Why?

Enough is enough. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 was released in early 2009. For its time, it was a decent browser, but in 2010, it is still in use by a significant portion of the web population, and its time is now up.

As any web developer will tell you, working with IE 8 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things they have to deal with on a daily basis, taking up a disproportionate amount of their time. Beyond that, IE 8's support for modern web standards is very lacking, restricting what developers can create and holding the web back.

What?

This website is run by a group of people who want to see IE 8 disappear as soon as possible. To help make that happen, we're encouraging the IE 8 users of our websites to upgrade to a more modern browser, so they can have a better experience using our sites and browsing the web.

How?

Check out the code samples for different styles and languages, or just copy and paste the following code onto your site:
<!--[if lt IE 9]> <div style='border: 1px solid #F7941D; background: #FEEFDA; text-align: center; clear: both; height: 75px; position: relative;'><div style='position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;'><a href='#' onclick='javascript:this.parentNode.parentNode.style.display="none"; return false;'><img src='http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-cornerx.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='Close this notice'/></a></div> <div style='width: 640px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; color: black;'> <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><img src='http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-warning.jpg' alt='Warning!'/></div> <div style='width: 275px; float: left; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'> <div style='font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 12px;'>You are using an outdated browser</div> <div style='font-size: 12px; margin-top: 6px; line-height: 12px;'>For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser.</div> </div> <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><a href='http://www.firefox.com' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-firefox.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='Get Firefox 3.5'/></a></div> <div style='width: 73px; float: left;'><a href='http://www.apple.com/safari/download/' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-safari.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='Get Safari 4'/></a></div> <div style='float: left;'><a href='http://www.google.com/chrome' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.ie6nomore.com/files/theme/ie6nomore-chrome.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='Get Google Chrome'/></a></div></div></div> <![endif]-->

What about the corporate users?

We've set up a page specifically to address this question.