Thoughts on IE support for your projects?
Hi!
I'm working on a side project with some friends and am wondering if you put any thought into supporting Internet Explorer?
Currently I'm using a CSS library called Bulma to handle a lot of my styling. It's built on modern CSS tech -- Flexbox is a big one, and as a result IE 10+ is only partially supported.
Do you think this is an issue I should consider when building an MVP?
It depends on your target, if it's B2B then probably you should consider IE since a lot of companies (especially big ones) are tied to the Windows ecosystem. Otherwise, I wouldn't care much since the rest of the world uses Chrome.
No, but who is your intended audience?
Is it software engineers? Then you are fine.
Is it senior citizens or super corporate folk? You might consider it
Either way, save time and do without. Run analytics on traffic and determine if % of IE users is worth the investment.
Bulma is one of my favorite templates. I wouldn't worry too much about IE 10 support, but try to stick with a decent design that does not alter too much, as Bulma should have a decent look in IE 10.
Hi Richard,
I think the MVP part of your question answers it all: for a product you might consider IE support, but for an MVP it's probably not worth your time (unless your audience is for sure IE-heavy).
Good luck!
It depends on the target audience of your side project.
Personally, I’d hate have to support IE on the modern web. The issue is a lot of offices and schools still use IE very frequently - for some reason!
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