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Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:43 pm
by mjedlin66
Internet Explorer has been an abandoned product line since 2013. Microsoft replaced it with Edge browser.

Windows 9 and Windows 10 come with Microsoft Edge installed, they don't include internet explorer. For some reason various government agencies keep installing Internet Explorer manually.

It's frustrating because supporting it requires me to rewrite a lot of my Javascript and CSS. And there's some things that are just impossible in Internet Explorer.

My life would be far easier if I stop supporting this browser that was abandoned 7 years ago. And I just might. So please, the 3% of you who used it on my website last month-it's time.

Recommend any of these:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Edge

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:14 pm
by userque
Wow.

Remember when Netscape Navigator was the go to browser? 8-)

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:08 pm
by Scarfinger
I say get rid of it. Change with the times.

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:13 pm
by md2018
What about Safari. i use I Pad or I Phone to view almost everything?

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:14 pm
by mjedlin66
md2018 wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:13 pm What about Safari. i use I Pad or I Phone to view almost everything?
Safari should be fine. Really IE is the problem child of the internet.

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:21 pm
by haywoodkb
If (navigator.appName == "IE") window.close(bye)
or
just redirect them to www.getnetscape.com

Re: Please stop using Internet Explorer

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 3:23 am
by mjedlin66
haywoodkb wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:21 pm If (navigator.appName == "IE") window.close(bye)
or
just redirect them to www.getnetscape.com
Yes, I can do that. I am trying the soft approach first. I am not 100% convinced that I should stop supporting IE. But I am definitely leaning that way.