A brief discussion on front-end production: Is IE6 still necessary for compatibility?

The domestic market still has a certain demand for IE 6~7 support, but as a front-end developer, we should push this industry forward instead of simply accommodating and compromising.

Once upon a time, being able to provide support for older versions of IE was a necessary skill for a front-end developer. With the advent of mobile Internet, this skill is no longer so important.

For developers with many years of front-end development experience, supporting IE 6~7 should be no problem, but they should rely on their own experience and influence to lead new developers to pay attention to and use cutting-edge technologies, rather than sticking to the old ways. For new developers, we recommend that you simply ignore the old IE browser. Wasting time and energy on old browsers will not benefit your career at all. These browsers will soon be consigned to museums, and any knowledge you gain about them will be worthless. Of course, if someone aspires to become an expert in browser archaeology, that’s another matter.

We naively hoped that domestic Internet giants would abandon support for old versions of IE like Google, and rely on their huge user base and influence to lead users to use browsers with better experience. Obviously, we overthought it. Commercial interests are so important and moral integrity is so rare, just as when Microsoft stopped supporting XP technology, someone quickly stepped in to intervene.

As practitioners in this industry, we should try to convince our clients and supervisors not to waste manpower and resources on old browsers. If you can't change them, you can change yourself. More and more companies are developing only for modern browsers. It would be nice to use the time spent on compatibility with old browsers to enjoy life, spend time with family and girlfriend. What? You're drifting around, your home is too far away, and you don't have a girlfriend? Then why don’t you go find a girl right away! If you use antique browsers every day, you are destined to be lonely until you grow old.

We have no intention of criticizing the old version of IE, we just want to say that it has completed its mission and it is time for it to die.

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