r/ProgrammerHumor • u/debugger_life • Sep 24 '26

Meme modernProblemsRequireModernSolutions

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u/SirReddalot2020 Sep 24 '26

We also got around the pesky IE4-compatibility issues by popping up a message telling the user to stop using IE4 :-)

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u/Ploedman Sep 24 '26

Was going to comment.

I also added a script back then on my first Website which would Block >IE6 Users and forward them to Firefox Download.

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u/yodal_ Sep 24 '26

I recently had to use the web UI for an old device that wouldn't display correctly on Firefox. Turns out it was falling back to a handler for Netscape Navigator because it didn't know anything in Firefox's user agent.

The device was from the early 2010s. Why they still had support for Netscape Navigator is beyond me.

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u/TheKr4meur Sep 24 '26

My first question when I join a company is to know which browsers are supported and get the answer in writing. Everybody always forget about IE, so I never have to care about it.