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@Matias S.
Norton says “attack” originates from /wp-content/plugins/shockingly-big-ie-warning/js/ie6w_opt.js?ver=2.9.1 (from my server’s IP address)
Risk name: HTTP MS IE Style Tag Cmt Mem Corruption

In plain text, merely having the option to crash IE6 gets your site a bad mark with security programs. I had to purge the “offending” code from the JS to make Norton not complain.

I installed this on my test site and my symantec AV immediately blocked my test site traffice. I am glad I didn’t install on my live site.

You’ve got a little typo over there at the Observation part: “After the update you can acess…”, instead of “access”.
Really nice plugin though!!

You may already have fixed this, but the word “access” is misspelled in the English version.

I love this plugin! It was mentioned during WordCampBoston last Saturday during a session called, “The Best Wordpress Plugins you’ve never heard of”. :)

I’m defo adding this to my new WP theme! :) yay!
Can’t wait for updates!

@Gothika_47

I’ve posted a fix for this at http://wp.me/pHvQv-1w. Note that this file replaces the file used for the full page blocking option. If you wish to change that you need to edit the other files yourself.

@Gothika_47
I would like this too. It would be great if you could choose which versions to make it appear in.

Thx… :)

Is there a way to make it work with EVERY IE browser?

I ran a medium sized Window$ network for 12 years. Most of our users were in the minimum wage pay range with little or no computer skills. The majority of them didn’t understand what IE was, and if you said the word “browser” you would just get a dumbfounded look. Most of them thought there were two things on their computer:

1) The Windows (a term they used for every application on the entire computer)

2) The Interweb, sometimes referred to as “The Google” by older employees – (they used these terms to describe the entire internet, as well as our corporate intranet, and network shares).

If 25% of all browser traffic is <= IE6, that would, to my mind, be a pretty fair reflection of our society. At minimum, 25% of all adults in the US are morons.

@Aaron
Interesting! Hadn’t heard of that. I’ll add a note about it to my blog post.

I’ve extended my remarks here: “IE6 Scolding: Blaming the Victim?” http://howwhyweb.com/usability/ie6-scolding-blaming-the-victim

@Jessica
I’m having the same problem. If I come up with a solution I will share, or if someone else has a solution please suggest. Thanks.

@Nathan Bierma

That’s why I suggest adding a link / reference to the Google Frame plugin for IE6. It makes the evil that is IE6 turn into Chrome (at least in the guts). It truly is the only solution to the stupid “afraid of change” IT department at the company / government agency.

http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/

Hi,

For those interested, I translated the plugin into french :

http://www.michaelwassmer.net/blog/shockingly-big-ie6-warning-plugin-french-transaltion/

Thanks again Matias for this great plugin!

Some comments on various posts on IE6 hatred point out that not all IE6 users are clueless; many are chained to whatever their company’s IT decrees they have to use. Is there a way to add a “contact your IT department” link for those users, and/or any other way to keep from annoying them if they’re using IE6 against their will?

Excellent! IE6 was cutting edge 8 years ago. Now, it just holds us all back from building standards-compliant sites. Kudos to you for creating an in-your-face solution for folks who still won’t update to something newer.

Hi Matias!

Thanks for this great plugin! :)
I’ve tested a lot of similiar plugins and this is the best. It’s the only one you can test without using IE 6 (I cannot install it on my computer and I do not want it too) and offers so many possibilities to customize the warning message.

I’ve just one feature wish though:
I’m using some graphic elements at the very top of the page with position: absolute, so the warning disappears behind those graphics. They are small and the message is still readable, but it would be very cool if you could find a way to display the message correctly. Probably the message itself could use position:absolute plus the property z-index using a high value?

Greetings from Germany. :)

Hi, could you add an unremovable information for IE users?

muy bueno el plugin felicidades lo e echo funcionar y testeado ami me funciona de categoria solo una cosa sepodria de alguna manera combinar la opcion TOP y CENTER ya que cuando aces click en cualquier icono de navegadores desaparece la advertencia no se si me explico… muy bueno el plugin gracias

I dont know what version im using, but the link to firefox goes to getfirefox.net, which is not a valid site. I changed it to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

This is a GREAT idea. I’m wondering, however, if the same users who are using IE6 will not be tuned in enough to understand what “web standards” means- if they might actually think that this error is being pulled up because the site itself is not safe (the big red “warning”, talking about security issues, etc.). These same people trust anything Microsoft puts out and are using IE6 still because they are not very educated (generally) about the web. Maybe explaining it in very VERY easy terms w/o the giant “warning” (maybe another adjective) would be less terrifying to these users? I’m just afraid that they would completely leave the site and not return. That’s just me though- but great work, I definitely think you are on to something!

@rodrigo “enferrujado”: try “rusty”! me too.

Hi Matias!

I am not sure about this, but i just updated your plugin from 1.6.2 to 1.6.3, and I think I found an error.

I believe that I saved custom URLs for each browser on version 1.6.2, like superdownloads and brazillian version of Firefox, but when I installed the version 1.6.3, this URL were overwritten by yours default.

It’s not a big deal and I tried to look at your code, but I am so… oxidated (???? bad word for enferrujado)) on PHP that I gave up.

But keep the good working! One day IE6 will be erradicated (another bad word) from all PC’s in the world.

I love the crash option. But can u modify it in such a way that, it alerts the users before crashing?
As in, a javascript prompt like, “You are using a damned browser called IE6″. Open this website in Firefox. Click OK to crash your browser”

That would be super cool… :D

I’ve added your plugin to my blog @ blog.mugunthkumar.com and even wrote about you!!!
http://blog.mugunthkumar.com/tech/tip-displaying-a-banner-or-crash-ie-when-people-visit-your-site-using-ie6/

Thanks

Nice plugin but one question though, is there a way to make the top bar of a fixed widht?

Cheers!

When activated, all the ajax integrated into our theme stops working. Any ideas why?

Cheers

@matias s. Thanks man, I had a peek under the hood, but this PHP is a bit out of my pay-grade. My guess was about line 510 with htmlspecialchars, but after some trial and error I was no further ahead.

Thanks again, great plugin.

Abhinav Sonkar :
Hi matias!
This is a great plugin. Just wanted to know is it possible to make the plugin cover all the versions of IE (including 7 & 8) ? I want to tell my users to give up IE COMPLETELY not just till 6.6.
You can do it in such a way that there can be options to choose which versions to include and which to exclude. That would be a great help!
Thanx!

Same here.

Me gustaría tener una versión que funcione contra todas las versiones de Internet Explorer, no solo la 6, no tendría que soportar la tercera opción (que tal vez no sea posible con la versión 7 u 8 de Internet Explorer) pero si debería tener el gran label amarillo.

Gracias

Can somebody or the autor make a modified version with works againts every version of Internet Explorer.

With just the first option (TOP WARNING) should be fine for me.

Love it!

The only problem I’m having is adding HTML tags (<a href to be exact) doesn't render in the warning. I want to have a link to better explain the merits of the upgrade. Any ideas? Using 1.6.2 on WP 2.8.2, PHP5