@alanralph Yeah, your point about IE's integration into Windows is absolutely right. I also share those un-fond memories of IE. My first couple of gigs involve building web-apps for state-run hospitals, followed by the federal government; both that mandated usage of IE 6 (and 8) on their Windows desktop. Fortunately I had the opportunity to use Linux and Firefox so I didn't have to use it myself. But the process of "adding support" for IE (read: corrupting the CSS and JavaScript to deal with IE's outdated, non-standard, and buggy rendering engine) was an affront to the codebase.

🔗 Internet Explorer was once synonymous with the Internet, but today it’s gone for good So long, Internet Explorer. We sadly knew you all too well. Worth pointing out that support for an “IE compatibility mode” won’t be removed from Edge until 2029, so can we really say that IE is de... lmika.org

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@alanralph Yeah, your point about IE's integration into Windows is absolutely right.

I also share those un-fond memories of IE. My first couple of gigs involve building web-apps for state-run hospitals, followed by the federal government; both that mandated usage of IE 6 (and 8) on their Windows desktop. Fortunately I had the opportunity to use Linux and Firefox so I didn't have to use it myself. But the process of "adding support" for IE (read: corrupting the CSS and JavaScript to deal with IE's outdated, non-standard, and buggy rendering engine) was an affront to the codebase.

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