The Australian online tradesman Kogan.com has introduced the world's initial "tax" on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser.
Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an additional surcharge on online purchases done by the firm's site.
Chief senior manager Ruslan Kogan told the BBC he longed for to replenish the time and expenses entangled in "rendering the website in to a ancient artifact browser".
The assign is set to 6.8% - 0.1% for every month given the IE7 launch.
According to Mr Kogan the thought was innate when the firm proposed working on a site relaunch.
Mr Kogan mentioned that even even though usually 3% of his customers used the aged chronicle of the browser, his IT group had turn pre-occupied with creation adaptations to make pages manifestation accurately on IE 7.
"I was all the time on the line to my web team. The amount of work and bid entangled in creation our website look normal on IE7 equalled the amalgamated time of conceptualizing for Chrome, Safari and Firefox."
Mr Kogan mentioned it was doubtful that any person would obviously pay the charges. His objective is to urge on users to download a more present chronicle of Internet Explorer or a not similar browser.
Mr Kogan told the BBC his customers were really cheerful and he had received a lot of commendation for his efforts.
"Love your IE7 tax. we hope it becomes effective" was a of the messages posted to Kogan on Twitter.
IE7 was launched in 2006, but given then Microsoft has expelled two leading updates to the software.
The launch of Internet Explorer 10 is due in the autumn.
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