posted by justin hileman 11 months, 1 day ago
IE 6 "Update"
Done21 is taking an interesting stab at the Internet Explorer 6 problem: They're providing and hosting code to simulate an IE yellow notice bar which prompts users to upgrade.
Unfortunately, they're spreading the wrong message. While it's good to upgrade to anything other than IE 6, it's better to upgrade away from IE completely. So here's an improved notice bar which prompts the user to get Firefox instead.
Feel free to grab the code, remix for your own use. Provide your own message. Spread the word.
<!--[if IE 6]>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*Load jQuery if not already loaded*/ if(typeof jQuery == 'undefined'){ document.write("<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js\"></"+"script>"); var __noconflict = true; }
var IE6UPDATE_OPTIONS = {
icons_path: "http://static.ie6update.com/hosted/ie6update/images/",
url: "http://getfirefox.com",
message: "Internet Explorer is a bad, bad browser. Click here to upgrade your Internet experience..."
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ie6update.com/hosted/ie6update/ie6update.js"></script>
<![endif]-->IE6 Update is licensed by Done21 under Creative Commons BY NC SA 3.0. IE6 Update code is derived from Activebar2.
Comments
how about a copy that works on ALL versions of IE?
Good call :)
Just change the first line to:
Isn't that a little suspicious? I mean, users expect the yellow information bar to go to a microsoft site...
I really want users to get firefox and all, but since you are making it look like a system upgrade message, it should not suspiciously point to a non-microsoft site.
That's really awesome Justin, glad someone else was able to serve people requesting this! We point IE6 Update at the IE8 site by default for a consistent user experience, but we built it with the intention of others being able to put stuff like this together. Nice job! :D
Nick Pettit, co-creator of ie6update.com
I am unable to put the script on my wordpress blog: http://www.antoinevandinter.nl/weblog
What can I do to fix it?
Japh has graciously taken the time to create a WordPress plugin for IE6 Update. Give it a try:
http://japh.com.au/plugins/wp-ie6update/
And how do I make it refer to Firefox?
I have succeeded. Thanx!!!
Hey, I can't install anything BUT ie6 on all my windows 2000 boxen!
Sounds like it's time to upgrade your boxen and your browser ;)
The problem with this approach is that it tricks the user to a different browser. The original code emulated Microsoft's yellow notice bar and if users clicked through, they were at the MS site. All good.
My grandmother, who hasn't used IE since Firefox was Firebird, has it drummed into her - do not install anything from a site that isn't what you clicked on. She would assume any site that used this was a malware company.
I'm all for the end of IE but this isn't the way
I understand the concern here... I created this in response to a request from one of the Mozilla Twitter accounts, but I'm not sold on it. You'll notice that my site doesn't actually do it :)
I guess all too soon pepole will try to use this to install malware on your grandmas computer ... :-(
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