[OniBait]

Every time I run into this or look up something on caniuse[1], I get a (most likely irrational) annoyance that we're comparing things like IE9 which came out in 2011 (predating the official flexbox spec) against modern versions of Chrome and Firefox. I think the way caniuse's interface is set up, IE9 currently lines up next to Firefox 44 and Chrome 49.

My though process goes something like: Is it because Internet Explorer is sucky? Partially. Is it because people/companies aren't updating? Absolutely. Is it because Microsoft made it hard to update? Partially.

I can't help but think that if a lot of people/companies didn't update their iPhones or Linux desktops for 5+ years, we'd be seeing the same issue and blaming Apple for being so shitty.

BTW, looks like all the flexbox bugs in IE11 have been fixed in Edge[2]. I doubt that IE11 will get patched.

[1] http://caniuse.com [2] https://github.com/philipwalton/flexbugs