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Filter out older IE Browsers Problem

Hi:

I have an online course and am trying to prevent people with older IE browsers from ordering it.

I have the following:

<!--[if gt IE 8]>
                @Html.MenuLink("Order Courses", "OrderCourses", "Register")
  <![endif]-->

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I find that all this does is make the Order Courses menu item invisible on IE 10 and IE11.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

RBS

Dave Baldwin

'gt' means 'greater than'. Try 'lt' which means 'less than'.

RBS

ASKER

No, the gt is correct. I have an earlier bit of code that shows the the following message if the browser is less than IE 9:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
        <div class="lowBrowserMessage">
            <div class="ie-lowerthan9">HDCOElearning.com requires Internet Explorer 9 or greater</div>
<![endif]-->

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This code works fine. I guess the problem with using gt is that while IE browsers may recognize the rule, all others see this block of code as a comment and so ignore it.

My problem is that I want all browsers to see the Order link except those that are IE and below 9

RBS

Dave Baldwin

That is correct. Only IE will read either of those as a conditional directive. All other browsers see it Only as a comment.

RBS

ASKER

Can you suggest any way that I can make it so that any browser other than id browsers below 9 can see the Order Link?

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RBS

ASKER

I guess I will have to look at another method other than Conditional Comments - just wondering if you had any suggestions.

Dave Baldwin

Nothing easy. The standard javascript methods don't report the info you're looking for. This site lists the "User-Agent" strings for many browsers: http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/useragentstring.php

RBS

ASKER

Thanks Dave

RBS