[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22770: Tweak Browse Happy so it doesn't jump the gun with out-of-date browser messages

[WordPress Trac]

#22770: Tweak Browse Happy so it doesn't jump the gun with out-of-date browser
messages
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 Reporter:  avcascade        |       Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  Administration
  Version:                   |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:                   |
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 Browse Happy is a useful tool for encouraging WordPress users to keep
 their browsers current.

 However, sometimes Browse Happy jumps the gun.

 For instance, on GNU/Linux distributions like Ubuntu, users can choose to
 install Chromium directly from the repository (as opposed to downloading
 Chrome from Google's site).

 Chromium, when installed this way, is kept up to date by the operating
 system's package management tool, not manually. Users receive
 notifications from their operating system prompting them to upgrade when
 new versions of the browser are available.

 It makes no sense to show a Chromium user a "your browser is out of date"
 message when their browser is, in fact, up to date - as provided by their
 distribution.

 Unfortunately, that is what it happening now.

 Similarly, Microsoft has not yet released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows
 7, so it is not appropriate to tell users of IE9 that their browser is out
 of date. IE10 is available for Windows 7, but only as a release preview -
 similar to a WordPress release candidate. We wouldn't prompt users to
 upgrade their production WordPress installations to a release candidate,
 so why is Browse Happy telling Windows 7 IE users to upgrade to IE10 when
 the final version of IE10 has yet to be released?

 Browse Happy should be tweaked so it does not jump the gun with out-of-
 date browser messages before browsers are really out of date. Users should
 only get a prompt to upgrade if there is in fact a newer version of their
 web browser available to them that is out of beta and suitable for
 production use.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22770>
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