We actively encourage all users to upgrade and obtain the most current pulg-ins. We are members of the Web Standards Project , and display the little Urge User Upgrades logo. You don't need to have bleeding edge technology but just get a current browser and check every six months or so to make sure it's still good. Designers and developers, stop designing for specific browsers. You are alienating a large portion of web users and supporting the corporate tyranny that every one else wants to get rid of.
Conformity is the opiate of the masses, but standards are important.
An optimist sees a glass half full, a pessimist a half empty one. Well, I see a drink.