[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17323: Warning for out of date and insecure browsers

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#17323: Warning for out of date and insecure browsers
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 Reporter:  aaroncampbell   |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.2
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:9 aaroncampbell]:
 > Also, I don't see any of the reasons you mention as very valid.  I know
 there *are* apps that only work with IE6, but that's absolutely ridiculous
 at this point.  It's time to move on.  You do NOT want your users browsing
 the web on IE 6.

 I think you completely missed my point. I for one, as a business owner,
 completely understand the idea of installing XP with IE6 to avoid that
 employees use Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. during work hours. I wouldn't
 do it myself, mind you. But I make perfect sense of why anyone would want
 to do so. Employees are just not supposed to be surfing during work hours.
 And no amount of nagging will make whoever is ultimately in charge of
 taking the final decision change his mind.

 The nag you're suggesting will be visible to end-users, rather than the
 relevant decision makers. End-users sure as hell know that they're not
 supposed to be using IE6 already; there's no point in reminding them.
 Heck, keep in mind that even MS is waging war against IE6.

 In my view, the only thing that officially dropping IE6 support will
 achieve, is to make a huge bunch of bosses happy: it'll be one more time-
 wasting app that employees won't be able to use. And I'm honestly fine
 with that.

 In that sense, however, I beg to ask if any kind of IE6 nag anything
 useful.

 I ultimately don't care myself, since I don't use the latter. But it
 strikes me that this ticket got opened without consulting with IE6 users.
 Put another way, might there be room for a "Why are you using IE6?" survey
 (maybe Automattic could do this as an additional question at the end of
 each poll from polldaddy for a few weeks and make the results public?),
 before we proceed with adding a nag?

 If such a survey reveals that some 2% of users are lazy (the figure comes
 from MS's stats on the topic), fine: nag at will. But if they can do
 nothing about it, I honestly see no point.

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