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It's fantastic irony that my iPhone 4S gets this message on a page about not being elitist: "If you want to ensure the best experience, please install a browse

by marcusf 14y ago

It's fantastic irony that my iPhone 4S gets this message on a page about not being elitist: "If you want to ensure the best experience, please install a browser that was developed after 2009."

nyar 14y ago
You should install a different browser.
- rcgs 14y ago
  Shouldn't have to. Safari is perfectly adequate. Heck, I get the message on v20 of Google Chrome.
- barrkel 14y ago
  I get the same message in the latest Firefox.
hansbo 14y ago
While banning Safari is very strange, the author acknowledges the browser issue: "I know many would fault me for [not supporting IE] on TNL.net but the design decision of not supporting older internet explorer browsers was based on analytics data that showed me that only 5% of my overall audience was using those" Remember, ignoring IE users is not necessarily about elitism, but can also be a financially sound decision.
- kstenerud 14y ago
  It can also kill his future growth if he doesn't keep whitelisting each end every new browser signature (for find a better way to lock out old browser users). It's also not a good idea to be condescending to your users. The tone of that message is anything but friendly. The "banned" message mentioned in another comment even less so.
benihana 14y ago
Why the hell can't that guy's website support browsers developed before 2009? It's all text. Is that crazy italic on link hover (great bit of usability, that) not supported by pre-HTML5 browsers? Maybe it's not blind elitism, maybe it's forethought elitism.
- ineedtosleep 14y ago
  Meh. It's not that big of a deal. You can still see the content and the content is done logically so there aren't any crazy layout issues in plaintext. Also, this seems to be happening because of his breakpoint at width <= 1024px I believe. Confirmed this on both Chrome dev and Firefox Aurora.
- tristan_louis 14y ago
  Actually, it comes down to font handling (I'm the guy with the site). Webfonts, CSS3 positioning, and HTML5 semantic are not supported in browsers older than 2009. So you can read the stuff but it doesn't necessarily look as good.
dasil003 14y ago
He might want to update that to "...developed after 2009 and released before 2011".

by marcusf 14y ago

It's fantastic irony that my iPhone 4S gets this message on a page about not being elitist: "If you want to ensure the best experience, please install a browser that was developed after 2009."

nyar 14y ago

You should install a different browser.

rcgs 14y ago
Shouldn't have to. Safari is perfectly adequate. Heck, I get the message on v20 of Google Chrome.
barrkel 14y ago
I get the same message in the latest Firefox.

hansbo 14y ago

While banning Safari is very strange, the author acknowledges the browser issue: "I know many would fault me for [not supporting IE] on TNL.net but the design decision of not supporting older internet explorer browsers was based on analytics data that showed me that only 5% of my overall audience was using those" Remember, ignoring IE users is not necessarily about elitism, but can also be a financially sound decision.

kstenerud 14y ago
It can also kill his future growth if he doesn't keep whitelisting each end every new browser signature (for find a better way to lock out old browser users). It's also not a good idea to be condescending to your users. The tone of that message is anything but friendly. The "banned" message mentioned in another comment even less so.

benihana 14y ago

Why the hell can't that guy's website support browsers developed before 2009? It's all text. Is that crazy italic on link hover (great bit of usability, that) not supported by pre-HTML5 browsers? Maybe it's not blind elitism, maybe it's forethought elitism.

ineedtosleep 14y ago
Meh. It's not that big of a deal. You can still see the content and the content is done logically so there aren't any crazy layout issues in plaintext. Also, this seems to be happening because of his breakpoint at width <= 1024px I believe. Confirmed this on both Chrome dev and Firefox Aurora.
tristan_louis 14y ago
Actually, it comes down to font handling (I'm the guy with the site). Webfonts, CSS3 positioning, and HTML5 semantic are not supported in browsers older than 2009. So you can read the stuff but it doesn't necessarily look as good.

dasil003 14y ago

He might want to update that to "...developed after 2009 and released before 2011".