On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM,
Mike.lifeguard<mikelifeguard(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 00:59 +0100, David Gerard
wrote:
2009/7/7 Brion Vibber
<brion(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
We don't want to annoy users, but subtle
nudges to a better experience
can be good. :)
(It'd be good to avoid the "This site best viewed in Netscape Gold" sort
of browser fanboy wars of the '90s, though. ;)
I know we can't do it, but I do have subtle dreams of "Sorry, this
video won't display in Safari because Apple refuse to. If you don't
want to use a better browser, here's Apple's phone number."
- d.
I'm not sure I'd call that "subtle"... "Effective" maybe :D
A little "Did you know Firefox 3.5 can show this to you better, get it
here" notice would be great. Take care to avoid browser fanboy wars yes,
but it's be nice to nudge gently. Probably text-only and dismissible
would be fine.
-Mike
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To further this point, I think it's very crucial that we don't phrase
it as being about the browser as a whole, but maybe keep it
related to what you're currently doing.
"Did you know that ABC can give you a richer experience when editing?"
"Did you know that XYZ can show you this video faster,
and with less skipping?"
That sort of thing is bound to be much more effective than
"Switch to Firefox/Chrome/etc today!" dismissable or not.
-Chad