On 14/06/2017 5:54 PM, R.S. wrote:
W dniu 2017-06-14 o 10:21, Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) pisze:
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I would hazard a guess that the answer to that is the same answer as
to why Windows XP (and probably NT!) is still in use!
Not to mention anyone running out-of-support mainframe software (and
hardware for that matter)..
IMHO the reason for using IE8 and reasons for using out-of-support
z/OS are slightly different (how much it would take to obtain new PC
with new Windows+new IE?), however that's not right question.
The right question is why Ed's company still support such out-of-date
things.
My hazard guess: some 1000000 MIPS customer is still using IE8 for any
(stupid or not) reason. In such case I would even support Windows 3.1
with Nestcape Navigator. ;-)
Of course that's a joke but it's pretty tricky to develop modern web
applications to run on old browsers even with polyfills. JavaScript
frameworks and libraries move quickly, much too quickly in most cases.
If you want to take advantage you have a difficult choice on what to
support. In Ed's case if he's got paying customers it's an easy decision
but not one he probably wants to make. The web UI we're developing right
now will only run on the evergreen browsers and Safari. It's bleeding
edge but the UX is outstanding mainly due to the library we're using.
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