Simon Creative » IE 6 http://www.simoncreative.com Design, Web 2.0 Development and Photography Wed, 05 May 2010 02:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 IE 6, Microsoft’s Weapon of Mass Destruction http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/03/10/ie-6-microsofts-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/03/10/ie-6-microsofts-weapon-of-mass-destruction/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:10:13 +0000 Simon http://www.simoncreative.com/blog/?p=179 Designing and developing websites with valid W3C markup and having them even remotely function properly in Internet Explorer 6 is almost as frustrating as working with a client who’s idea of a beautiful button is using the default bevel options within layer styles in Adobe Photoshop. Instead of sacrificing usability and trying to fit a Ferrari engine into a 1958 Ford Edsel, I propose using a JavaScript sniffer and redirecting the visitor to either a separate page or directory on your site. That page can either contain IE 6 friendly version of your site or simply display some text copy explaining that IE 6 is not supported on your website.

The following javascript placed in your <head> tag takes care of that. Any Internet Explorer browser version 6 and older will be automatically redirected to the /support/ directory on your site.

<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=/support" />
<script type="text/javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
window.top.location = '/support';
/* ]]> */
</script>
<![endif]-->
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