I'm sick of designing for 23 different browsers, most of which are old & only 2% of my users still have them. But of course I don't want those 2% to leave... and they're the 2% that are most likely to just turn off their computers and say, "Oh, I don't understand all this technical mumbo-jumbo!"
I've got a Global Content Block that I've put in a couple of my page templates that give a gentle nudge to users of IE7 that they should upgrade or consider an alternative - and to people using IE6 or earlier, it shouts at them to stop being so backward! See screenie below (rendered at http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/).
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{* Internet Explorer conditional warnings *}
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<p style="font-size: 0.8em; color: red; font-weight: bold;">You are using a very old version of Internet Explorer which may struggle with this and other webpages. In addition, using an older browser is major security weakness and you are putting your computer at risk. Please consider either <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx">upgrading</a> to the latest version of Internet Explorer, or downloading an alternative browser such as <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.opera.com">Opera</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a>.</p>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<p style="font-size: 0.8em">You are using Internet Explorer 7, which doesn't correctly display this page! Please consider either <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx">upgrading</a> to the latest version of Internet Explorer, or downloading an alternative browser such as <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.opera.com">Opera</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a>.</p>
<![endif]-->