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What, nobody uses Windows update?
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.
Except for Chrome, Opera and Firefox, you mean?
JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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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 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.
You realize IE8 is the default browser that shipped with Windows 7, right?
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?
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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The cycle here is pretty long: jQuery 2.0 will be released in "Early 2013". For some time (probably at least 6 months if not longer), jQuery 1.9 and 2.x will be perfectly API compatible. That means that the conditional comment approach will work with very little downside. That gets us to summer or Fall 2013. At this point, there may be a release of jQuery 2.1. According to the blog post, it will probably contain few…
At the same time, the pace of the cutting edge grows faster and faster. It better grow pretty fast. By late 2012, jQuery will still be supporting a browser released in 2001 but by early 2013 it won't support a browser that was only replaced by MS in 2011. Corporate America is not IE8's only domain. There are a lot of people who don't even know what a browser is. And IE8 was the default browser on Windows 7.
>> And IE8 was the default browser on Windows 7.
Hasn't Microsoft decided to auto-update IE? In that case, most people who don't know what a browser is will already be using IE9 on Windows 7 by 2013 or is there reason to believe otherwise?
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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>A person that behind the times isn't going to buy anything on the internet anyway. Do you actually have some data to back that up? Because all the data I've seen says the exact opposite to what you are saying.
Looots of people shopping at work using the corporate-standard browser.
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
#175Zepto is already a popular option for those who want jQuery features in a lightweight library. The API is essentially identical to jQuery, making it a drop-in replacement at a fraction of the size. zeptojs.com
That doesn't list IE as a supported platform at all (not even the current IE9), so while you should be OK (if IE is now as close to compliant as MS claim it should just work) if you find problems in IE you might be on your own when it comes to researching and fixing them.
See http://zeptojs.com/#platforms - specifically "we may add support for Internet Explorer 10 ... depending ..." and the lack of any mention of IE before 10.
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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You do realize that IE 10 dropped conditional comments, right?
You do realize that IE 10 will be supported by jQuery 2.0, right?
You do realize that saying "you do realize, right" is about the rudest and most condescending way to pass on information, right?
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
#177To all the people upset about IE8 being the last browser supported on XP ... Isn't that Microsoft's problem rather than JQuery's? Apparently, Microsoft is not interested in providing a modern Web experience to their users. I don't really see the problem anyway. JQuery can move forward, and those that want to support IE8 have JQuery 1.9 and I'm sure there will be a cottage industry of people maintaining updates to sup…
But it's not the last. Chrome, FF and Opera works. I can't understand all the whining here. Corporate world can run IE for it's shitty apps and a modern browser for whatever else. Also, that's their problem, not mine, jQuery's or the majority of people that have to download a bloated codebase to support a 3 year old, no standards browser.
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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You realize IE8 is the default browser that shipped with Windows 7, right?
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?
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.
Re: JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9.
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That works fine for your blog, but what percentage of customers are you willing to turn away from your web business?
I the cost of maintaining apps exceeds their value as customers, then they're going to lose support. Don't forget supporting these old broweres isn't free, cheap, or easy.
Only you can make that call for your app... But do the math. Don't assume that supporting oldIE is automatically a bad investment.