[Touche]

If Microsoft no longer supports IE8, why should web developers?

[coldtea]

Because web developers make money from targeting IE8 users (depending on the browser demographics of their client), whereas Microsoft does not.

[nilsbunger]

Msft still supports IE8 on windows 7 and various server os's. As much as I would like to see it die it remains in a bunch of corporate environments with ms support.

[girvo]

Because it makes up 10 percent of the user base in my country.

[freyr]

And as long as we insist on catering to them, they won't be compelled to install a modern browser.

[girvo]

You're preaching to the choir, but try convincing my boss and the company that owns our agency; it's too large a user-base to ignore, and we do some stuff for the government so we don't have much of a choice.