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It's great all these companies are competing to make their JS engines faster and faster with each new release. Its creating exciting possibilities for the web!

It's great all these companies are competing to make their JS engines faster and faster with each new release. Its creating exciting possibilities for the web! I do wish there was a bit more aggressive a push to get older users to update their browsers as well though.

sliverstorm 13y ago
There has been a big push. As best I can tell, there isn't much more aggressive they can get, aside from ignoring the user and literally forcing computers with old browsers to update.
- ChrisAntaki 13y ago
  They could develop IE9+ for XP.
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    That would just make the problem worse. XP is EoL, and propping it up only makes it harder when the day comes. The problem is not that XP can't run IE11. The problem is people are still running XP.
    - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
      You share Microsoft's opinion.
      - sliverstorm 13y ago
        I share the opinion of anybody who's already had to support a product for twice its intended lifetime
alecsmart1 13y ago
Yes, IE6/7/8 really need to go. I don't know why they can't force update everyone similar to Chrome.
- PeterisP 13y ago
  A bunch of old megacorp in-house webapps would break if the IE would move from 6 to 7+.
- dragontamer 13y ago
  Because a number of users (IIRC, South Koreans especially) rely on the incompatibility of IE6 to view a number of their websites. (Something about certain ActiveX controls being government mandated) Force upgrading people from these older versions will break a significant fraction of the web, at least for some users. It might even be a legal issue in South Korea.
  - sp332 13y ago
    ActiveX still works in IE11 though.
- ChrisAntaki 13y ago
  Microsoft hasn't developed IE9+ for Windows XP. This might be to differentiate their newer OS'es.
kristiandupont 13y ago
I don't use Firefox anymore, but I feel that this is more or less because of them and for that I am eternally thankful. As for the lack of updating, I really don't think you can blame Microsoft for that. The problem lies with corporations.

sliverstorm 13y ago

There has been a big push. As best I can tell, there isn't much more aggressive they can get, aside from ignoring the user and literally forcing computers with old browsers to update.

ChrisAntaki 13y ago
They could develop IE9+ for XP.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  That would just make the problem worse. XP is EoL, and propping it up only makes it harder when the day comes. The problem is not that XP can't run IE11. The problem is people are still running XP.
  - ChrisAntaki 13y ago
    You share Microsoft's opinion.
    - sliverstorm 13y ago
      I share the opinion of anybody who's already had to support a product for twice its intended lifetime

alecsmart1 13y ago

Yes, IE6/7/8 really need to go. I don't know why they can't force update everyone similar to Chrome.

PeterisP 13y ago
A bunch of old megacorp in-house webapps would break if the IE would move from 6 to 7+.
dragontamer 13y ago
Because a number of users (IIRC, South Koreans especially) rely on the incompatibility of IE6 to view a number of their websites. (Something about certain ActiveX controls being government mandated) Force upgrading people from these older versions will break a significant fraction of the web, at least for some users. It might even be a legal issue in South Korea.
- sp332 13y ago
  ActiveX still works in IE11 though.
ChrisAntaki 13y ago
Microsoft hasn't developed IE9+ for Windows XP. This might be to differentiate their newer OS'es.

kristiandupont 13y ago

I don't use Firefox anymore, but I feel that this is more or less because of them and for that I am eternally thankful. As for the lack of updating, I really don't think you can blame Microsoft for that. The problem lies with corporations.