[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 Ipstenu):

 > 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.

 This is weirdly not true for all nations. Heck, not even true for all
 states in the US. Keep in mind, EOL is *2022* -- while that's two years
 away, it's also possible that there will be extensions like there were for
 Windows 8.

 In some cases, they are required by law to use hardware or software
 written by one and only one check processing vendor on the planet, who
 refuses to update. I wish I was pulling that example out of thin air.

 (Facebook not supporting IE doesn't really count here, since that's ONLY
 for social networking and unlikely to be open source product a company
 uses daily -- in fact, I'd bet most companies wold be totes okay that
 Facebook's broken)

 My point remains this: We need to be very thoughtful and careful about
 what we break and how we handle workarounds. It would not be a bad idea to
 have an 'IE Compatibility Pack' type plugin to restore old functionality
 for these people in terrible situations. We just need to make sure we give
 them agency to move forward that isn't just "Lulz sucks! get a new
 browser!"

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