maintained and advanced by open source programmers around the world. It is a fast, secure, and standards compliant browser. <But not yet complete??> I think I'd delete the following, or reword it -- try an em (en?) dash after "necessary", like "necessary -- you may". > This is not necessary you may have full functionality, we just can't > guarantee it, and neither can anyone else other then Microsoft and its > partners. Randy Kramer
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