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Gonna take a wild guess that anyone reading HN probably hasn't used IE in the last decade aside from the purpose of downloading another browser

aquarin 7y ago
I am gonna guess, this is not true. Some are required to use it in corporate environment.
- hnzix 7y ago
  The corporate Standard Operating Environment grinds slowly and not particularly fine.
- senectus1 7y ago
  yup legacy is a killer.
- atoav 7y ago
  I worked in shipping and in fact the UPS shipping software will open IE for certain pickup booking tasks. I tried to use firefox or chrome with the same URL and it didn’t work. During work there was never time to look into it in more detail, so there might be a workaround, but the general quality (or the lack thereof) when it comes to shipping software didn’t really convince me.
  - tapland 7y ago
    You could get IETab and set it to open those sites with it. It seems the risk is using IE for other tasks and getting exposed to malicious code, and the main reason you would open things other than the site requiring IE is that it's the browser you keep open?
    - icebraining 7y ago
      I'm surprised IETab still works, I thought the security restrictions on current addons would have killed it already.
- vidanay 7y ago
  Not only does my corporate environment only support IE, but if I change my default browser to Chrome or FF (thank <diety> I have local admin rights), then the default security policy will revert the default back to IE11 whenever I reboot.
pintxo 7y ago
Some might use it to test stuff still works for their users/customers.
calgoo 7y ago
I had to use it today to connect to some old activeX iLo console for a server. Our internal HR module also only works with IE.
classified 7y ago
You really have no idea what you're talking about.
- dang 7y ago
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alkonaut 7y ago
Guess again. It's not by choice, though.
mcv 7y ago
On the corporate laptop I'm currently using, IE still is (or was, until recently) the default browser with no possibility to change that setting, despite company policy that we shouldn't use IE anymore. Wrap your head around that one.
C1sc0cat 7y ago
I use IE as my standard browser my chrome and firefox are set up for different usages with ton of plugins

aquarin 7y ago

I am gonna guess, this is not true. Some are required to use it in corporate environment.

hnzix 7y ago
The corporate Standard Operating Environment grinds slowly and not particularly fine.
senectus1 7y ago
yup legacy is a killer.
atoav 7y ago
I worked in shipping and in fact the UPS shipping software will open IE for certain pickup booking tasks. I tried to use firefox or chrome with the same URL and it didn’t work. During work there was never time to look into it in more detail, so there might be a workaround, but the general quality (or the lack thereof) when it comes to shipping software didn’t really convince me.
- tapland 7y ago
  You could get IETab and set it to open those sites with it. It seems the risk is using IE for other tasks and getting exposed to malicious code, and the main reason you would open things other than the site requiring IE is that it's the browser you keep open?
  - icebraining 7y ago
    I'm surprised IETab still works, I thought the security restrictions on current addons would have killed it already.
vidanay 7y ago
Not only does my corporate environment only support IE, but if I change my default browser to Chrome or FF (thank <diety> I have local admin rights), then the default security policy will revert the default back to IE11 whenever I reboot.

pintxo 7y ago

Some might use it to test stuff still works for their users/customers.

calgoo 7y ago

I had to use it today to connect to some old activeX iLo console for a server. Our internal HR module also only works with IE.

classified 7y ago

You really have no idea what you're talking about.

dang 7y ago
This comment breaks the site guidelines. Could you please review and follow them when posting here? We'd be grateful. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

alkonaut 7y ago

Guess again. It's not by choice, though.

mcv 7y ago

On the corporate laptop I'm currently using, IE still is (or was, until recently) the default browser with no possibility to change that setting, despite company policy that we shouldn't use IE anymore. Wrap your head around that one.

C1sc0cat 7y ago

I use IE as my standard browser my chrome and firefox are set up for different usages with ton of plugins