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If you work with the K-12 system in the US, you'll discover that a lot of your customers are still happily chugging along with IE8.

gkoberger 13y ago
And they'll have no reason to change if websites continue to cater to them.
- jimmytucson 13y ago
  I don't think the K-12 system is going to upgrade because AngularJS is dropping support for IE8. I mean, I don't think it'll be a major factor in their decision. Probably funding will be a big factor. Then AngularJS.
  - snrip 13y ago
    But they will change soon enough. It is just that IE8 is the ceiling of Windows XP, which is end-of-life in 4 months. If that does not convince, the bad press of all the vulnerabilities that follows, will. Another driver: ipads and chromebooks are taking over.
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- cabbeer 13y ago
  Speed? Security? Browser improvements?
rst 13y ago
Also more than a few major US corporations. Some of which can't upgrade easily because of third-party tools that don't support anything newer. Or worse, internally developed software which is still in used, but is hard to upgrade because the original developer moved on, and no one is tasked with maintaining it. This is my client base at $dayjob. As of last year, the last of them had finally let go of IE6. It would be nice to think our influence had something to do with it, but Microsoft had been trying to get them to ditch it for years, and they have a hell of a lot more pull than anyone else.
taude 13y ago
Even most big enterprises now are supporting IE 9....
iSnow 13y ago
Well, time moves on. If you are developing for clients using IE 8, you probably can live without the latest Angular version too. I think it is necessary that projects keep focused and that means deciding what not to do.
marknutter 13y ago
A few K-12 schools using IE8 is not a compelling reason for a modern Javascript framework to continue supporting it.

gkoberger 13y ago

And they'll have no reason to change if websites continue to cater to them.

jimmytucson 13y ago
I don't think the K-12 system is going to upgrade because AngularJS is dropping support for IE8. I mean, I don't think it'll be a major factor in their decision. Probably funding will be a big factor. Then AngularJS.
- snrip 13y ago
  But they will change soon enough. It is just that IE8 is the ceiling of Windows XP, which is end-of-life in 4 months. If that does not convince, the bad press of all the vulnerabilities that follows, will. Another driver: ipads and chromebooks are taking over.
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cabbeer 13y ago
Speed? Security? Browser improvements?

rst 13y ago

Also more than a few major US corporations. Some of which can't upgrade easily because of third-party tools that don't support anything newer. Or worse, internally developed software which is still in used, but is hard to upgrade because the original developer moved on, and no one is tasked with maintaining it. This is my client base at $dayjob. As of last year, the last of them had finally let go of IE6. It would be nice to think our influence had something to do with it, but Microsoft had been trying to get them to ditch it for years, and they have a hell of a lot more pull than anyone else.

taude 13y ago

Even most big enterprises now are supporting IE 9....

iSnow 13y ago

Well, time moves on. If you are developing for clients using IE 8, you probably can live without the latest Angular version too. I think it is necessary that projects keep focused and that means deciding what not to do.

marknutter 13y ago

A few K-12 schools using IE8 is not a compelling reason for a modern Javascript framework to continue supporting it.