[dspillett]

> Of course we support browsers other than Internet Explorer. Here's the full list of supported browsers: *

I must admit my knee jerked a little on that one. I did the "reading comments before the article" thing and was responding to what I've seen in a number of places recently which is a minor backlash against dropping IE8 support. I've seen it in a couple of places over the last ~year (since there were predictions of Google dropping support in their Docs products when IE10 is officially released). The conversation goes:

IE8 User: I'm not paying to Upgrade Windows of learning a new browser, so if you don't support IE8 I'm going away

Others: Fair enough. We wish you luck in your future endeavours.

IE8 User: Hangs around and repeats the demand to be supported in the hope that if he shouts loud and often enough he'll be given his way just to shut him up. The word "unprofessional" gets an airing at this point.

I have bee in my bonnet about IE as I have no choice but to support as far back as 6 in my day job due to some of our banking clients being stuck in the stone age metaphorically speaking... If I win the lottery I'll never touch IE again due to the hassle it has caused me up til this point, even if it becomes the greatest browser in the world!