[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
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 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript, css
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Comment (by collinmanderson):

 By the way, as @twocs mentioned, "rumours of its impending demise may be
 exaggerated."

 IE11 is bundled with Windows 10 version 1909 ('19 Sept) which is supported
 for almost 3 years (2022). However, Windows 10 version 2004 ('20 Apr) is
 about to come out, and will also likely include IE11 and will also likely
 be supported for about 3 years (2023).

 Microsoft has not publicly stated any intent to stop including IE11 in new
 versions of Windows (which come out every 6 months), so the IE11 EOL date
 keeps getting pushed into the future. Knowing Microsoft's obsession with
 backwards compatibility, IE11 might as well be supported "forever".

 So Microsoft's official support policy for IE11 is "**at least** ~3
 years", and it likely will continue to be "at least ~3 years" for a very
 long time.

 I'm not saying either way whether WordPress should phase out IE11 support,
 just that we can't look to Microsoft EOL dates as a guide. (Or if
 WordPress does look to Microsoft EOL dates for IE11, then WordPress should
 continue supporting IE11 for the forseable future, as Microsoft has no
 public plan to stop including IE11 in new versions of Windows.)

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