wpatter6

Since crossing the border into south Korea, have you encountered any negativity or prejudice from the south Korean people?

Ending support is great and all, but it has not changed corporate standards of using IE8, because apps they use have not been updated in years, and don't work on newer versions of IE due to lack of backwards compatibility. The pain (and at least that part of public's IE perception) will not end until something is done to force the companies away from that browser.

Edit: I'd like to note also that changing browser mode or emulation is not 100% effective, and if there's even one piece of the system that doesn't work, IT departments will not approve an upgrade.

I'll write him in if you will

Interesting, but doesn't really answer the question. I'm guessing the answer is "Because $$$" and that doesn't make for a very good sound byte...

Well, I'll try to spread the word on that to our clients and hopefully they'll move out of the dark ages.

Since my main question is being buried, I'll ask again here. Why is backwards compatibility so difficult for IE? An example I'll use is the removal of the window.createPopup method in IE 11. I understand why it's a bad method, but it's used in legacy code, and its removal seems unnecessary.

Also, is there a place to find out about these changes to backwards compatibility, preferably before a new version release is made?