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I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28." That's a little snarky. Chrome on

by temuze 12y ago

I'm using Chrome on Linux and I got "You are using an outdated browser - You are using an old version of Chrome whis is 28." That's a little snarky. Chrome on Linux doesn't have automatic updating and I tend to forget to update. Here's a mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNObuvhgJ:https://voicerepublic.com/venues/223/talks/982+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LWDDNOb...

preek 12y ago
CTO of voicerepublic.com here. Sorry for coming off snarky. We develop and run VR using Debian Stable which ships Chromium 33 right now. We are a very small team building voicerepublic.com and did launch just last week. To offer a perfect experience, we only allow browsers that we actually could test. Whence the team grows, we certainly will test and support more browser versions.
- preek 12y ago
  Update: Some stats After about 4000 hits from HN, about 1% of visitors have a browser older than: * Chrome/Chromium 30 * Safari 7 * Firefox 24 * IE 10
- temuze 12y ago
  Good answer. And hey, on the bright side, you reminded me to update Chrome!
  - dfc 12y ago
    How are you not getting chrome updates from your distro?
- binarycrusader 12y ago
  You shouldn't keep people out that have older browser versions. Instead, you should prompt the user and warn them that their browser has not been tested and is not supported, but they may continue.
- stigt 12y ago
  Very shortsighted to block a site visit based on a browser. Guess I'll never see your website.
evmar 12y ago
Chrome on Linux uses the system package manager to autoupdate. The current version of Chrome is 34. Chrome is on a six week release cycle, so your version number indicates you haven't had a system update in something like (34-28)*6 = 36 weeks. Much of the software you're running has known security vulnerabilities.
bnastic 12y ago
Neither does it work under OSX 10.8 + Safari 6. I'm used to games asking for latest&gratest in everything, but a website?

by temuze 12y ago

preek 12y ago

CTO of voicerepublic.com here. Sorry for coming off snarky. We develop and run VR using Debian Stable which ships Chromium 33 right now. We are a very small team building voicerepublic.com and did launch just last week. To offer a perfect experience, we only allow browsers that we actually could test. Whence the team grows, we certainly will test and support more browser versions.

preek 12y ago
Update: Some stats After about 4000 hits from HN, about 1% of visitors have a browser older than: * Chrome/Chromium 30 * Safari 7 * Firefox 24 * IE 10
temuze 12y ago
Good answer. And hey, on the bright side, you reminded me to update Chrome!
- dfc 12y ago
  How are you not getting chrome updates from your distro?
binarycrusader 12y ago
You shouldn't keep people out that have older browser versions. Instead, you should prompt the user and warn them that their browser has not been tested and is not supported, but they may continue.
stigt 12y ago
Very shortsighted to block a site visit based on a browser. Guess I'll never see your website.

evmar 12y ago

Chrome on Linux uses the system package manager to autoupdate. The current version of Chrome is 34. Chrome is on a six week release cycle, so your version number indicates you haven't had a system update in something like (34-28)*6 = 36 weeks. Much of the software you're running has known security vulnerabilities.

bnastic 12y ago

Neither does it work under OSX 10.8 + Safari 6. I'm used to games asking for latest&gratest in everything, but a website?