Detecting Internet Explorer 6
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From: Swifty on 31 Oct 2009 14:34 SAM wrote: > Le 10/31/09 9:43 AM, Swifty a �crit : >> >> I'd like to update my webpages with a "This page best viewed with >> almost anything except Internet Explorer 6" message, to encourage my >> users to try something else (probably Firefox). > > <!--[if IE]> > <h1 style="color:red;text-align:center"> > This page best viewed with almost anything except Internet Explorer > </h1> > <![endif]--> For some strange reason I haven't come across conditional comments until now. I must lead a sheltered life. Thanks! -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk
From: Swifty on 31 Oct 2009 15:10 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Lasse Reichstein Nielsen wrote: > >> It should be possible to have more than one IE installed at the same >> time (with some quirkyness). > > It is. > >> See, e.g., <URL:http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone> (although it's >> probably outdated by now). > > <http://my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage> I'm too scared to tinker with anything as closely integrated with Windows as IE. After years without problems, my XP has become unstable (Insufficient Quota), and I have to reboot daily. I'm avoiding anything that may push it over the edge; I'll be getting a replacement PC shipped to me in six months time anyway (curiously, about the sametime as the Firefox changes). But thanks anyway. I may still need to test IE6/7/8 in future, as IE6 will remain on the Corporate PC Image for quite a while, I expect. The IE Tester looks perfect for that (as it should). -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 31 Oct 2009 15:26 Swifty wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> <http://my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage> > > I'm too scared to tinker with anything as closely integrated with > Windows as IE. After years without problems, my XP has become unstable > (Insufficient Quota), and I have to reboot daily. I'm avoiding anything > that may push it over the edge; I'll be getting a replacement PC shipped > to me in six months time anyway (curiously, about the sametime as the > Firefox changes). As always, fear is a bad advisor. An installation of Standalone IE or IE Tester does not touch the existing DLLs, it provides its own located in its program directory. However, IE Tester allows you to use the existing ones when and if it is conventient with the "Default IE" browsing tab. PointedEars -- Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are positively harmful for cross-browser scripting. -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7(a)news.demon.co.uk> (2004)
From: David Mark on 31 Oct 2009 15:32 On Oct 31, 2:34 pm, Swifty <steve.j.sw...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > SAM wrote: > > Le 10/31/09 9:43 AM, Swifty a écrit : > > >> I'd like to update my webpages with a "This page best viewed with > >> almost anything except Internet Explorer 6" message, to encourage my > >> users to try something else (probably Firefox). > > > <!--[if IE]> > > <h1 style="color:red;text-align:center"> > > This page best viewed with almost anything except Internet Explorer > > </h1> > > <![endif]--> That presumes your visitors know what Internet Explorer is (and that they are in a position to replace it with something else). Not on the Web anyway. ;) > > For some strange reason I haven't come across conditional comments until > now. I must lead a sheltered life. Thanks! Sounds more like hell to me. Of course, you really shouldn't need to do much more than add zoom:1 here and there (adds "layout" to the element in IE-speak). Don't use them as a crutch.
From: RobG on 31 Oct 2009 18:54
On Oct 31, 6:43 pm, Swifty <steve.j.sw...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I know that detecting the browser is frowned upon here, but I have a > need to identify specifically Internet Explorer 6. > > My company ships all employees a PC containing IE6, and we are > discouraged from upgrading it. We can (and many do) install other > browsers, but some corporate applications are 100% dependant on IE6. > > However, next year (about halfway through), we are going to force the > installation of Firefox onto all systems, and it is speculated that it > may become the default browser as well. Maybe not at the same time. > > I'd like to update my webpages with a "This page best viewed with almost > anything except Internet Explorer 6" message, to encourage my users to > try something else (probably Firefox). If this is for an intranet, the reason IE is being used is probably because it was the corporate standard. Your message should be honest, something like: "You seem to be using IE 6. It is no longer the standard corporate browser, please upgrade to one of <list suitable browsers>." Information on how to get technical support to do the install and perhaps assistance with bookmarks, add-ons, etc. would be helpful too. -- Rob |