ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

#1

Post by ccnafr » Tue, May 07, 2019, 1:00 PM UTC

ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11
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Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

#2

Post by jumbopapa » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:04 PM UTC

I'd be pretty shocked if any ProtonMail users used IE.

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

#3

Post by realusername » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

jumbopapa wrote: post #2

I'd be pretty shocked if any ProtonMail users used IE.

Yes that seems a pretty odd combination, you want more secure email but using IE11 at the same time?

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by Supermighty » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:14 PM UTC

I understand them wanting to discontinue browsers that have very low usage and have discontinued support from Microsoft, but I can't help but feel a little sad about the narrowing browser engine ecosystem.

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by jaden » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

jumbopapa wrote: post #2

I'd be pretty shocked if any ProtonMail users used IE.

The typical scenario is forced use by enterprises where the employees have no choice. But now that Windows 7 is on its last legs, this may be less of an issue.

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by throw03172019 » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

Supermighty wrote: post #4

I understand them wanting to discontinue browsers that have very low usage and have discontinued support from Microsoft, but I can't help but feel a little sad about the narrowing browser engine ecosystem.

At least they still support Edge. Although Edge is moving towards to a Chromium based engine..

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by perardi » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:22 PM UTC

Supermighty wrote: post #4

I understand them wanting to discontinue browsers that have very low usage and have discontinued support from Microsoft, but I can't help but feel a little sad about the narrowing browser engine ecosystem.

How exactly does it help anybody to to support little-used, out-of-date, insecure browsers?

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by jsnell » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:24 PM UTC

jumbopapa wrote: post #2

I'd be pretty shocked if any ProtonMail users used IE.

It's the first bullet point in their reasons for dropping the support. About 1% of their users are on IE.

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by ravenstine » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:27 PM UTC

Supermighty wrote: post #4

I understand them wanting to discontinue browsers that have very low usage and have discontinued support from Microsoft, but I can't help but feel a little sad about the narrowing browser engine ecosystem.

Exactly how many browser engines do we need? There's currently Blink(Chrome|Edge|Brave), Gecko(Firefox), and WebKit(Safari and various OSS browsers). With web technology standards, it doesn't really make sense that there would be that much competition, so having 3 competing engines seems sufficient to me.

Re: ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11

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Post by the1pato » Tue, May 07, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

ravenstine wrote: post #9

Supermighty wrote: post #4

I understand them wanting to discontinue browsers that have very low usage and have discontinued support from Microsoft, but I can't help but feel a little sad about the narrowing browser engine ecosystem.

Exactly how many browser engines do we need? There's currently Blink(Chrome|Edge|Brave), Gecko(Firefox), and WebKit(Safari and various OSS browsers). With web technology standards, it doesn't really make sense that there would be that much competition, so having 3 competing engines seems sufficient to me.

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