Altinn / Altinn/app-frontend-react

Warn the user when using an older, unsupported browser

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

### Description

We just encountered an issue where a user had a very old version of a browser, not supporting widely available web functionality, causing the app to crash upon loading.

With this feature, we'd like to show a warning in the app whenever the user is on an unsupported browser.

Requirements:
- [ ] Design this message (look, feel, placement, content)
- [ ] Show a non-intrusive warning when using an unsupported browser (possibly only on error pages)
- [ ] Show the 'unknown error' page if the app crashes before displaying anything (this could be extracted out to a separate issue if needs be)
- [ ] Always show the warning about using an unsupported browser on the 'unknown error' page (unexpected errors can occur when using these browsers)

### Additional Information

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the app startup path and the unknown-error page, then determine how browser support can be detected before normal rendering; done means an agreed warning design appears for unsupported browsers and the unknown-error page is shown with that warning when loading fails.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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