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Microsoft begs you to stop using Internet Explorer
In a blog post, Microsoft senior cybersecurity architect Chris Jackson said continuing to use Internet Explorer is racking up companies a ton of "technical debt." Essentially, by continuing to use IE, organizations are creating additional costs down the line by selecting the easiest, most convenient solution now rather than the approach that is best for the long term. Jackson laid out a scenario in which a company, choosing the easiest possible route since Internet Explorer 6, goes to make a webpage today and ends up using a 1999 implementation of web standards by default.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by crafoo on Sunday February 10 2019, @03:02AM
Ahh the glorious cross-platform future smart web pages and web apps have brought us all! GUI elements changing look and behavior page-to-page! What will pressing the spacebar do in _this_ video player? Who Knows! You like surprises, everyone likes surprises. Press it and find out!