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Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by snvzz » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:44 AM UTC

Articles like this are a dime a hundred. I'm not sure why this was even submitted, much less how it made it to the front page.

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by thrower123 » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:47 AM UTC

hathawsh wrote: post #8

Sigh... some services still require IE. https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/service-setup/... Not even Edge is acceptable. Then they throw in Java applets to broaden the attack surface.

Try to download a code signing cert from Thawte/Digicert...

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by thrower123 » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:47 AM UTC

jonny_eh wrote: post #2

I'm assuming Edge is ok? It'd be great if the article mentioned that MS has a newer browser.

Edge was never ok.

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

#24

Post by PikachuEXE » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:50 AM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #19

No chrome, no ie.. What is left is safari and firefox

Vivaldi, Palemoon, Brave

If you don't like any Chromium browser then Palemoon

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by atoav » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:50 AM UTC

aquarin wrote: post #9

wyqydsyq wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gonna take a wild guess that anyone reading HN probably hasn't used IE in the last decade aside from the purpose of downloading another browser

I am gonna guess, this is not true. Some are required to use it in corporate environment.

I worked in shipping and in fact the UPS shipping software will open IE for certain pickup booking tasks. I tried to use firefox or chrome with the same URL and it didn’t work.

During work there was never time to look into it in more detail, so there might be a workaround, but the general quality (or the lack thereof) when it comes to shipping software didn’t really convince me.

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by phillc73 » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 5:58 AM UTC

hathawsh wrote: post #8

Sigh... some services still require IE. https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/service-setup/... Not even Edge is acceptable. Then they throw in Java applets to broaden the attack surface.

I can not use the Croatian government website,[1] where one can buy a fishing licence, with anything other than IE. Despite the website insinuating that other browsers will work, if I just enable cookies (which I have!), only IE is successful.

[1] https://ribarstvo.mps.hr/default.aspx?id=5010

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by pintxo » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 8:13 AM UTC

wyqydsyq wrote: post #7

denkmoon wrote: post #5

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that anyone still using IE isn't going to be persuaded away from it by a fancy blog post.

Gonna take a wild guess that anyone reading HN probably hasn't used IE in the last decade aside from the purpose of downloading another browser

Some might use it to test stuff still works for their users/customers.

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by pintxo » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 8:14 AM UTC

On a related note, I just got an email from Atlassian, that they will stop supporting IE11 sometime early 2020.

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

#29

Post by Angostura » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 8:21 AM UTC

I will - just as soon as our Sharepoint installation properly supports other browsers.

That ain't going to happen though, is it?

Re: Stop Using Internet Explorer

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Post by makeupsomething » Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 8:24 AM UTC

reustle wrote: post #18

hathawsh wrote: post #8

Sigh... some services still require IE. https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/service-setup/... Not even Edge is acceptable. Then they throw in Java applets to broaden the attack surface.

Shinsei bank in Japan requires IE (not edge) to use online banking. Macs aren't supported.

This seems to be the case for most banks in Japan. Also a lot of government services. Last year I ended up posting some documents to immigration because I could not get their online form to work.