[GeoNode-devel] Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3

Thu May 14 13:19:00 PDT 2020

+1

thanks Giovanni

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>   1. Re: Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3 (Angelos Tzotsos)
>   2. Re: Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3 (Florian Hoedt)
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> Von: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> Betreff: Aw: [GeoNode-devel] Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3
> Datum: 14. Mai 2020 um 17:03:29 MESZ
> An: geonode-devel at lists.osgeo.org
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> +1
> Angelos
> 
> On 5/14/20 5:09 PM, G. Allegri wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> the new release is behind the corner, and we're actively working on it.
>> One of the things that emerge how hard it is to guarantee the compatibility
>> for Internet Explorer (and similar old browsers).
>> We are adopring more and more Web APIs that are widely adopted by Chrome,
>> Firefox, Safari and Edge, but which require polyfill and other hacks to
>> guarantee retro-compatibility.
>> 
>> Several statistics show that the world market share for IE is around 6/7%.
>> We know that this decision might hit some niche users, but we also think
>> that the effort for its maintenance is beyond the real benefits and it
>> sacrifices resources that could be spent on other aspects.
>> 
>> If there's not objection we would like to announce the drop of official
>> support for IE when GeoNode 3 will be released.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Giovanni
>> 
>> 
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> Von: Florian Hoedt <florian.hoedt at thuenen.de>
> Betreff: Aw: [GeoNode-devel] Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3
> Datum: 14. Mai 2020 um 19:02:38 MESZ
> An: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> Kopie: geonode-devel <geonode-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
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> 
> definitely +1
> good point though
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> Von: "Angelos Tzotsos" <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> An: "geonode-devel" <geonode-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2020 17:03:29
> Betreff: Re: [GeoNode-devel] Drop support for IE in GeoNode 3
> 
> +1
> Angelos
> 
> On 5/14/20 5:09 PM, G. Allegri wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> the new release is behind the corner, and we're actively working on it.
> One of the things that emerge how hard it is to guarantee the compatibility
> for Internet Explorer (and similar old browsers).
> We are adopring more and more Web APIs that are widely adopted by Chrome,
> Firefox, Safari and Edge, but which require polyfill and other hacks to
> guarantee retro-compatibility.
> 
> Several statistics show that the world market share for IE is around 6/7%.
> We know that this decision might hit some niche users, but we also think
> that the effort for its maintenance is beyond the real benefits and it
> sacrifices resources that could be spent on other aspects.
> 
> If there's not objection we would like to announce the drop of official
> support for IE when GeoNode 3 will be released.
> 
> Cheers,
> Giovanni
> 
> 
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