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I'd have to agree with this, as the one time I can recall putting this kind of message up we received complaints from faculty members. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 [log in to unmask] http://www.csufresno.edu/library ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cary Gordon" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:25:03 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars I think that anyone using IE 6 knows that they are skiing on barrel staves. Those messages mostly piss folks off, particularly when they are on a library site. On the other hand, I really love getting "please update your Flash" messages on my iPad :<P On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Michael Schofield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Does anyone actually generate a conditional message--say, if LTE IE7--to > suggest that visitors upgrade or otherwise warn them about a wonky site? > > //Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cary > Gordon > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars > > While we will support anything that our clients want supported, we warn them > away from IE6 and other expensive to support antiquities. We definitely pay > attention to IE during development, as backtracking to fix an issue that has > been buried can be both depressing and expensive. > > We test in Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari. We test Responsive and/or > mobile sites in a range of mobile clients. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Aaron Collier <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >> Firefox is the leader on our stats, but I think that's mostly because it > is the default browser on almost any campus system. IE is close behind > though while mobile browsers are the most sparse. >> >> I guess the old "develop in firefox, test in IE" still holds true. >> >> >> >> Aaron Collier >> Library Academic Systems Analyst >> California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library >> 559.278.2945 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.csufresno.edu/library >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brig C McCoy" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:28:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars >> >> Hi... >> >> This is from the last six weeks from one of my public-facing websites. >> Definitely not going to drop MSIE support for the website at this rate: >> >> # #reqs #pages browser >> 1 18137 827 MSIE >> 8651 437 MSIE/8 >> 7400 277 MSIE/9 >> 1866 52 MSIE/7 >> 193 42 MSIE/6 >> 16 16 MSIE/5 >> 11 3 MSIE/10 >> 2 1809 441 Safari >> 1128 299 Safari/533 >> 202 58 Safari/534 >> 214 54 Safari/7534 >> 79 23 Safari/6533 >> 41 4 Safari/530 >> 13 3 Safari/531 >> 3 906 260 Netscape (compatible) >> 4 1287 182 Firefox >> 442 114 Firefox/13 >> 408 34 Firefox/12 >> 139 11 Firefox/10 >> 163 6 Firefox/3 >> 28 6 Firefox/14 >> 11 5 Firefox/9 >> 6 2 Firefox/4 >> 12 2 Firefox/6 >> 4 1 Firefox/15 >> 8 1 Firefox/7 >> 5 1164 175 Chrome >> 718 111 Chrome/19 >> 409 61 Chrome/20 >> 23 1 Chrome/9 >> 4 1 Chrome/10 >> 1 1 Chrome/5 >> >> ...brig >> >> >> On 7/12/2012 9:33 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: >>> Ever since Microsoft announced the new IE auto-update policy, the >>> blogosphere is fussing. This is definitely important (and good) news, >>> but sites-Smashing Magazine has three articles on it in the last few >>> days-are really pushing the "drop IE support," and "its literally >>> slowing the internet down." I'm down, but that attitude-especially >>> for libraries-isn't really the right one to have. It is, IMHO, an old >>> view. A smart design strategy with progressive enhancement can >>> deliver content to . everyone - which should be the priority for >>> non-prof / [local-]government web presences over flare. Right?-- >> Brig C. McCoy [log in to unmask] >> Network Services Coordinator >> Kansas City, Kansas Public Library >> 625 Minnesota Avenue >> Kansas City, KS 66101 >> tel 913-279-2349 >> cel 816-885-2700 >> fax 913-279-2271 > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com