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Re:X-Tag - a cross-browser web components library by legutierr on Friday June 15, 2012 @09:14PM (#4119558)
I, for one, would never use this while it remains incompatible with a large segment of the web-browsing public.

So, yes, I think it would be a big deal. IE8 would be even better. But with IE9 compatibility, at least it would be feasible to start using this when IE8 fades away.

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Re:X-Tag - a cross-browser web components library by MatthewPhillips on Friday June 15, 2012 @09:34PM (#4119593)
I'm not sure IE9 is such a huge win. This already supports IE10, and every Windows 7 computer will be auto-updated to IE10 (if Microsoft holds to it's decision to automatically update from now on).

XP users will never get IE9 or IE10, and IE8 can't be supported unfortunately. So I guess Chrome Frame will be necessary to target IE8 users.

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Re:X-Tag - a cross-browser web components library by dandonkulous on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @02:53PM (#4133491)
IE9 support lands today, and we've decided against supporting earlier versions of IE - too much headache and code bloat/hackishness to justify addressing the ever shrinking < IE9 user base.
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