use of alerts on the help wiki

[Dougie Richardson]

Hi,

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> <snip - transparency vs. IE6>
> > This seems to be the simplest solution. Actually, we have some
> > transparent icons: http://doc.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/common/images/admon/.
> > I'm not too worried about IE6 :)
> >
> > We should probably use these transparent icons throughout the system
> docs too.
> 
> Is there any way to get hold of a report about browser statistics for
> *.ubuntu.com?  I'd rather sort the issue for IE6 (and below) if they're
> remotely common on the site.

Sorry to butt in but I have to agree here - my site is aimed squarely at
Linux and the most common search strings are almost entirely Ubuntu oriented
yet IE6 holds over 75% of the identifier strings and that's not uncommon for
any of the sites I've maintained.

Its especially important IMHO when we consider the possibility of someone
using a Windows system to access information about configuring a Linux
Internet connection - one of the biggest questions there is! 

Some of these may be people identifying Firefox as Explorer but I would be
careful about
Ignoring the most dominant browser on the net.

Cheers,

Dougie