Google steals a page from the IE6 playbook

JMH · Jul 19, 2012

There was a time in the Internet's history where a single browser dominated the standards that websites were developed by and that browser was IE6. That was then and to this day, Microsoft is working to undo what it did so many years ago by helping to kill off the IE6 browser. While we wish the days of browser segregation were behind us, it would seem that Google is content with using a tactic that comes directly from the IE6 playbook.

Earlier today Google announced a partnership with Tate Modern to launch a new web exhibit. While nothing about this seems out of the norm, if you happen to visit the website using something other than Chrome, you are prompted with the message below:

http://www.neowin.net/news/google-s...&utm_campaign=Feed:+neowin-main+(Neowin+News)

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Google steals a page from the IE6 playbook

JMH

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