[franciscop]

Probably because requestAnimationFrame is much better than setTimeout, AND requestAnimationFrame is supported even by IE10 so there's absolutely no need for a fallback. Also no, setTimeout is not more reliable than setInterval in many situations.

[beebeepka]

Did I not day FALLBACK? Oh, I did but I am getting downvoted and mansplained for pointing that out a simple fact.

RAF also stops executing when tab is inactive. Sometimes we don't want our loop halted and that's where setTimeout comes in as the better alternative to setInterval.

[franciscop]

This is the perfect example of why it says not to ask why you were downvoted in the FAQ, and the last time I try to help. You literally asked, I just tried to give a plausible explanation. Instead you rant back, scream and insult those literally answering your question. Not the right behavior for HN.

[beebeepka]

I provided a real world example that you haven't considered before.

Your condescending responses are hardly genuine attempts at finding a plausible explanation for me being downvoted by people who can't think that pointing out thing A is better than thing B even though thing C exists and is the correct approach most of the time.

[qweqwweqwe-90i]

No one should bother supporting IE now.

[forgotmypw17]

I strongly disagree. If you can't be bothered to write resilient code, that's your choice, but don't speak for me on what I should and shouldn't support.

[tomxor]

Supporting IE !== "writing resilient code"

If anything your code will be much worse for it and likely to contain more bugs.

[forgotmypw17]

Your code could also just be simpler and not include bug-prone ways of writing.

For each browser you add support for, x more browsers and access limitations you've never even heard of also become supported.

[franciscop]

At 2.3% in Japan, and a much higher percentage in some specific industries there like healthcare, some people probably might be bothered supporting IE. Not me or most people though:

https://twitter.com/FPresencia/status/1428359948182818836