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edit approved Jan 24, 2014 at 16:36
Sathiya Kumar V M
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You are worried about best practices, so iI have to point out that employing the best technical practices along with uxUX/uiUI practices is the way to go. servingServing up nothing to a particular user is the worst thing you can do.

this is entirely relative...aka, it all depends.
i've never had a case where i decided to give up on an ie version...are you building with web standards? and testing? what's the major issue(s)?

a few thoughts:
no it is never acceptable to shut down browsers and shut out users. never do that.
ok so you have to do it...your plan to ice out < ie9 via cc is correct. do that*.
*: don't just serve up display:none...give the user an explanation/context/link to newer versions, other browsers, etc.

segue rant:
you are worried about best practices, so i have to point out that employing the best technical practices along with ux/ui practices is the way to go. serving up nothing to a particular user is the worst thing you can do.

This is entirely relative aka, it all depends. I've never had a case where I decided to give up on an IE version. Are you building with web standards? and testing? what's the major issue(s)?

A few thoughts:

No it is never acceptable to shut down browsers and shut out users. Never do that. Ok so you have to do it. Your plan to ice out < IE9 via cc is correct. Do that. Don't just serve up display:none. Give the user an explanation/context/link to newer versions, other browsers, etc.

Segue rant:

You are worried about best practices, so I have to point out that employing the best technical practices along with UX/UI practices is the way to go. Serving up nothing to a particular user is the worst thing you can do.

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this is entirely relative...aka, it all depends.
i've never had a case where i decided to give up on an ie version...are you building with web standards? and testing? what's the major issue(s)?

a few thoughts:
no it is never acceptable to shut down browsers and shut out users. never do that.
ok so you have to do it...your plan to ice out < ie9 via cc is correct. do that*.
*: don't just serve up display:none...give the user an explanation/context/link to newer versions, other browsers, etc.

segue rant:
you are worried about best practices, so i have to point out that employing the best technical practices along with ux/ui practices is the way to go. serving up nothing to a particular user is the worst thing you can do.