In addition to what Trevor stated, we recently even merged a JS change
that 'took away' a JS enhancement from IE6 users, leaving them just
the plain HTML form function. So I think we are getting closer to a
point where when it comes to JS/CSS we will be removing some existing
JS/CSS functionality, from IE6 as long as there is a proper fallback
and it makes sense for other browsers.
But basic readability will probably be around for quite some time to
come. Even text based browsers still mostly work with MW.
DJ
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Trevor Parscal <tparscal(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'm happy to see us talking about leaving these
old browsers behind, but it
seems a few existing policies and situations may have been overlooked in
this thread thus far.
Hopefully this list of things to consider will be helpful:
1. We are planning on moving away from jQuery UI this year as part of
our UI standardization push
2. We have a policy in place that any browser with 0.1% market share or
more should be supported for reading and basic contribution
3. We have a policy that reading and basic contribution should be
possible without JavaScript
4. Depending on the feature, IE 6 and 7 are already unsupported
5. Not supporting older browsers is not always about work involved, many
times it is not possible to bring certain features to a browser because of
lack of support or severe bugs
- Trevor
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Daniel Norton <daniel(a)danielnorton.com>
wrote:
On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Tim Starling
<tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
<http://globalsem.wordbank.com/global-marketing/ie6-china/>
Reading between the lines:
updates are complicated. …[M]any of the Windows operating systems are not
direct purchases – these methods do not allow upgrade.
i.e. virtually all copies of IE6 are pirated.
There are also concerns in China about U.S.-government back doors into
later versions of I.E.
http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-china-clash-over-windows-8-and-charges-o…
—
Daniel
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