Browse happy tells IE8 on XP users to update to IE9 which doesn't work with XP

[nikolay.yordanov]

When a user opens wp-admin with IE8 on XP Browse happy suggests that the browser should be updated to IE9, which is impossible. Is there a way to make it that it shows only the "browse happy" link? The exact problem will happen when IE10 comes out and MS drop support for Vista.

[SergeyBiryukov]

This is actually expected behavior, according to ​Nacin's comment on support forums thread:

If you're running a browser that is not the latest major version, you will get a warning. The same goes for IE8, Firefox 4, Opera 10, Safari 4. For IE6 and IE7, we're particularly harsh.

[nikolay.yordanov]

I understand that it is the expected behaviour, but I am raising the question if it is the best we can do. Telling the users to update/change their browser is one thing, but we can't force them to update/change an OS.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Windows XP probably also can be considered obsolete, since its mainstream support was ended in 2009. I'm currently still on XP though :)

Users can dismiss the message in a single click, so I guess it's more like telling them to change their browser than like forcing them to update an OS.

[SergeyBiryukov]

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