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Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

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Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#81

Post by alkonaut »

qxxx wrote: post #80

ok, microsoft wont support it.. but my customers will support it forever. As a webdeveloper i have still customers that are using internet explorer 8 because it is their company policy (big company)

Making a corporate decision to stay on a 6 year old browser that doesn't receive security updates because "that's the one we certified" (or whatever the reason may be) is madness.

The whole point of microsofts' action here is to say that it doesn't work like that. If you have an infrastructure of webapps/intranets/whetever then you must carry the continuous cost of making sure they sure they work on new browsers all the time, because old browsers will be quickly become insecure.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#82

Post by once-in-a-while »

watson wrote: post #46

Am I the only one who finds all the happy faces Microsoft have injected into the page a bit weird? It feels like they are trying to sell me some bad news but make me feel happy at the same time. Don't get me wrong - I think it's a good move to discontinue support for older IE versions... There is just something with all the smiling and laughing faces all over the page that make all my alarms go off

Nah, I take it literally: this announcement makes 28 people happy!! Good for them!

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#83

Post by toyg »

mtgx wrote: post #65
taspeotis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Vista left mainstream support three years ago [1]. [1] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/lifecycle

Mainstream supports means no more features, but it's still getting patches, I imagine.

Nope.

"End of support refers to the date when Microsoft no longer provides automatic fixes, updates, or online technical assistance. [...] you will no longer receive security updates"

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#84

Post by jinst8gmi »

gamesbrainiac wrote: post #26

This is good news for those who aren't using older versions of Windows (older than Windows 7). For everyone else (which is still a lot of people), this is very bad news.

Why not just download Firefox if you have an old version of Windows? Any particular reason why anyone would prefer IE 7/8 for personal use?

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#85

Post by maxwellito »

watson wrote: post #46

Am I the only one who finds all the happy faces Microsoft have injected into the page a bit weird? It feels like they are trying to sell me some bad news but make me feel happy at the same time. Don't get me wrong - I think it's a good move to discontinue support for older IE versions... There is just something with all the smiling and laughing faces all over the page that make all my alarms go off

The happy faces on the page are front end developers. This is a dream day for them.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#86

Post by jinst8gmi »

orionblastar wrote: post #6

There are a lot of businesses that use older versions of Windows and use Internet Explorer as their default web browser and use group policy from a Windows Server to prevent the install of a third part web browser. Forcing everyone to use IE. They will be vulnerable to attacks because of this and they will refuse to pay money to upgrade from XP or Vista to go to Windows 10. It will be because their business software…

Organizations which force people to use IE deserve whatever is coming to them.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#87

Post by uxwtf »

maxwellito wrote: post #85
watson wrote: post #46

Am I the only one who finds all the happy faces Microsoft have injected into the page a bit weird? It feels like they are trying to sell me some bad news but make me feel happy at the same time. Don't get me wrong - I think it's a good move to discontinue support for older IE versions... There is just something with all the smiling and laughing faces all over the page that make all my alarms go off

The happy faces on the page are front end developers. This is a dream day for them.

Such a relief for front-end people. We'll be finally free of workarounds for IE.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#88

Post by davidjgraph »

I love the way they can't even give a straight answer to their own questions:

"Does this mean Microsoft is changing the support lifecycle policy for Internet Explorer?"

"The latest version of Internet Explorer will continue to follow the component policy, which means that it follows the support lifecycle and is supported for as long as the Windows operating system on which it is installed. Focusing support on the latest version of Internet Explorer for a supported Windows operating system is in line with industry standards."

A simple yes or no will do.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#89

Post by dtech »

zenir wrote: post #73
jsmeaton wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A browser's rendering engine is the ONLY part that matters Active X would like to disagree with you. We're currently dealing with a massive (revenue/company) product that only runs under IE still uses Active X. I don't think a common rendering engine is at all a bad thing. Maybe two to keep them honest. But blink + webkit + trident (?) + Gecko (?) seem like wasted engineering talent.

South Korea has(or had, they may have changed it in the last few months) a law that enforces the usage of ActiveX for everything which needs security (e. g. online banking, online shopping)

That sounds like a prime example of incredible technical incompetence of the lawmakers or incredibly good lobbying by MS. Maybe both.

Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

#90

Post by witty_username »

harshreality wrote: post #53
watson wrote: post #46

Am I the only one who finds all the happy faces Microsoft have injected into the page a bit weird? It feels like they are trying to sell me some bad news but make me feel happy at the same time. Don't get me wrong - I think it's a good move to discontinue support for older IE versions... There is just something with all the smiling and laughing faces all over the page that make all my alarms go off

Manipulation (aka advertising/PR/marketing) techniques 101. Showing pictures of happy faces makes the audience (not you in particular, but the average reader) have more positive feelings about the announcement. There's no other plausible reason for using a row of random smiley faces as a page separator in an announcement like this.

But in this case they overdid it, and now it feels a bit like a scam/domain hijacked website with tons of stock photos. I might not have noticed a single row, but it has 4 rows!
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