https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56346

--- Comment #24 from Michael Zajac <[email protected]> ---
Thanks for the enlightening links, all. 

I see that MSIE 6 accounts for 0.83% of traffic, well over the 0.1% threshold,
and thus remains supported as a grade B browser, for reading, but not
necessarily having all features working. The same applies to MSIE 7 (1.47%) and
8 (4.71%). 

All these guidelines carry out-of-date warnings, and don’t account for the
conflicted grey area wherein MSIE 6 and 7 are supported for reading, but not
for the ULS which provides fonts that may be necessary for reading. 

I think the gist is that if you are using MSIE 6, you are more-or-less on your
own, and may need to install some fonts. Editors and developers don’t want to
abandon MSIE 6 users, but no one will invest time and energy into testing MSIE
6 and 7, so the realistic support level is “good luck, mate.”

Also good to know that WikiMedia is, or was, supposed to work without CSS3,
without JavaScript, and in text-only browsers.

One more question: does the ULS try to work in MSIE 6 and 7, or is it disabled
in these browsers?

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