Board Thread:Darwinian delights/@comment-188432-20131015000929/@comment-188432-20131212224714

HarryPotterRules1 wrote: Is there no way of making an editor that works for all? There is no realistic way to help IE8 users, no.

Wikia have a finite number of people trying to code for a dizzying array of user experience. They must therefore make decisions of how to deploy their resources so that they help the greatest number of people. The truth is that IE 8 is an obsolete browser that comparatively few Wikia users are still using. Indeed because it failed the test, IE8 was, from a certain point of view, obsolete upon launch.

Trying to make a non-Acid3-compliant browser work with the VE is roughly as much fun — if not roughly as possible — as a prostate exam done by an elephant's trunk.

Thus, Wikia are no longer actively developing for that browser.

You should know that IE8's Microsoft support (for most average consumers) ends essentially a year from now, on 13 Jan 2015, MS stops servicing Windows 7. So you're kinda at the point where you need to think seriously about jumping ship, in any case.

Also, Wikia are not along in dropping support for IE8. Google Analytics are stopping support this month. And it's something so important to many web developers that they've actually created a website about it: http://theie8countdown.com.

In short, it's an awful browser and it's time to find another one. Unfortunately for you, this might mean that you're at the point that this effectively means you need a new computer. Having held on to a Power PC Mac for much longer than I should have, I feel your pain. But realistically we all need to switch out our operating systems at least every four or five years.