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Does anyone know of a better landing page for convincing people to leave Internet Explorer? (specifically, aging relatives) Browse Happy is the only one I know

by engtech 14y ago

Does anyone know of a better landing page for convincing people to leave Internet Explorer? (specifically, aging relatives) Browse Happy is the only one I know of. http://browsehappy.com/ http://browsehappy.com/

w1ntermute 14y ago
http://browsehappy.com/?locale=en http://browsehappy.com/?locale=en, for those who don't speak 日本語. Interesting to see a Japanese site like this, considering that the Japanese aren't very enthusiastic about using alternate browsers.
- wtetzner 14y ago
  http://browsehappy.com/ http://browsehappy.com/ is in English for me.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    This is what I see: http://i.imgur.com/DRm13.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DRm13.jpg
    - Zirro 14y ago
      I get it in my native language, Swedish, which means that they are doing some kind of detection based on the requests your browser is sending, or based on your IP. If you don't live anywhere near Japan, nor have configured your OS/Browser for this language, I would guess their system for detecting certain region-specific IP's is outdated or broken.
      - matthewowen 14y ago
        Setting language based on IP address is... terrifyingly inappropriate.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  It was in German for me! I think they're poorly checking Accept:
jiggy2011 14y ago
Your best bet might just be to install a different browser and see if they notice. There is probably an opportunity here to create a firefox or chrome extension that makes the basic UI Mimic Internet Explorer exactly so people don't notice.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  > There is probably an opportunity here to create a firefox or chrome extension that makes the basic UI Mimic Internet Explorer exactly so people don't notice. Or easier yet, just install Chrome Frame.
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    That's only going to work for sites that explicitly require it (i.e don't work in IE). So they're still going to be using IE 99% of the time.
    - w1ntermute 14y ago
      That's easy to fix: http://www.labnol.org/software/force-google-chrome-in-internet-explorer/9998/ http://www.labnol.org/software/force-google-chrome-in-intern...
- eckyptang 14y ago
  That's actually slightly rude if you ask me.
protomyth 14y ago
Unfortunately, quite a lot of the online testing and school support sites won't work with anything else.

by engtech 14y ago

w1ntermute 14y ago

http://browsehappy.com/?locale=en http://browsehappy.com/?locale=en, for those who don't speak 日本語. Interesting to see a Japanese site like this, considering that the Japanese aren't very enthusiastic about using alternate browsers.

wtetzner 14y ago
http://browsehappy.com/ http://browsehappy.com/ is in English for me.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  This is what I see: http://i.imgur.com/DRm13.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DRm13.jpg
  - Zirro 14y ago
    I get it in my native language, Swedish, which means that they are doing some kind of detection based on the requests your browser is sending, or based on your IP. If you don't live anywhere near Japan, nor have configured your OS/Browser for this language, I would guess their system for detecting certain region-specific IP's is outdated or broken.
    - matthewowen 14y ago
      Setting language based on IP address is... terrifyingly inappropriate.
TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
It was in German for me! I think they're poorly checking Accept:

jiggy2011 14y ago

Your best bet might just be to install a different browser and see if they notice. There is probably an opportunity here to create a firefox or chrome extension that makes the basic UI Mimic Internet Explorer exactly so people don't notice.

w1ntermute 14y ago
> There is probably an opportunity here to create a firefox or chrome extension that makes the basic UI Mimic Internet Explorer exactly so people don't notice. Or easier yet, just install Chrome Frame.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  That's only going to work for sites that explicitly require it (i.e don't work in IE). So they're still going to be using IE 99% of the time.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    That's easy to fix: http://www.labnol.org/software/force-google-chrome-in-internet-explorer/9998/ http://www.labnol.org/software/force-google-chrome-in-intern...
eckyptang 14y ago
That's actually slightly rude if you ask me.

protomyth 14y ago

Unfortunately, quite a lot of the online testing and school support sites won't work with anything else.