[OPEN-ILS-DEV] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Google Chrome Frame

[Thomas Berezansky]

For the record, I am willing to put myself fully behind dropping IE6 support.

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net>:

> On 9 June 2010 12:06, Thomas Berezansky <tsbere at mvlc.org> wrote:
>> I don't know about anyone else, but I feel like putting patches over things
>> is more of a problem than a solution.
>
> Well, we're always patching things, normally to make code more robust.
> Mike's suggestion is just a different angle on how to patch things -
> to make the catalogue experience more robust by altering the user's
> browser, instead of the code served up to the browser.
>
>> Many users won't use the button, either due to being lazy, not trusting
>> installing things, or not being ABLE to. Limited users on home computers,
>> work machines that are locked down, etc.
>
> This is definitely a problem in institutions like universities or
> hospitals (we have a few of those in Conifer).
>
> Amusingly, on many of those locked down machines it will actually be
> possible to install the full Google Chrome browser - no admin
> privileges necessary there. So it might be more effective to point to
> a different browser.
>
>> Making IE support dependent on not supporting IE, basically, seems like the
>> wrong approach to me. It WILL have to work without Google Chrome Frame for a
>> lot of people, and not just because of those people's personal preferences.
>>
>> Thus, I say that if you think you can get around developing for IE by
>> telling people to use a different browser, even via a plugin for IE, then
>> you're wrong. Full stop.
>
> I (sadly) have to concur. IE still maintains a 60% market share.
>
>> Having said that, having the patch offer a given person a one-time prompt
>> that says Google Chrome Frame may improve speed and such with the install
>> button, a cookie saying not to show it again if they say no for any reason,
>> is perfectly fine in my eyes.
>
> This is a reasonable idea. The same prompt may also say "You might
> also want to install a full browser, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla
> Firefox."
>
> Perhaps, though, the time has come to consider dropping support
> efforts for IE6 in Evergreen 2.0? That would alleviate the worst of
> the IE-isms, and IE6 is not nearly as predominant as it was even a
> year ago; statcounter put it at below 5% as of June 1, 2010
> (http://gs.statcounter.com/press/ie6-falls-below-5-perc-for-first-time-in-us-and-europe).
>