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Re:Supporting IE Is Too Much Work by givan on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:37AM (#3952908)
In some cases, not supporting IE is like a filter, if you offer a web service that involves some web tech background from users then it will save you some support hours, people that don't understand basic stuff like what a browser is can be a pain for support or probably would never signup either.
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Re:Supporting IE Is Too Much Work by bartj3 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @08:00AM (#3952989)
True, and that is probably the case for Paydirt, but there's a difference between not supporting and actively blocking. Less than 2% of Paydirt's visitors use IE, so dropping support is a logical choice. Maybe even display a warning to IE users but don't block them.
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Re:Supporting IE Is Too Much Work by chris_wot on Thursday May 10, 2012 @11:20AM (#3953965)
You haven't given an actual reason why they shouldn't block IE users. Could you explain why that is?
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