Re: Fw: Old IE
| From: | Richard Quadling | Date: | Tue, 18 May 2010 12:20:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Fw: Old IE | ||
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On 18 May 2010 12:55, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote:
> On 18 May 2010 19:45, Mark Scholten <mark@streamservice.nl> wrote:
>> Could you provide an URL where you get a warning?
>
> It appears to be a global thing within include/layout.inc. Here's a
> screenshot: http://www.adamharvey.name/stuff/ie6update.png
>
> I'll admit to being previously unaware of this. I'm all for telling IE
> 6 users to upgrade in the strongest possible terms (and it should be
> on every page for the reasons Hannes has posted elsethread while I was
> sorting out the screenshots), but I'm not entirely comfortable with a
> piece of JS that appears to emulate browser chrome. It feels phishy.
> Maybe something more like what Whirlpool does might be better, except
> I'd put the bar at the top of the page:
> http://www.adamharvey.name/stuff/whirlpool-ie6.png
>
> Yes, I'm volunteering to do this if there's a consensus on that front. :)
>
> Adam
>
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The current method looks similar to the way in which IE will say about
missing plugins or popups or other security related notices.
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