Oh, the humanity!

[webcowgirl]

I am currently testing a bug that we are taking out TO LIVE, AS A HOTFIX that only occurs if you have IE6 SP1.

We are all of the belief that the users should be grateful that we're pointing out to them what a security ridden piece of crap they have on their machines and that the proper FIX is to UPGRADE.

Ah well.

Comments

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling. WE tend to file this one as "user error".

[webcowgirl.livejournal.com]

However these people are paying us money to have our software work, so ...

[topbit.livejournal.com]

I've got a conditional comment (<!--[if lte IE 6]>) that shows up to IE6 users telling them it was replaced by IE7 in Oct 2006, and to upgrade to FF3 if they want it to work.

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

Nice, although only slightly BOFH- the full kit and caboodle would involve having it say "Because of IE6, a virus has infected your computer. Please delete all infected files in the Windows directory by clicking [here] and pressing shift-delete. Shift-delete tells your computer to only delete files that have been modified by viruses."

I know, I know, it's a bit long and doesn't quite engage dummy mode- I'm playing it safe though. I almost had a friend 'delimit' (del *.*) his documents directory before.

S

[topbit.livejournal.com]

Maybe as my last day on the job....

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

And for that, notice isn't even required!

S

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure IE6 is a bug... in fact IE as a whole isn't excessively impressive.

S