Raúl Santos
Some time ago I made a module for Drupal called Stop IE.
The purpose of this module was to detect if my site visitors were using Internet Explorer and if so, send them to a page that warned them that my site may not work with IE and about the dangers of using it as their webbrowser. Well, time passes, Drupal has had quite a few revisions since then, including the launch of version 4.7.
I could rewrite my Stop IE module to work with Drupal 4.7 but I found out that someone else had already picked up this idea and wrote Explorer Destroyer, a script which does basically the same mine did but with a twist - it allows you to enter your Google Adsense ID so you can generate revenue from people who follow your links to download Firefox.
Be warned, though: if you don’t want to generate revenue for the maker of Explorer Destroyer, you will have to replace his/her referral ID in the code with your own.
Some people criticize Explorer destroyer (see here and here for example) and they make some valid points but I still think this is a good tool, as long as you don’t force people to use Firefox to visit your site (use the Gentle or Semi-Serious mode, don’t use the Dead-Serious mode) and you use your Google Adsense ID instead of letting Explorer Destroyer creator gather the money generated by your visits.
Also, besides a Drupal module, Explorer Destroyer is also a standalone script (which the Drupal module uses), so you can use it on your site even if you don’t use Drupal.
So, bye-bye, Stop IE. Hello Explorer Destroyer.
One other interesting site to visit about this is http://www.stopie.com/ and while you’re at it, check this image ;)