IE6 Unsupported

Posted November 30, 2009 in Design, Freebies, Resource with 1 Comment

As every web designer experiences, we spend hours developing a website that looks perfect in all browsers. Once it’s all set, we cross our fingers and end up cringing at the horror that shows on our screen when we test for IE6. We curse the customers of our clients who don’t know better to upgrade and we curse the IT departments of major corporations that swear by it. However, one day soon, IE6 will no longer be in use and web designers everywhere will rejoice. The decline of IE6’s usage is due in part by users who voluntarily upgrade to newer browsers, users who buy new computers where IE7 or IE8 is the default installation (or those who are smart and switch to a Mac ;) ) or by websites that simply do not support IE6 anymore (like mine) and in turn educate users and suggest to upgrade.

There are a handful of sites out there offering free website add-ons and popups to display an upgrade message to an IE6 user, some of which are branded or require javascript to work. But none of which fit within the design of the site.

• StopIE6
• End6
• IEDeathMarch
• among others…

I recently created a set of popup window templates to suggest IE6 users to upgrade. I had originally attempted to sell them on Themeforest, but they got rejected due to lack of imagery and I wanted to keep them super simple, so I figured I would offer them as a free download. There are 5 different layouts which are extremely easy to implement as there is no javascript to add to your page. They have been coded in css for IE6 and no other browser, since IE6 is the only browser they’ll be seen in. They’re also easy to customize… no images, just html and css. Each template has:

• 1 html file to add to your server
• 1 line of css to add to your stylesheet
• 3 lines of html to add to your index page
• 0 images
• Original PSD

There is no more and no less than what you need, and instructions are included in the download. Let’s all join in the revolt against IE6 and save every designer a headache.

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