IE6 is mess browser compatibility of the page. What is the most suitable way for set Compatibility with IE6. crikeywebs.com

Thank you..

What's wrong with it? I'm looking at the site in IE 6 and am not seeing any noticeable issues.

I hate IE6 as much as anybody, and often try to make it so that my sites are compatible, but as someone pointed out to me recently - we MUST stop supporting IE6 or it will never die. The thing is almost a decade old...

The thing is almost a decade old...

and been a bag of crap from day ONE!!!

^ yep, and the more people that try to accomodate it's quirks the slower it will go away.

Maybe not worth troubling your head with IE6. Try using this code:

<?php
$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

//running internet explorer
if($msie = strpos($browser, "MSIE"))
{
//version number
$ver = substr($browser, $msie + 5, 3);

if($ver < 7.0)
{
echo '
Welcome!
<br /><br />
It appears you\'re using Microsoft Internet Explorer '.$ver.'.
<br />
Since Microsoft does not wish to fix this ancient and bug-ridden browser, the developer of this site has refused to support it.
<br /><br />
Before you can proceed to this site you will need to upgrade to a modern browser, such as FireFox or Internet Explorer 7.
';
exit();
}
}
?>

You should only worry about making your site compatible with IE6 if your website will attract a large demographic that is prone to using that particular browser.

For example, if your site sells rascal scooters you may want to put in the effort to make your site compatible.

Some people just take a look at the w3 browser statistics and think that since the number of IE6 users are decreasing by the day, that it isn't nessecary to make their site's compatible. Although the current percentage of IE6 users amount to only 7.9%, your site (if it appeals to those of a certain demographic may have predominantly IE6 users among the audience).

It all depends on your website, at the web development firm where I work, we disregard IE6 comparability except for blue collar business sites.

btw a lot of people have no other choice when they surf the net from work and school computers which are on networks run by lazy administrators who don't like to update

Originally Posted by ExPoint

Maybe not worth troubling your head with IE6. Try using this code:

It would be more ironic to send that message with IE6 conditional comments :

<!--[if IE 6]>
Welcome!
<br /><br />
It appears you're  using Microsoft Internet 
Explorer 6.
<br />
Since Microsoft does not wish to fix this 
ancient and bug-ridden  browser, the developer of this site has refused 
to support it.
<br /><br />
Before you can  proceed to this site you will 
need to upgrade to a modern browser, such  as FireFox or Internet 
Explorer 8.                        
<![endif]-->

I wouldn't be quite so curt with your statement of non-support. We have taken the approach to make the CONTENT well formatted and visible for ALL browsers, but do not display any other type of styling - no graphics, no floats, etc. -- content only - and display a disclaimer that they are seeing the downgraded site because they are using an older version of a browser that we can no longer support - then recommend that they upgrade to a newer, better browser.