Forum:Death to IE6!

Norwegian Websites Declare War on IE 6

An employee of finn.no (the norwegian equivalent of eBay) recently suggested that some large norwegian websites should work together in trying to eradicate IE6. A lot of them joined, including some of the largest online news sites. Now they're trying to recruit people from international sites to help. So now i'm bringing the news to wikia. I tried testing this on a page on webcomics, but it didn't work. Is that because of wikia's HTML limitations? If so, can it be changed? 15:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Code to display IE6 message
This is a simple message that should display only for people using IE6. However, as mentioned above, this doesn't seem to work on wikia.

More info

 * IE6 - Do NOT want!, an informational wiki.
 * google tanslation of the original finn.no article
 * source of the English version of the notice

Discussion
So what do you think? 15:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Really, you can't tell people which browser to use; it's their choice. Also, this message would annoy long-time users and new editors alike. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:45, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, it wouldn't have to be permanent (the original sites are/were just going to keep it for a week or so). One of the sites using it also had the option to close the message (I can see if I find it again). There are so many advantages with upgrading (both for the users who get a faster, more secure browser, and for web designers who won't have to spend time trying to get their pages to work in IE6) that it might be worth annoying some people. 16:03, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Should the message also mention Google Chrome? --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 16:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I can't see why it shouldn't. I just copied it from another site. 16:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Others use a yellow bar at the top of the page. Less intrusive, maybe --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 16:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)