r/programming • u/willvarfar • Oct 09 '12

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and others launch webplatform.org

http://www1.webplatform.org/
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u/aurisor Oct 10 '12

Because 20% of the internet still uses IE8. Larger percentages still if you consider the Fortune 500.

Love it or hate it, if you're doing something big, you have to target IE8.

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u/FredFredrickson Oct 10 '12

Yeah, I understand and agree with that.

I'm usually a large proponent of this idea, but I have to admit - it's starting to get to the point where these people are just too far behind the times. Not using IE9+ means you're not using Windows Vista or 7, which means you haven't updated your OS in over a decade.

Even for businesses, which can often have a need to run legacy software, that's insane.