crawlingroad

Looks like the jetpack team is on it and I missed the messages. Resolved while waiting for bugfix.

I just started trying this theme today and my browser testing also pulled up this message. Many users are stuck in IE6 for a variety of reasons. I don’t need my website lecturing them.

I found the code where the problem lies. It’s buried in his Javascript functions and is easily removed:

Go to /themes/mystique/js

Open jquery.mystique.js

Search for “Firefox” and you’ll find this:

if (isIE6) {
jQuery(‘#page’).append(“<div class=’crap-browser-warning’>You’re using a old and buggy browser. Switch to a normal browser or consider upgrading your Internet Explorer to the latest version</div>”);
}

Comment it out or just delete it entirely:

/* if (isIE6) {
jQuery(‘#page’).append(“<div class=’crap-browser-warning’>You’re using a old and buggy browser. Switch to a normal browser or consider upgrading your Internet Explorer to the latest version</div>”);
}
*/

Save and test the theme again with IE6 and the warning should be gone.

There is also the same line in jquery.mystique.min.js which also references this function and the file can just be deleted entirely.

This warning should be an option in the settings and not forced on users.

If the author really wants this type of warning, they should make it less of a Firefox commercial. It should be more generic: “The browser you’re using is too old to support all of our site features. Please consider upgrading to take full advantage of what we have to offer. Thanks!”

Leave the browser war stuff out of it.