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We will no longer be accepting contracts which have an internet explorer or edge support requirement.

All of the front end devs are going hysterical and celebrating 😂 🎉🎉

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  • 2
    Does edge suck too?
  • 2
    @eternalfool yep. pretty much.
    it's slower than firefox or chrome
  • 4
    @SweetHuman Performance is one thing, but from a devs point of view, I would assume the following of standards would be the main concern. I know old IE versions sucked, but is really IE11 and Edge that bad?
  • 2
    @stormwise even if there were 0 issues (which there isn't), msft's reputation with compliant browsers is so horrible and we cbf dealing with all the future issues.
  • 12
    Having developed for edge: Fuck edge. My project literally worked in every browser INCLUDING IE10 but not Edge. Microsoft should just leave the browser making to companies that are actually capable of developing one.
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  • 9
    While I have no love for IE or Edge, and use neither, not supporting is saying "no thanks" to 30% of the market. It makes no business sense.

    https://netmarketshare.com/browser-...
  • 3
    Edge have on par support for HTML5 and JavaScript ES6 standards...
  • 2
    I should also note we're a contractor img company, focusing on internal web apps - so this is a little easier to swallow and market share is much less of an issue. Although we do build the odd SaaS here and there..
  • 3
    Currently developing with electron. For just a single version of chromium. Damn, that's a relief!
  • 3
    Edge and IE 11 is not *THAT* bad anymore :) not good but not so bad anymore
  • 3
    Edge is actually faster than Chrome and is standards compliant. I use it most of the time, because it has the best touch support and can't complain :-)
  • 2
    @kwilliams Don't you mean subpar? Their youtube page access doesn't even load HTML5 video.
  • 1
    @peterbetos I think you'll find you're wrong there...
  • 1
    @kwilliams oh am I now...
  • 2
    @kwilliams point of reference, this is in Chrome
  • 2
    @peterbetos I think that is actually an attempt of Google to move users to Chrome rather than actual true test of browser capabilities. Edge supports HTML5 video quite well
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