Issue 88706 - why.openoffice.org does not work in MSIE6
Summary: why.openoffice.org does not work in MSIE6
Status: CLOSED WONT_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Infrastructure
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: Website general issues (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: All All
: P2 Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2008-04-24 18:47 UTC by aziem
Modified: 2013-08-05 13:26 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description aziem 2008-04-24 18:47:35 UTC 
Let's not just preach to the choir and exclude what is probably the single most
popular browser.

1. Visit http://why.openoffice.org in MSIE6
2. See error:
"Your browser cannot display this site correctly - please ask your vendor for an
upgrade"

I confirm the original report from here:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5109
Comment 1 aziem 2008-04-24 18:58:26 UTC 
Here[1] is where the error message comes from, but the fact of the web is to
make silent compromises for MSIE because it's worth reaching its users with your
message.  Then, maybe they will eventually be open to using a "better" browser.

[1] http://why.openoffice.org/ie6.js

why.openoffice.org is one of the primary links from http://www.openoffice.org
and MSIE is very popular, so this is important.
Comment 2 merschmann 2008-04-26 11:42:51 UTC 
Can confirm.
After accepting the error-message the page is displayed only partly.
Comment 3 stx123 2008-04-28 07:38:43 UTC 
moving to website project...
Comment 4 john.mccreesh 2008-04-28 09:03:39 UTC 
This was broken during by the new website design. I asked our website gurus 
for help, but so far no-one has come up with the magic code to make this work 
http://website.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?
list=dev&by=thread&from=1987949

John
Comment 5 Raphael Bircher 2008-04-29 21:02:17 UTC 
Set myself on CC
Comment 6 Raphael Bircher 2008-04-30 03:02:59 UTC 
Hi at all

This Script block also IE7 who shows the page correct.

So I vote to remuve this script and working on a proper solution on IE6.
Comment 7 Marcus 2013-08-05 13:25:49 UTC 
MS IE 6 is no longer relevant as supported browser version.