Comments on: Why it’s still too early to abandon IE 6 users. http://seojeff.com/2009/12/10/why-its-still-too-early-to-abandon-ie-6-users/ SEO/SEM Tips for Internet Professionals Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 102020 http://seojeff.com/2009/12/10/why-its-still-too-early-to-abandon-ie-6-users/#comment-265 102020 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:20:18 +0000 http://seojeff.com/?p=57#comment-265 I disagree with this, how old is IE6? 9+ years now? It's time for those who don't know how to click 'upgrade', or the others with pirated copies to finally grow some and get with the now. There are so many positives to pushing to IE8 (soon to be IE9) - although Chrome or FireFox would be a better option. Regardless, I believe the global rating for IE6 is about 6% globally? The only way we are going to force these latent users to switch, will be to 'push' them to. Add a plugin/hook to your code to check their browser and present them with a gentle "we recommend you update cause the site will look like crap if you don't". Slap it in a lightbox with an option to continue and voila! Of coarse you may still get the user that turns around, but really, if they don't have the brains to upgrade, should they even BE on your website? There are several plugins for the CMS systems, and some simple IF IE scripts out there to make this work in 10 lines or less. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shockingly-big-ie6-warning/ I disagree with this, how old is IE6? 9+ years now? It’s time for those who don’t know how to click ‘upgrade’, or the others with pirated copies to finally grow some and get with the now. There are so many positives to pushing to IE8 (soon to be IE9) – although Chrome or FireFox would be a better option.

Regardless, I believe the global rating for IE6 is about 6% globally? The only way we are going to force these latent users to switch, will be to ‘push’ them to. Add a plugin/hook to your code to check their browser and present them with a gentle “we recommend you update cause the site will look like crap if you don’t”. Slap it in a lightbox with an option to continue and voila!

Of coarse you may still get the user that turns around, but really, if they don’t have the brains to upgrade, should they even BE on your website?

There are several plugins for the CMS systems, and some simple IF IE scripts out there to make this work in 10 lines or less. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shockingly-big-ie6-warning/

]]> By: Bobby http://seojeff.com/2009/12/10/why-its-still-too-early-to-abandon-ie-6-users/#comment-219 Bobby Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:49:11 +0000 http://seojeff.com/?p=57#comment-219 http://goo.gl/9GgZ http://goo.gl/9GgZ

]]> By: Bobby http://seojeff.com/2009/12/10/why-its-still-too-early-to-abandon-ie-6-users/#comment-218 Bobby Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:47:59 +0000 http://seojeff.com/?p=57#comment-218 Interesting article in Gizmodo echos your sentiments! Interesting article in Gizmodo echos your sentiments!

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