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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Theodores on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:07PM (#20640151)
Easy if you don't have to have it pixel perfect for them. Just build it out with CSS Grid and the CSS variables, then look at the broken mess on IE and make it work. Who cares if things are not centered on IE11. It is not an HTML5 browser and is only there for legacy support - ActiveX and all that.

Also add a banner at the top telling people they need to use their other browser for the page.

What business are you in where 8% are still on IE11?

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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Roritharr on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:12PM (#20640188)
SME Finance Management for Europe (mostly D/A/CH), think of it as Xero/Freshbooks with very country specific features.
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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Theodores on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:36PM (#20640740)
COBOL springs to mind. It sounds like you have a profitable niche supporting legacy stuff. Edge came out five years ago and IE11 was depreciated.

You can try the polyfill approach. This is generally not recommended as it wastes bandwidth. But since your customers have bandwidth you could go with polyfills. Or just stay stuck in the past with a niche of writing IE11 compatible stuff. That could be career limiting, IE11 is getting as irrelevant as 8.3 FAT filenames.

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