Spread Firefox
Version
0.1
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
4
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
11349
Date Added
8 May 2009
Buttons and messages are customizable.
IE ws doing my head in. this was a life saver to get people to view with a different browser. just what i needed. thanks so so much!!
Great!
Nice and simple. Customizable.
Tried the other ones and they basically just check for IE6 or not. Whereas this one checks if IE and, if yes, lets you display a custom msg.
One suggestion, the "message for non-IE users" won't accept a blank. That is, if a firefox user visits my site, I don't want to display anything. If you leave it blank it repopulates "thank you for not use IE". For now I just put a . (period) there.
Thanks for the cool extension!
Nice and simple. Customizable.
Tried the other ones and they basically just check for IE6 or not. Whereas this one checks if IE and, if yes, lets you display a custom msg.
One suggestion, the "message for non-IE users" won't accept a blank. That is, if a firefox user visits my site, I don't want to display anything. If you leave it blank it repopulates "thank you for not use IE". For now I just put a . (period) there.
Thanks for the cool extension!
Owner's reply
You can try inserting a non-breaking-space HTML entity:
I love the fact that this is so simple. Anyone can use this easily. Just install and enable and you are supporting Firefox. Very simple.
What I don't like about it are 2 things. One there is no option to hide the module for Firefox users. I worked around this by editing the .xml file and making the "msgalternative" default text blank. This allows me to use the Advanced Module Manager to hide the module when empty.
The other thing I don't like is this module uses the developers Firefox affiliate link without giving us the option to use our own link. I feel like the option should be there, and if it's not used it could default to the developers link.
I don't think it's a problem, and I do feel like the developer deserves the credit for helping people switch to Firefox. I use this module on a few sites and will be using it on more.
What I don't like about it are 2 things. One there is no option to hide the module for Firefox users. I worked around this by editing the .xml file and making the "msgalternative" default text blank. This allows me to use the Advanced Module Manager to hide the module when empty.
The other thing I don't like is this module uses the developers Firefox affiliate link without giving us the option to use our own link. I feel like the option should be there, and if it's not used it could default to the developers link.
I don't think it's a problem, and I do feel like the developer deserves the credit for helping people switch to Firefox. I use this module on a few sites and will be using it on more.
I found the buttons non obtrusive and it is a great way to show support for Firefox. Great job from the developer!
It looks a lot better than the link I had to the FireFox download page. Thanks.
