2009/2/20 Aryeh Gregor <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 AM, GerardM <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hoi, >> Would this be a model to follow ? >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> Aan u verzonden door GerardM via Google Reader: Norwegian Websites >> Declare War on Internet Explorer 6 via Wired Top Stories door Michael >> Calore op 19-2-09 Several prominent websites in Norway are refusing to >> support the antiquated IE6 browser any longer, and have posted messages >> to IE6 users urging them to upgrade. The campaign has caught on, and is >> beginning to spread to other countries. > > No. Many users are forced to use IE6 because their workplace relies > on it for intranet applications, for instance. These users will > eventually be forced to upgrade as time moves on, but it's not > appropriate for Wikipedia to go out of its way to make their lives any > more difficult than they already are. IE6 support is not a major > barrier to new features at this point that I'm aware of, so the gain > to us would be marginal.
There are different levels of support. We should certainly make sure things fail gracefully for IE6, but a new feature not working on IE6 shouldn't be a reason not to implement it for everyone else. (I believe that is pretty much the current policy already.) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
