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Google Serves Old Search Page To Old Browsers

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-get-what-you-get-and-you-like-it dept.

Rambo Tribble writes: In an apparent move to push those using older browsers to update, Google is reported to be serving outdated search pages to said browsers. The older pages lack features available on the newer versions, and this policy compounds with the limits announced in 2011 on Gmail support for older web clients. As a Google engineer put it, "We're continually making improvements to Search, so we can only provide limited support for some outdated browsers." The BBC offers a fairly comprehensive analysis.

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  1. Yes by fisted · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes! Where? I want it!

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  2. A solution to a problem by king+neckbeard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, I can get good old Google back by spoofing IE6?

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  3. "Please don't throw me in the briar patch!" by J'raxis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is supposed to motivate me to upgrade? Right now, on the rare occasion I use Google,* I have JavaScript completely disabled to make Google (search, image search, and news) actually work the way I want it to in my browser. If they're going to help with this by serving me their older---read "cleaner, simpler, faster"---search page, I say, thanks, Google!

    * Google alternative. They use the Google index but don't track their users.

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  4. Slashdot Beta by gargleblast · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The last remaining problem I had with beta.slashdot was its turning up in google results. I solved that with Firefox redirector and this rule:

    Include pattern ... *-beta.slashdot.org*
    Redirect to ....... $1.slashdot.org$2
    Pattern type ...... Wildcard