Question

I have been looking around and cannot find what I am looking for

I want to display a warning to IE users that my website does not support IE nor will it ever try to and that you should get a better browser.

How you detect IE is really all I need but it would be nice if someone told me how to trigger a lightbox on the page but I can do that myself if you don’t include it

Thank’s for the help!

Answer 1

Conditional HTML comments will work for detecting IE9 or less. From the HTML5 Boilerplate, which I highly suggest you use:

<!--[if lt IE 7]>
    <p class="chromeframe">You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chromeframe/?redirect=true">activate Google Chrome Frame</a> to improve your experience.</p>
<![endif]-->