On 2014-04-08 03:05, A.L.E.C wrote:
It was already announced we'll drop IE 6/7 support after 1.0. I'd like to go further and drop also support for IE8.
By dropping support I mean removing all css/js code that handles IE<=8 issues/deficiencies.
I thought, if one really cares, we could create a plugin that adds support for these versions, but personally I wouldn't spend much time on this.
Opinions?
I can see the attraction of EOL'ing IE8 support, but wishing for XP/IE8 to go away is pretty futile right now, especially outside the first world.
I'd vote (as a service provider admin) to either leave IE8 support intact, make the IE8 compatibility stuff a selectable plugin for people who need to continue to support XP users, or as a last option declare a stable "legacy support" version that'd get no feature and only security (if necessary) updates through some defined date (12/31/2015?).
One of our larger customers is an ISP in India, and an alarming percentage of their userbase is on IE8 still, and I don't foresee that changing in the next several months.
--Mike Gilday Redpin.com