[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49696: Define guidelines for minimum IE support

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#49696: Define guidelines for minimum IE support
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 Reporter:  isabel_brison   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript, css
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:10 Ipstenu]:
 > A concern about this is not just the volume of users but **who** they
 are.

 Yes, completely agree. Usually the government, education and financial
 sectors are affected the most. Also, as @isabel_brison mentions in the
 ticket description, a lot of screen reader users are still stuck in IE11
 because of outdated versions of their screen readers.

 > A large portion of the counted as IE11 users are actually Edge users
 that are using the "IE mode" on it.

 Yes, this is quite possible too although (afaik) "Enterprise Mode" in Edge
 (that uses IE11) is usually turned on only for local networks/intranet.

 > In India for example there are 1.34B people which counts for 17.7% of
 the world population...
 > ...their first internet connected device to be primarily low and even
 budget mobile devices
 > ...they have significantly slower internet connection

 Right. Don't see how supporting IE11 would "break" WP use there. True,
 some js files will be larger and not all possible optimizations would be
 implemented, but the block editor and wp-admin are still very much usable
 even on a slow connection and underpowered devices.

 The alternative is to "break" WP for people that are stuck on using IE11
 for a good reason, like screen reader users and some from the government,
 education and financial sectors.

 > It's a numbers game, I wish you just open a bit and compare what I am
 trying to say...

 I can assure you that WP is very much open to all opinions and also to
 different ways of personal expression (as long as they remain
 constructive).

 I would really like to drop IE11 support tomorrow if it was possible, but
 that would mean making life much harder for certain groups of users, most
 importantly screen reader users (~11%) and people that have no choice in
 the matter.

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