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jQuery 2.0 Will Drop Support For IE 6, 7, 8

Posted by Soulskill on from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

benfrog writes "The developers of jQuery recently announced in a blog entry that jQuery 2.0 will drop support for legacy versions of Internet Explorer. The release will come in parallel with version 1.9, however, which will include support for older versions of IE. The versions will offer full API compatibility, but 2.0 will 'benefit from a faster implementation that doesn't have to rely on legacy compatibility hacks.'"

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  1. Like by Krojack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I like this however I'm guessing anyone that starts using this will have a boat load of complains thus 2.0 won't be used for several years. Sadly. Damn IE slowing down even non-IE users!

    1. Re:Like by madprof · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Holy moley. I might be saying what others say but please, for the love of everything good, use conditional comments.
      They've been around since IE5. You will love them.

  2. IE6 and 7? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Find, finally kill the bastards. But 8?! This is the last IE available for XP, which is still widely used in companys....

  3. IE8 = "latest" version for many by tverbeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can see dropping IE6 & IE7, because there's no sound reason for anyone to still be using them. But IE8 is the terminal version of IE for Windows XP, which remains one of the most widely-used operating systems on the planet. It's not going to go away just because someone doesn't want to support it any more.

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