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Xin

I tested the website on my dads work pcs and noticed the site doesnt work very will with Internet Explorer so for best use download the latest version of firefox

undead

I am using firefox...

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I use Chrome and all is well. IE smells. (Bad)

F3Biohazard

Well atm im bored so i can make an informative thing in php to add the to the index.php of the forum so that when users of IE X, enter the site it will tell them that to get better quality to upgrade to Firefox, i'll post the code when im done, and help you implement it (if you want it)

Ok so i finished the script and this is the description
When a user with IE or any browser causing bad quality/errors
It will make a popup asking them to upgrade to firefox for better quality

Or either it could set them to the default theme.

Idk what ever xin needs me to do cuz i have the script ready basicly if he needs it.

Any users experiencing this bad quality or errors go to
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
And PM me your user agent.

Xin

Yeah i will talk to you on msn about this as i could use this

F3Biohazard

Aight well i fixed the bug i had with it, and here it is.


&lt;?php
function alert($error) {
 $mess='&lt;script type=\"text/javascript\"&gt;
   alert(\"'.$error.'\")
   &lt;/script&gt;
   ';
 print $mess;
 }
function useragent() {
$ua = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 8.0\")) return 'ie8';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 7.0\")) return 'ie7';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 6.0\")) return 'ie6';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 5.5\")) return 'ie5.5';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 5.01\")) return 'ie5.01';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 4.01\")) return 'ie4.01';
if(strchr($ua,\"MSIE 3.0\")) return 'ie3.0';
 }
if(useragent()=='ie7' || useragent()=='ie6' || useragent()=='ie5.5' || useragent()=='ie5.01' || useragent()=='ie8' || useragent()=='ie4.01' || useragent()=='ie3.0') {

alert(\"To View Firewire In Better Quality Please Upgrade To Firefox\");
}
?&gt;

As you can see it will present a messege box for every version of internet explorer
http://i39.tinypic.com/21bj5g7.png

And you can change the popup box (alert) to just like text
Just change


alert(\"To View Firewire In Better Quality Please Upgrade To Firefox\");

To


print \"To View Firewire In Better Quality Please Upgrade To Firefox';

and then since you dont need the alert variable you could take out

function alert($error) {
 $mess='&lt;script type=\"text/javascript\"&gt;
   alert(\"'.$error.'\")
   &lt;/script&gt;
   ';
 print $mess;
 }

echo or print will work cuz they have the same meaning

InFamous

said:

Instead of doing all of those checks on the user agent for MSIE X.X why not just check for MSIE and then if its found just print the message. Its much more efficient that way.

Might I recommend PMing that Idea to F3Biohazard....I'm not much for Php....Shoot him a PM.

F3Biohazard

said:

Instead of doing all of those checks on the user agent for MSIE X.X why not just check for MSIE and then if its found just print the message. Its much more efficient that way.

Ya that would probbly be a hell of alot easier.

And i would bet if the text was just "printed" that people using IE wouldnt notice and just complain.

George

Hello,

That's convient for me as I never use internet explorer, in my opinion, it's just terrible. Firefox all the way.

This applies to a majority of sites that internet explorer isn't great with MyBB, hense why their are quite a few plugins at MyBBoard.net blocking and/or telling uses to get firefox for increased performance and capability.

Regards,
George.

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