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I am not saying this is the stupidest idea I've ever heard...but it's damn close. Raise your hand if you would be cool with someone tacking on a 6.8% tax based on what browser you are using.
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I am not saying this is the stupidest idea I've ever heard...but it's damn close. Raise your hand if you would be cool with someone tacking on a 6.8% tax based on what browser you are using.
I'm fine with it. i consider it an idiot tax. if you are still running IE at all (although some people have no choice see also: businesses that rely on old tech) you are a drain on resources, and are vulnerable to attack. there are reasons newer browsers are up to v 15 (in 5 years)
I would absolutely consider something like that, but realistically, it makes much more sense to not spend effort on giving IE7 users as good an experience as everyone else gets. The people using modern browsers will get a better experience, so they're already at an advantage to IE7 users.How about a 5% discount for using browser "x" instead?
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I think its BRILLIANT!!!
Oh man, that's brilliant! As a web developer, my hatred for IE knows no bounds, especially outdated versions. IE9 is not much better, just google "IE9 sucks". I don't allow IE6 users on my sites at all (yeah, there are still those people), they get a nice popup telling them to go upgrade or get out.
^ This. My company is a Level 4 adult and children trauma hospital and we still have IE7 and Office 2003. Would you like to standardize every few years on new software for almost 10,000 employees? Yeah, I didn't think so. I don't like using IE7 at work but hey, it works what what is needed.My company still has us using IE7 because we interact with a large number of websites from third parties, some of which drag their feet when it comes to updating to the newest IE standards. The tax thing is them trying to be 'funny' and it's pretty irritating, honestly.
In this case though, you'd need quite a lot of carrots and not so many sticks. And carrots are expensive.Zarathustra[H];1038834708 said:2.) Carrots tend to work better than sticks. Discount for using modern browser will be much better received than penalty for using older browser even though they are the same thing.
How exactly can they call it a "tax"? Why not just refuse to sell? What about government agencies or people with terrible and overbearing IT departments that have no choice in what browser they use? Seems unfair.
I support purging IE7 from the Internet forever, but this is retarded.
Id rather see websites block all access to their websites, instead redirecting people to a page instructing them how to update to the latest version of their respected browser.
A "tax"? That's just plain stupid.
How exactly can they call it a "tax"? Why not just refuse to sell? What about government agencies or people with terrible and overbearing IT departments that have no choice in what browser they use? Seems unfair.
I support purging IE7 from the Internet forever, but this is retarded.
As well as charging people to use older browsers...I'd charge people for using fireturd, or safari.
Where's the ancient FireFox tax? Most people using IE6 or IE7 don't know any better. Most people sticking to an ancient version of FireFox actually think its safer because its not IE.