[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49696: Define guidelines for minimum IE support

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#49696: Define guidelines for minimum IE support
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 Reporter:  isabel_brison   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript, css
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Comment (by slkfsdf8y34ljhsfsdfkuhfkl84hj):

 People who work for the governments around the world or financial
 institutions are required by law to upgrade after the extended support
 ended, unless these institutions pay an astronomical fee which makes it
 only valuable for super extreme cases like some ancient military
 facilities.

 A large portion of the counted as IE11 users are actually Edge users that
 are using the "IE mode" on it.

 Microsoft and Apple did some nasty tricks in order to force obsolescence.
 I think counting the performance enhancement that WordPress would gain by
 stopping using passive listeners would be significantly bigger value than
 keeping IE11 support.

 Even Facebook doesn't support IE11 anymore and we both know what kind of
 users are using it.

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