@mathias It wouldn’t be much work, but I really don’t see the point of such work. There was IE8 support in early ver[…] http://tweeplus.com/?in_reply_to=https://twitter.com/mathias/status/230199141798641665#It+wouldn%E2%80%99t+be+much+work%2C+but+I+really+don%E2%80%99t+see+the+point+of+such+work%2E+There+was+IE8+support+in+early+versions%2C+and+I+decided+to+remove+it%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fgithub%2Ecom%2FLeaVerou%2Fprism%2Fcommit%2F9ea52e2a081c4754f40300ec0a8f34195b696c72%0AThe+tipping+point+was+the+old+innerHTML+bug+with+the+line+breaks%2E+I+know+how+to+fix+it%2C+but+it%27s+just+not+worth+it%2E …
@LeaVerou Could you briefly explain what is missing in IE6–IE8 that Prism requires? I wonder how much work it would be to add support.
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@LeaVerou Ah, too bad! I guess I’m the only survey participant who wanted IE6–IE8 support, then :( - 4 more replies
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@mathias@LeaVerou@paul_irish No point dropping support that is already there, just don’t support properly when adding new features -
@ShaneHudson@LeaVerou@paul_irish Dropping support that is already there is what happened here - 3 more replies
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@mathias@paul_irish Because when it was written IE6 was still significant? - 2 more replies
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@mathias@paul_irish@leaverou Can't really imagine a situation where you have to have syntax highlighting in all browsers. +1 drop oldIE -
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@mathias@paul_irish@leaverou use Githubs CSS to style code in old browsers. Looks nice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mathias Look, if you want to be a good guy, support IE6. Many people create pet projects to stop doing exactly that kind of corporate work.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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