martin f krafft wrote:
>> I am tempted to put something similar to
>> http://martin-krafft.net/cv on there, meaning a note that will show
>> up in IE to refer users to other browsers. I am not making money
>> with these websites, so I see no point in going out of my way to
>> support that frickin' IE plague.
>
>
> Thanks to Charles Dort for pointing out that IE could not render the
> page at all. I was serving XHTML, which it does not support. Should
> be fixed now, so now you can check what i mean with the little note.
>
I liked "served as 'application/xhtml+xml'" better :-)
I would at least wrap such a message in a 'conditional comment', to
avoid disturbing users of the good browsers - including text-browsers -
with it. That will also save you from having to use CSS to hide/reveal
the message. Recommended by Microsoft - they use it all the time ;-)
General note:
I prefer not to tell anyone which browsers *not* to use. It's their
choice to make. I do often add more subtle notes - visible to all, about
the good browsers that are available.
Nothing wrong in telling someone that their browser is weak, but I see
no reason to constantly inform uses of IE/win that they are getting less
than users of other browsers do. If they don't know that by now, then
it's their loss - not mine.
A more productive note:
I find it too easy to make the necessary corrections for IE's most
relevant CSS-bugs, so that bugger renders any design in an acceptable
way. It doesn't have to look like much in IE in order to satisfy its
regular users. They rarely ever compare with what comes up in other
browsers anyway.
So, a few more lines in the stylesheet that'll make IE behave
(somewhat), is better than adding such messages to its users, IMO.
regards
Georg
--
http://www.gunlaug.no
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