Writing code for previous Web Browser Versions

[woody79]

Personally I don't because I believe that if they haven't updated there web browser there internet viewing privileges should be revoked.

 

PS. Whilst writing this I thought about checking the User Agent String for IE6 and then denying access.

[Daniel0]

I don't support IE versions below 7. If it works then that's fine, if it doesn't then touch luck - upgrade your browser. They'll most likely be able to read the content but it will just look uglier.

[nadeemshafi9]

people in some large organizations haven't moved to IE 7 yet stil on 6 or Vista and some organisations use macs with firefox, home users will most probably have ie 7

[unsider]

Option 2.

 

People need to move with the time, and plus, I could be refactoring my code and optimizing my queries, etc.. in the time I'm spending 'hacking' CSS for compatibility. 

[zq29]

Although I hate it, I make sure everything I build looks the same in IE6 as it does in Firefox. Though, I don't make the effort to test in anything older than version 6, but the stats on a lot of our projects display that there are still people using browsers as old as IE3 - I can't imagine how they have a pleasant experience on the web...

[woody79]

What I meant by:

PS. Whilst writing this I thought about checking the User Agent String for IE6 and then denying access.

Was that I have a "lightbox" that appears when somebody using IE6 opens the page and offers something like

This page is best viewed with the latest version of your web browser.

Click Here to Download

 

[corbin]

Although I hate it, I make sure everything I build looks the same in IE6 as it does in Firefox. Though, I don't make the effort to test in anything older than version 6, but the stats on a lot of our projects display that there are still people using browsers as old as IE3 - I can't imagine how they have a pleasant experience on the web...

 

Holy God!  I can't even remember IE3.  I've never even seen it.  Wow!

[zq29]

Although I hate it, I make sure everything I build looks the same in IE6 as it does in Firefox. Though, I don't make the effort to test in anything older than version 6, but the stats on a lot of our projects display that there are still people using browsers as old as IE3 - I can't imagine how they have a pleasant experience on the web...

 

Holy God!  I can't even remember IE3.  I've never even seen it.  Wow!

Me neither, I have only ever seen screenshots of it, I don't think I'm old enough to remember it...

[corbin]

I don't think I'm old enough for my parents to remember it.

 

 

(Kidding.  <-- For the slow people.)

[RichardRotterdam]

i so wish MS would force an upgrade to IE7. I still make webpages IE6 since a lot of people use that crappy browser. But someday I will simply refuse to do this cos JS debugging is such a major pain in the butt for this one

[corbin]

How would they force it?  They would have to have a backdoor built in to delete IE6 lol.

[RichardRotterdam]

if only that were true that would safe developers and designers a lot of pain up the butt