Hopefully our Aussie FReepers aren’t doing much with the gov’s Integrated Cargo System, but ya never can tell....
The Ozzies should find whoever wrote the spec for that system and slap them.
The upcoming reboot of the Edge browser (based on Chromium) will contain have a IE mode built in for accessing old sites like that. (Yeah, I know, what could go wrong?)
The reason IE is still needed by enterprise is that there are a ton of business applications still out there in the wild that depend on ActiveX components to interface with Office and other old Microsoft technologies. Replacing them would require a huge investment in many cases. Sort of like the vast amounts of COBAL code still in use in the business world, even though so few people still know how to code it.
Some sites my company deals with in Europe only run on IE.
For the most part internally we do as well.
Speaking of borked, I think the word applies to forcing your users to run Interwebs Destroyer. Really?
IE user here.
Why?
Because I know it. No one knows what Edge is doing.
Getting tough though, and I resent that.
Someone needs to come up with a user-friendly, user-protecting browser.
Microsoft's response would most likely be along the lines of "why in blue blazes are you still using Internet Explorer? Does nobody listen to us?" The company has repeatedly suggested that users move on and use something – anything – else.
That.
More than once I've had to coach some Windows 7 customer to switching to Chrome or Firefox for their online banking, when their bank stopped letting them do their banking with IE.
Seriesly, Australia, your stupid website REQUIRES frickin' Internet Explorer?!?!?
There's a State of IL law enforcement website I have to deal with for some of my customers. (You'll never see it, not accessible except through special dedicated connection.). Written a long time ago, for IE5. I keep expecting it to break hard. That kind of thing, in my observation, is typical of gov't IT, at least here.
Pick a non-Microsoft Open Source browser for the next iteration. Has the bonus of Linux compatibility almost automatically.
Unbelievable.
PING!