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Discussion on: Fix 85% of your Web Accessibility issues in 5 easy steps

 
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Thibaut Allender

So this is a post about accessibility and you're telling us to ignore users that still use IE11 and below?

While I totally agree they shouldn't be using outdated/unsupported browsers, the reality is, these users exist.

There's probably as many IE11 users as blind users, and yet, we don't ignore the blinds.

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Vuild • Edited

Nope, I am telling you to do what you want & "theory" is rarely practice. "Make everything accessible" is not real world advice. I am telling you what I am now doing (instead of overengineering). A thread about accessibility doesn't mean you can't argue against timewasting.

I didn't not say ignore old browsers. I build sites that last years with clean simple code usually. I have sites from decades ago that work still (on desktop).

I try not to ignore blind users as they did not try to destroy the internet. Old outdate IE? IE stays last until Greg convinces me otherwise (he promised they would do better).

"But poor people" (yes, I actually know about this in practice, not theory). I'll build more sites rather than tackle a pointless usecase for a company who wishes I had no business here.

The large sites are rarely usable or follow the rules themselves.

Probably less clear.