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> IE7 is a bit too soon, but IE8?... It was released in 2009! That's old! When JQuery 1.9 is released in 2013 it'll be four years old. Windows XP is eleven ye

> IE7 is a bit too soon, but IE8?... It was released in 2009! That's old! When JQuery 1.9 is released in 2013 it'll be four years old. Windows XP is eleven years old and will be end of lifed in early 2014. At what point will you pull the pin? I think this is a good roadmap for phasing out Old IE support. It's not like they're yanking the rug out from under you - 1.9.x will be around for a while yet.

eli 14y ago
You realize IE8 is the default browser that shipped with Windows 7, right?
- chris_wot 14y ago
  What, nobody uses Windows update?
  - chris_wot 14y ago
    Oh come on - this is voted down? Firefox and Chrome do automatic updates, and almost never has issues. That's because they stick to standards in an open and transparent manner. Why wouldn't Windows Update be able to do the same thing? Are the Microsoft software developers really that bad that they can't do what the Chrome and Firefox developers can do already?
    - _puk 14y ago
      This grates me.. I'm sure the MS devs are more than capable of doing what Chrome / Firefox "do already". This looks far more likely to be a political decision to avoid whatever backlash even a single failed update would produce. Help, i've lost all 93 of my open tabs..
  - drummer32 14y ago
    yes, a lot of people (generally the people who don't know what a browser is) don't. Also IE8 is the last available browser on winXP.
    - chris_wot 14y ago
      That's hardly the point - the original poster was complaining about the default browser on Windows 7.
    - anthonyb 14y ago
      Except for Chrome, Opera and Firefox, you mean?
  - eli 14y ago
    Sure most people do
- anthonyb 14y ago
  I fail to see your reasoning. IE6 was (I believe) the default in Windows XP, which people are still using. Should we demand that JQuery support every default browser on every default OS until they're all end-of-lifed?
  - eli 14y ago
    My point is that it isn't just the browser for an ancient os that's about to be EOL. It's also the browser for the current OS. Some people seem to mistakenly think Win 7 shipped with IE9 And I didn't demand anyone do anything. I think the proposed jquery plan is totally appropriate.
  - sabat 14y ago
    Yes.
benatkin 14y ago
It makes more sense to use the dates they were superseded, than to use the dates when they came out. Most new computers were still shipping Windows XP until Windows Vista came out in 2007. That's just over five years ago.

eli 14y ago

You realize IE8 is the default browser that shipped with Windows 7, right?

chris_wot 14y ago
What, nobody uses Windows update?
- chris_wot 14y ago
  Oh come on - this is voted down? Firefox and Chrome do automatic updates, and almost never has issues. That's because they stick to standards in an open and transparent manner. Why wouldn't Windows Update be able to do the same thing? Are the Microsoft software developers really that bad that they can't do what the Chrome and Firefox developers can do already?
  - _puk 14y ago
    This grates me.. I'm sure the MS devs are more than capable of doing what Chrome / Firefox "do already". This looks far more likely to be a political decision to avoid whatever backlash even a single failed update would produce. Help, i've lost all 93 of my open tabs..
- drummer32 14y ago
  yes, a lot of people (generally the people who don't know what a browser is) don't. Also IE8 is the last available browser on winXP.
  - chris_wot 14y ago
    That's hardly the point - the original poster was complaining about the default browser on Windows 7.
  - anthonyb 14y ago
    Except for Chrome, Opera and Firefox, you mean?
- eli 14y ago
  Sure most people do
anthonyb 14y ago
I fail to see your reasoning. IE6 was (I believe) the default in Windows XP, which people are still using. Should we demand that JQuery support every default browser on every default OS until they're all end-of-lifed?
- eli 14y ago
  My point is that it isn't just the browser for an ancient os that's about to be EOL. It's also the browser for the current OS. Some people seem to mistakenly think Win 7 shipped with IE9 And I didn't demand anyone do anything. I think the proposed jquery plan is totally appropriate.
- sabat 14y ago
  Yes.

benatkin 14y ago

It makes more sense to use the dates they were superseded, than to use the dates when they came out. Most new computers were still shipping Windows XP until Windows Vista came out in 2007. That's just over five years ago.