+1 to that. Additionally, the proposed method wouldn't even work because we blacklist crappy browsers from receiving JS.
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:37 PM, bawolff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Legoktm <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This was something that came up during "The Big Open" at Wikimania, when > > Katherine Maher talked with Ryan Merkley (CEO of Creative Commons) and > > Mark Surman (ED of Mozilla Foundation). One of the themes mentioned was > > that our projects need to work together and support each other. > > > > In that vein, I'm interested in what people think about promoting > > Firefox to users who are using legacy browsers that we don't support at > > Grade A (or some other criteria). As part of the "drop IE8 on XP" > > project[1] we're already promoting Firefox as the alternative option. I > > was imagining it could be a small and unobtrusive bubble > > notification[2], similar to those that Google pushes Chrome on people > with. > > > > If users use modern browsers, they're going to have better security > > support, and most likely a better experience browsing Wikimedia sites > > too. We'd be improving the web by reducing legacy browsers, and allowing > > us to move forward with newer technology sooner (ideally). > > > > And we'd be supporting a project that is ideologically aligned with us: > > Mozilla. > > > > Thoughts, opinions? > > > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147199 > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bubble_notifications > > > > Thanks, > > -- Legoktm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > I'm concerned this would be seen as an inapropriate bias. > > Suggesting Firefox for IE8 on XP makes sense because it is basically > the only option for that platform that is reasonably secure and not > super obscure. Promoting firefox is general for legacy browsers seems > like a slippery slope to me. > > Additionally, I think this is more a political than a technical > decision, and one that would require consultation with the general > Wikimedia community (e.g. Meta RFC). > > -- > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
