How can I show the Jira announcement banner only to logged in users who use Internet Explorer browser?

[Rob van den Belt]

We are using Jira 6.1 and our default Company browser is IE 8.0 . I want that only users that still use IE with Jira will see the Announcementbanner. Is this possible. If yes, how?

[JamieA · Accepted solution]

IE conditional comments work fine in the announcement banner, eg:

<!--[if IE 8]>
<div style="background-color:  #FFFF00; padding: 2px; text-align: center; color: black;"> 
<strong>IE8</strong> -
	I wouldn't let my dog use IE8, get a better browser.
</div>
<![endif]-->

[Rob van den Belt]

Thank you very much, that's the way!

[Christopher Heritage]

I came across this thread trying to do this for IE 11.

This is the JavaScript I came up with.

<script>
//detects if user uses Internet Explorer 11 and displays a message
var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
var trident = ua.indexOf('Trident/');
if (trident > 0) {
document.write('Type your custom message here.');
}
</script>

I'm not a developer, so this may be an inelegant solution. But, it works for us! It shows just the announcement to IE 11 users.

[Peter Van de Voorde]

Hi Rob,

You could try using javascript in the announcement banner so it only shows up when the browser is IE.

But as I don't have any decent javascript experience I wouldn't have a clue about which javascript you need exactly.

I did find the following question that might help you on your way:

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/104845/javascript-works-in-announcement-banner-but-not-when-in-web-resource-module

Best regards,

Peter