Re: Fw: Old IE

On 18 May 2010 13:46, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote: > On 18 May 2010 20:20, Richard Quadling <rquadling@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> 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 >> >> The current method looks similar to the way in which IE will say about >> missing plugins or popups or other security related notices. > > Yes, I believe that was basically my point. :) > > Adam > I like it. It looks significantly less threatening to a timid user. You've got to think about all those timid PHP grannies out there running IE6. (No offence intended to grannies - timid or otherwise). -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling