Thread:Project:Support desk/IE users being redirected to Fundraising after upgrade to 1.17.0/reply (6)

Nope, but I did find the issue. There was an old IE6 security check in the MediaWiki:Common.js file. If wgUserName was NULL, it redirected to a tiny page it created. The page was one sentence including a link to MediaWiki.org fundraising.

I commented out the hook, which was commented: /** IE 6 Z-index bug workaround for anonnotice ************************** *  *  Description: This implements a work around for the Z-index bug found in Internet Explorer. *              It correctly places the anon notice on the page, even under IE6. *              See this Google search for more information about the bug: *              http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=q74&q=z-index+ie6+bug&btnG=Search * Created by: User:Gmaxwell */

I'm pretty certain that nobody here uses IE6 anymore. Though I can't tell my managers/directors what browser to use, it is well within my realm of responsibility to tell them to upgrade that browser if they are that far behind.

Thank you for looking!