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by BrandonM 5719 days ago
> We can't really justify much effort (it's usually large, too) to accommodate 2% of users.

I totally understand and agree with this sentiment. I do find it rather ironic, however, that developers today are using the same arguments for ignoring IE that were used for ignoring Firefox users 5+ years ago. Firefox users made a huge fuss about sites that were IE-only, and now many of those same users are returning the favor.
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StavrosK 5719 days ago
I can understand that, given that effort is finite. When Firefox users were enough to support, it made sense for apps to do so.

We're not trying to be mean, we'd love to support everyone, but when it comes to spending a day trying to find and fix an IE-only bug that affects 2% of your userbase (sure, it might be a bit higher if we didn't have the bug in the first place) or write a feature that will improve the service for 100% of the userbase, the latter takes priority...

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Macha 5719 days ago
Because now it's one version for standards, one for IE. As opposed to then, which was one version per browser.
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