Mark Poppen » HTML

IE6 Upgrade notification

Mark — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:36:14 +0000

I’ve quit designing around IE6 a long time ago. I have a contract that states that if my client needs me to design the site to work in IE6, they pay extra. For the other sites, when I suspect the target audience might use IE6, I wrote a little piece of code. It’s validated in 4.01 Strict HTML and stays out of the way of Google search results (because it’s at the bottom of the page).

Let me know if you’re using it or if you made improvements to it.

Here it is. Put the html right before the tag, and the css at the bottom of your .css file.

You are using an outdated browser. For a faster, safer surfing experience, please upgrade for free.

/*-- IE6 --*/
#upgrade {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	background-color: #ff0;
	}

Introduction to Typekit

Mark — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:34:45 +0000

I’ve done a screencast on the introduction of Typekit for The Web Squeeze about 2 weeks ago. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here it is:

Introduction to Typekit from TheWebSqueeze on Vimeo.

Death to IE6 #2

Mark — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:00:28 +0000

IE6 must die.

In this post I already told you how much I hate IE6, and I’m not the only one, so I decided to stop squirming around it, and simply stop designing around it, unless a client pays extra.

This might be useful for some of you out there who also want to avoid the agony of IE6. I recently started using this code, and so far it works pretty good.

In the of your HTML:

In the , before anything else:

It seems you’re using an old browser. In order to view this site correctly, we advise you to upgrade your browser, or try the free Mozilla Firefox.

And finally in your .CSS file:

#ie6 {
font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #333333;
background: #FFFF66;
display: none;
}

This way a yellow bar telling people to upgrade their browser shows up when somebody is using IE6. In any other browser it will be hidden.

You can use/edit/redistribute this piece if you like. Any comments are also welcome.