[Koha-bugs] [Bug 26305] Warn IE users of Staff Interface that it is no longer supported and to use a supported browser instead

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26305

--- Comment #10 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Marcel de Rooy from comment #9)
> Well, it is correct. We already use Koha for more than 10 years in
> production. And all the time I have been redirecting our staff users away
> from IE. Such recommendations were found in the wiki and documentation too.
> I dont recall any exact issues anymore, but some things just didnt work in
> IE (related to some standard Javascript things?). Display stuff?

I've had librarians using the Koha staff interface with IE for the last 10
years. While it may not have been recommended, I made it work for them, because
they had no other options than IE for browsers at their workplaces. (That's
changing with Microsoft pushing Edge over IE.)

Typically, it was Javascript issues, but in many cases I was able to fix them
using fairly simple feature detection.

Technically, I could actually make master Koha work in IE by transpiling the
Javascript, but with Edge being available it's just not worth the effort
anymore. Edge represents a viable alternative to IE for corporate IT. 

> > > You speak here about "not .. anymore" and "transitional time". I dont
> > > understand. What happened? Where are you referring to? Which transition?
> > Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer for their own apps like
> > Office 365 starting from November 2020. 
> 
> Okay. That is more clear.

No worries. It's an exciting time!

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