Hi could we discontinue support for internet explorer 6 and 7 because jquery ui
1.11.0 drops support for internet explorer 6 and 7. Windows xp support internet
explorer 8. and so I think we can discontinue support for internet exporer 6
and 7.
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Hi,
On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 16:56 +0100, Thomas Mulhall wrote:
Hi could we discontinue support for internet explorer 6 and 7 because
jquery ui 1.11.0 drops support for internet explorer 6 and 7.
Could you elaborate how decisions made by Jquery UI developers are
relevant for us, and who the we
On 6/29/14, Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 16:56 +0100, Thomas Mulhall wrote:
Hi could we discontinue support for internet explorer 6 and 7 because
jquery ui 1.11.0 drops support for internet explorer 6 and 7.
Could you elaborate how decisions made by
Well jquery iu says that less then 1% of those are using those browser so I
think we should discontinue support for these browser windows xp can still get
internet explorer 8 which supports more things then internet explorer 6 and 7.
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On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Brian Wolff bawo...@gmail.com wrote:
Wait, we support internet explorer 6? (Currently IE 6 is 1.17% and 7
is 0.9%. On our scale, 1% is actually a very high number of people.
However some bots probably use IE6 as a user-agent, so unclear if
those numbers are
Well jquery iu says that less then 1% of those are using those browser so I
think we should discontinue support for these browser windows xp can still get
internet explorer 8 which supports more things then internet explorer 6 and 7.
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Le 29/06/2014 20:15, Thomas Mulhall a écrit :
Well jquery iu says that less then 1% of those are using those
browser so I think we should discontinue support for these browser
windows xp can still get internet explorer 8 which supports more
things then internet explorer 6 and 7.
At Wikimedia
Do we still have populations of legitimate users who are working with
Windows-based operating systems older than XP? I have heard that in the
developing world Windows 2000 is still in use, despite its security
vulnerabilities. That said, I would not oppose strongly encouraging users
to switch to
OK, next question is what costs would we be saving by dropping
compatibility with IE 6 and 7?
If the cost of maintaining compatibility is minimal, at least for basic
Wikipedia accessibility and editing, then I hope that compatibility
continues. Compatibility for advanced features may require more
On 06/29/2014 03:08 PM, Antoine Musso wrote:
Le 29/06/2014 20:15, Thomas Mulhall a écrit :
Well jquery iu says that less then 1% of those are using those
browser so I think we should discontinue support for these browser
windows xp can still get internet explorer 8 which supports more
things
On 06/29/2014 01:33 PM, Brian Wolff wrote:
I would expect basic site functionality to work in IE 6. You should be
able to edit a page, you should be able to read your talk page, etc. I
wouldn't expect fancy new features to work unless they are critical to
site function.
Agreed, and that can be
Could IE6 and IE7 users edit without Javascript, perhaps by using the
mobile version of Wikipedia? Having a way for anyone to edit wikitext
without requiring Javascript sounds like a good idea anyway.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Matthew Flaschen mflasc...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
On
Ah, question answered right before my post. OK.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Could IE6 and IE7 users edit without Javascript, perhaps by using the
mobile version of Wikipedia? Having a way for anyone to edit wikitext
without requiring Javascript sounds
On 06/29/2014 11:56 AM, Thomas Mulhall wrote:
Hi could we discontinue support for internet explorer 6 and 7 because
jquery ui 1.11.0 drops support for internet explorer 6 and 7. Windows
xp support internet explorer 8. and so I think we can discontinue
support for internet exporer 6 and 7.
IE 6
Well windows 200 is not supported. And windows xp internet explorer 6 was only
made for windows xp. And windows xp user should upgrade to internet explorer 8
because internet explorer 6 has not been updated in a long time and has a lot
of security flows whereas internet explorer 7 and 8 have
On 06/29/2014 05:44 PM, Thomas Mulhall wrote:
Well windows 200 is not supported. And windows xp internet explorer 6
was only made for windows xp. And windows xp user should upgrade to
internet explorer 8 because internet explorer 6 has not been updated
in a long time and has a lot of security
Ok. We should also ask users of internet explorer 7 to upgrade to internet
explorer 8.
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Sounds good. I also would think about having Wikimedia banners at the top
of the browser for users of IE6 through IE8 that caution them that they are
using a browser and OS with security risks that might, among other things,
leave them vulnerable to having their Wikimedia browsing, Wikimedia
On 30/06/14 03:33, Brian Wolff wrote:
Wait, we support internet explorer 6? (Currently IE 6 is 1.17% and 7
is 0.9%. On our scale, 1% is actually a very high number of people.
However some bots probably use IE6 as a user-agent, so unclear if
those numbers are inflated).
If it were 1% spread
On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Tim Starling tstarl...@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.
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
On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.org wrote:
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
It seems that wisdom would suggest flexibility on that policy if the 0.1%
includes a
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