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Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9

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On 2012-07-19 05:43, perryv@gmail.com wrote:
> JQuery group decides to move forward and drop support for old IE 6,
> 7 and 8 in version 2.0 of their library.

Yeah, I read that too. It sounds more drastic than it actually is. From
what I've read, they're creating a version 2 which is targeted at
clients that don't require all the handholding and workarounds that
earlier IE versions needed. It makes certain assumptions (for example,
that methods like document.querySelectorAll are available natively),
which means that a lot of code can be cut. This version can then be
deployed in controlled environments or delivered to certain mobile
devices. It's not meant to be used on the web without a fallback.
Meanwhile, development for the 1.x branch continues in parallel with the
2.x branch.

I think it's a good idea. The collection of tools and methods that I use
(and sometimes call a "library") has dropped support for quirks mode
some years ago. It works because I know where it's deployed - in
websites where I have control over the markup. Supporting quirks mode
would serve no purpose at all, it would only add a lot of unnecessary
code branches. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of being able to
ignore older browsers just yet. As soon as the last of those clients is
gone, I'll be removing code and dropping support, too.

The drawback is that the jQuery devs will have to support two different
code bases, likely for a very long time, and that they will have to deal
with the inevitable complaints by people who downloaded the newest
version without bothering to read the instructions.

- stefan

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JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 perryv@gmail.com - 2012-07-18 20:43 -0700
  Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-07-19 07:18 +0200
    Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 08:53 +0100
    Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-07-19 08:18 -0600
      Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-07-19 23:20 +0200
        Thunderbird's posting behaviour (was Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9) Mike Winter <usenet@michael-winter.me.invalid> - 2012-07-19 22:37 +0100
        Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-07-20 15:11 +0200
  Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-07-19 12:46 +0200
    Re: JQuery 2.0 drops support for IE < 9 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-19 11:01 -0700

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