Who doesn’t hate IE6? This obsolete browser is a pain for any web developer or designer. If you really hate Internet Explorer 6, read this recipe and you’ll know how to make it crash if someone who uses it tries to read your blog.
Get ready to say goodbye to IE6. Open your header.php file and paste the following code anywhere within the <head> and </head> tags:
<!--[if lte IE 6]> <STYLE>@;/* <![endif]-->
Any courageous IE6 user who'll try to read your blog will get an instantaneous crash. Not very nice, but damn funny :p
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OOh, thats cruel but hilarious! I wish I could see their faces when the blog they’re trying to visit crashes on them.
For a kinder, gentler way to kick their a…. - check out the Browse Happy link in the footer of many Wordpress sites or d/l the plugin - SaveTheDevelopers from the Wordpress.org/extend
Hmm…
Won’t this tiny piece of code work inside of a simple post? If so…
@Tom Ransom: Exactly, the “save the developers” plugin is very nice too. Anyways, it is also possible to write a custom message to IE6 users, or redirect them to another page by using IE conditional comments.
@Enrique P. Machado: Sure, just make sure you’re not using the visual editor.
That’s just low..and hilarious…when I was in school for webdesign and I had worked all night on this website theme..I went to work and I wanted to show it to one of my co-workers and she had IE6 installed..she opened it up and I was horrified by what I saw. It looked completely wack. That was my first hard lesson in browser compatibility and IE6 Hell. People still use the browser though..I don’t get it but I think some people are afraid of progress. I supported a guy the other day that was having problems viewing his webmail..well no wonder come to find out he was still using IE4!!
How old is this page? http://toastytech.com/evil/index.html (ugliest website ever made but kinda funny)
@DivaGeek: Exactly. Some weeks ago, at work, I had a support request from a client who said the website we created was messed up. I verified and didn’t see any problem, so I asked him a screenshot: He was using IE4 or IE5.
Damn. Is so SO HARD to upgrade your browser?
The page you linked (funny btw) is 10 years old!
Evil. I like it.
@jbj Hey you might know the answer to this… how do you set up comments in wordpress to display in the correct order..for example this one under the comment I’m replying to and so on..for example how Live journal works. I might be dreaming but I have a right to dream.
thinking a little bit… if someone has the time to make a plugin with the following features: detect ie6 and below, open a pop-up with upgrade-link and the best wishes from the crash-ie6-campaign, then crash them … would save a lot of time and money on implementing ie6-compability to the world … spread the word!
@Divageek: I think there’s a plugin which can do that, but I don’t remember the name right now. I’ll let you know when I’ll remember.
@kaiser: That’s easy to do: just put the popup code within IE conditionnal comments. A plugin is a good idea, did you check out if it don’t already exists?
That’s funny. Actually a bit mean but still funny
@jbj
I think I will make a post just for kidding. lol
Something with “Just click here and CRASH!
The other time the user visit the page with FF or other browser and click on that link, I’ll reveal a page telling some things about IE.
I now that the user may not click anymore, but… maybe I capture some curious one.
Save The Developers is no more! Here’s a nice alternative:
http://www.pushuptheweb.com/
thats cool
damn crazy solution
i love your idea
How pity i am!!~~
I will have to keep on writing IE6 hacks for the customs for a long time,my boss make me so, cause over 50% of them are using IE6,and also,I have to do this to my blog,too,it will be very terrible to do the thing you tell,although I really hate IE6!!~~
It is fun to crash the IE 6. But, the visitor may not visit in future to the blog because it crashed.
Evil…
I like it!
BTW, your website is not IE6-friendly
There’s a problem with the positioning of your sidebar.
PS : thanks a lot for this very useful site!
@Bobby: Fixing IE6 bugs is definitely boring. As long as my sites can be read with ie6, it’s ok for me. This also show how obsolete IE6 is to people who still uses it
Yes this is cruel.
But when I remember the fuss about IE 6 and WP blog, especially if the client has chosen some fancy premium theme which is not “neat and clean”, even if done by top blog design gurus - then I understand you
Not a good solution for usability. Majority of the people still use IE6 unfortunately, you just have to makes sure your CSS is to web standards. By following this method you will lose a lot of interest in your site..esp. if its a Ecommerce or business one..
A wordpress plugin witch block IE6 users and ask them to download Firefox http://wiki.nisi.ro/wordpress-platform/antiie6/
does not work with
Version: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
maybe MS fixed it by now, Apr 2009
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