[cosmo-dev] Safari 2

[Mikeal Rogers]

I agree with bobby.

But I would like to stay away from new page forwards. We should use  
some kind of in page message, so that we don't interrupt or complicate  
our exiting sign in workflows if people are choosing to ignore our  
warning.

-Mikeal

On Nov 15, 2007, at November 15, 20072:12 PM, Bobby Rullo wrote:

> I disagree. I think what would really scare people off is just  
> seeing the "processing..." link and nothing else. Or just a blank  
> page.
>
> It's not really possible to just let people get a certain way, and  
> then when it breaks to warn them. The only safe way is to warn them  
> up front. Maybe this is what you are saying though.
>
> Anyhow, this is not just for Safari 2, this would be for all known  
> unsupported browsers.
>
> bobby
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
>
>> I would let people get as far as loading the UI so they can get a  
>> peak (assuming it will continue to load nicely). It would be a  
>> shame to lose people by scaring them too much. We should at least  
>> try to get a hook in - "Look at how cool this could be. Don't you  
>> want to upgrade your browser so you can try it out?"
>>
>> We can load the UI (logged in or ticket view). Pop-up a dialog. And  
>> make sure the user understands that if the experience isn't so  
>> great, it's the browsers fault.
>>
>> Is Safari 2 the only browser we're going to do this for? If yes, I  
>> think we should say 'no longer supported'. It sounds nicer than  
>> just plain ole 'not supported'. Plus it's the truth!
>>
>> ===
>> Your browser Safari version 2.x is no longer supported.
>> Try one of these instead: Safari 3 | Firefox
>>
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