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Na, edge users don't file bug reports 😂
Just two years ago I had someone complaining that my website didn’t work in Internet Explorer. By that point the library I was using didn’t support it anymore but the old bat (really bitchy lady) refused to switch.
So I ended up blocking the entire user-agent with a “this browser is not supported” page that explained you need to download Edge because IE is end of life. Really hated to do that (not a fan of UA sniffing) but that was the only thing I could really do.
Should have redirected to FF tho
Agreed, but as a big Safari fan I’m not keen on forcing my choice onto users. You’re right, Firefox is a huge win privacy-wise but since it was a business application and they’re clearly on Windows I decided to “respect” the OS and software she was currently running by linking to Microsoft’s support article on the matter.
Also, this was before Edge got super creepy. I think it was around the time it first came out.
Then that's understandable, of course
But knowing users she probably went with Chrome 🤣
At least you can take comfort that you probably contributed to saving her from some ie malware in the future
They are the bugs!