Comments on: On Browsers

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:52:45 +0000

That's what we're doing right now Win. Too bad the message looks like booty due to IE6's lack of support for standards.

The irony. Style the message and throw even more effort down the IE6 sinkhole, or suck up the annoyance of an ugly message. Tougher than it sounds.

By: Meg Bear

Meg Bear — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:37:11 +0000

have you considered posting a big link on the top when someone is on IE 6 saying “hey does this look like crap, upgrade your browser here (with link of course) and it will be lots better”. Most of us don't upgrade b/c a) we don't realize we need to and b) if we figure out we need to we are not sure what/where to go and c) we are lazy

Seems to me you could solve a and b and even some of c with this approach.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:40:16 +0000

We deployed a message last night, and surprise, it looks like booty. There's definitely a correlation between users of Connect and the browser version. Over time, the IE6 and IE7 percentages will slide toward zero as people become more comfortable with installing other browsers.

I just wish it would come sooner.

By: Frank Bradley

Frank Bradley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:40:16 +0000

I'd support a message on Connect about upgrading to a newer browser.

I'm also surprised at the figure of 14%, however I would have guessed that there must be some correlation between people who have modern browsers and are using Connect.