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There are a few replies here citing that the IE non-support was for older versions, which got me thinking about these questions: * Why is it that IE is judged
by bradleyland 14y ago
There are a few replies here citing that the IE non-support was for older versions, which got me thinking about these questions:
* Why is it that IE is judged based on versions that are years old, yet every other browser is judged by the latest release?
* If non-support is aimed at older versions of IE, why wasn't the author of this post able to register with a recent version of IE?
I can kind of answer the first one myself: IE is judged on old versions because users persistently refuse to upgrade IE. The causes of this are widely discussed, but the fact remains that far too many people using IE are using an old version.
That's a stereotype, which makes it pretty lazy thinking to reject IE categorically. If IE works, why not allow it?
- rhizome 14y ago1. You've heard the saying, "once bitten, twice shy?" Well, that has been the operative mechanism of developing for IE since, well, pretty much since it came out in the mid-90s. People are just sick of trying. 2. I'm guessing user-agent blocking.
- rsanchez1 14y agoThat's how I view it. I see that as an excuse to avoid testing in newer IE versions where most things you would want to do work already. It's always in the details where implementations differ, but that's true between Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and mobile anyway.