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Other ways to move the web forward: stop supporting Internet Explorer altogether...when you start having to support Trident then it's almost like having to code

Other ways to move the web forward: stop supporting Internet Explorer altogether...when you start having to support Trident then it's almost like having to code a site twice Really? I've been pretty happy with IE9, generally 98% of my code works perfectly, it's just a matter of drop shadows, rounded corners, etc that don't work. I honestly want to know what breaks so horribly that it's like coding a site twice. My memories of IE6 make IE9 seem like a completely different browser. It is somewhat, since they rewrote their rendering engine to fully support CSS 2.1 in IE8.

DougWebb 15y ago
IE9 is great, if you're still developing websites from 2-3 years ago. I wish it had been available back then. For today's sites, you need IE 11, most likely. Of course, it will be outdated by the time it's available too. The one promising thing is that the IE development team now seems to be really intent on supporting open standards and being compatible, and they're catching up faster than they used to. They should reach parity within another major release or three.
- untog 15y ago
  IE9 is great, if you're still developing websites from 2-3 years ago. I wish it had been available back then. For today's sites, you need IE 11, most likely. Can you elaborate? What IE11-specific features do current web site require? I'd like to find out what I've been neglecting...
  - DougWebb 15y ago
    See http://caniuse.com http://caniuse.com for specific features. IE9 isn't awful and IE10 will be better, but IE10, which will be released next year, is anticipated to have less support across the board than other browsers have today. That imposes a drag on use of new features, because of the need to backfill with js-based emulation or to provide alternate implementation of features that don't depend on tech IE can't handle.

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Other ways to move the web forward: stop supporting Internet Explorer altogether...when you start having to support Trident then it's almost like having to code

by rdoherty 15y ago

DougWebb 15y ago
IE9 is great, if you're still developing websites from 2-3 years ago. I wish it had been available back then. For today's sites, you need IE 11, most likely. Of course, it will be outdated by the time it's available too. The one promising thing is that the IE development team now seems to be really intent on supporting open standards and being compatible, and they're catching up faster than they used to. They should reach parity within another major release or three.
- untog 15y ago
  IE9 is great, if you're still developing websites from 2-3 years ago. I wish it had been available back then. For today's sites, you need IE 11, most likely. Can you elaborate? What IE11-specific features do current web site require? I'd like to find out what I've been neglecting...
  - DougWebb 15y ago
    See http://caniuse.com http://caniuse.com for specific features. IE9 isn't awful and IE10 will be better, but IE10, which will be released next year, is anticipated to have less support across the board than other browsers have today. That imposes a drag on use of new features, because of the need to backfill with js-based emulation or to provide alternate implementation of features that don't depend on tech IE can't handle.