That's a great idea. Blocking IE makes us just as bad as M$, but a little user education can go a long way. You should probably put a link in the warning to another site which explains _why_ using IE is bad. This keeps the actual warning small and readable (and less annoying as well).
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:14:49 +0800, "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah,, I'll post the code I will be using on some of our sites tonight... > > > I think this is a good idea, we should not follow M$'s lead and block IE, > but rather just warn the > user that they are using a browser that changes its support regularly and as > such sometimes won't > support the full functionality of the site... > > > rgds > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Metamorphysical > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 4:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > > > Ya know I just might add a pop up on my website just inspit of doing it? > hehe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:00 PM > Subject: re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > > > > Hmmm much though I agree...... > > if only things where that simple unfortunately around 85% of web users use > > IE4 already and much though it pains me to say so (maintiaining a > commercial > > site with around 2000 lines of javascript) I like a lot of developer have > no > > option but to occainsionally write stuff especially for >IE4 (I am getting > > to a mozilla version but it aint ready yet) by simply commercial > restraints. > > > > I suspect that the whole msn issue is something similar although I should > > imagine their reasons for not supporting the moz are somewhat different to > > ours (ie lack of programming resources) and rather more politically > > motivated. > > > > Matt > > > > <snip> > > I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript > to > > their page, that tests > > for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: > > > > "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site > > should work fine, we cannot > > guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise > > of browser, Microsoft do > > not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know > > for sure if it will work > > or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) > > we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more > standards > > compliant > > browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you > > wish to try.) > > > > If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE > user, > > Microsoft would > > Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. > > > > Just some thoughts.... I may actually put up a warning like that I > think,, > > > > > > rgds > > > > Frank > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "It's entirely untested, but it looks good and compiles. Ship it!" -- Linus Torvalds
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