TickTickBoom Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Well, the posts and poll here have given me the confidence to drop support for IE6 for this site I'm working on - just what I wanted (Y) Does anyone know how to use a conditional comments-type tehnique to display a javascript alert telling the visitor to upgrade or change their browser? This would be really useful... Oh and to all of those people that voted that they don't have sufficient hardware to support a better browser, WTF? What kind of pathetic hardware are you running that allows you to run IE6 fine but not the Firefox equivalent or even IE7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP1 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 What's to stop them from bringing in a portable firefox/chrome install off a USB stick or something?Answer: Software Restriction PolicyThe administrator can easily apply Software Restriction Policies (SRPs) through Group Policy to exclude all executables from untrusted locations to run. In other words, only executes from whitelisted directories are allowed to run in Windows. If an executable is run from a "My Documents" home network drive, for example, an error message appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP1 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Well, the posts and poll here have given me the confidence to drop support for IE6 for this site I'm working on - just what I wanted Does anyone know how to use a conditional comments-type tehnique to display a javascript alert telling the visitor to upgrade or change their browser? This would be really useful... Here you go:http://garmahis.com/tools/ie6-update-warning/ http://code.google.com/p/ie6-upgrade-warning/ http://code.google.com/p/ie6-upgrade-message/ http://code.google.com/p/ie6-upgrade-notification-bar/ http://www.ie6nomore.com/code-samples.html http://ie6update.com/ Or, if you are nasty: http://www.crashie.com/ http://immike.net/blog/2007/08/06/single-line-of-html-crashes-ie-6/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted May 3, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 3, 2010 I don't care if work people are 'stuck' on IE6, that's their fault for using such an old piece of junk. What's to stop them from bringing in a portable firefox/chrome install off a USB stick or something? At my old school I tried that. The executable ran but you couldn't get to any web pages. Some sort of Microsoft protection they had in place or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_f Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 At my old school I tried that. The executable ran but you couldn't get to any web pages. Some sort of Microsoft protection they had in place or something. Sure you didn't just not set the proxys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfaaqua Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I will never understand why MS doesnt release (now for example) a (optional) SP for XP/Vista which (besides further bug fixes) includes Internet Explorer 8. Would speed up even further the transition. I am antiXP personally but if it gets people off IE6, great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-penguin Veteran Posted May 3, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 3, 2010 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!! Honestly that came to mind for me as well, but I would say go with your statistics on this one; I love that you're asking, but it seems superfluous. There are going to be people whose only option while at work is IE 6, what we need to ask ourselves is: How detrimental will dropping direct support be to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varemenos Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I will never understand why MS doesnt release (now for example) a (optional) SP for XP/Vista which (besides further bug fixes) includes Internet Explorer 8. Would speed up even further the transition. I am antiXP personally but if it gets people off IE6, great :) XP was already strong enough to stand till win7 came. MS wants to sell new OS, if they keep supporting win xp they will lose lot of money :p its all about marketing and money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP1 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 XP was already strong enough to stand till win7 came. MS wants to sell new OS, if they keep supporting win xp they will lose lot of money :p its all about marketing and money Also, Internet Explorer 9 will not be supported in Windows XP, which is another reason to not use 10-year old operating systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda X Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Neowin still supports IE6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 3, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted May 3, 2010 Neowin still supports IE6? Not with all bells and whistles, but yes. It does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJC. Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Meh I don't use IE for anything. I will only use Firefox, Chrome or Opera for anything these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 pull the plug, pull the plug quick ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted May 12, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 12, 2010 The Toronto Public Library has MSIE7 installed and it won't browse Neowin properly. The main forum index is fine but the news page or any thread produces an Internet Explorer failed to load page. Luckily the Toronto Public Library computers also have Mozilla Firefox installed so it isn't a huge problem. Still, it makes me wonder about other MSIE7 users or whether the TPL has special filtering software installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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