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Maybe it's time to formally drop support for IE 11

As of early November 2019, support for IE 11 has been dropped from SE's official compatibility matrix. Edge is still supported, though I guess in 6-8 weeks I might ask about Edge (EdgeHTML) support ...
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Add a way to dismiss the "Internet Explorer is no longer supported" banner

IE is still widely used, especially in enterprise environments. One might be actually forced to use it. In this case, the banner becomes only a nuisance, because you just can't switch browsers as you'...
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Maybe it's time to formally drop support for IE 11

I vote to leave Internet Explorer 11 supported in the current form. The first reason is, I occasionally use Windows RT, on which the latest browser is IE11, and there's no other way to install any ...
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Is Winterbash 2017 disabled for Internet Explorer users?

Winter Bash is disabled in IE. You'd only see black hats anyway: Hats black in IE 11 I have no idea what changed, but I can no longer reproduce this issue in IE. And this matches reports from other ...
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Add a way to dismiss the "Internet Explorer is no longer supported" banner

Yes! I share your pain due to work IT policies. A good example of how this can be done is Github, which has a similar message with a helpful "Ignore" button. This is a great compromise:
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Maybe it's time to formally drop support for IE 11

To state it: IE 11 is still supported by the Manufacturer until 2025. The EOL is in 2025. The same date that Windows 10 support will be dropped from Microsoft. I don’t contest the support drop from ...
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Should we stop supporting Internet Explorer 10?

More important than what is supported by Microsoft is what is actually used by people browsing the Stack Exchange network. Considering the lag a lot of corporate standard browsers have and the ...
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What new functionality was implemented that resulted in Internet Explorer 11 support being removed?

None specifically, yet. It's more a culmination of features that have been added over time that have been building up a lot of IE-specific clutter in our CSS and JavaScript and blocking other specific ...
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Should we stop supporting Internet Explorer 10?

Internet Explorer 10 support has been officially dropped, per this edit to the list of supported browsers from an SE employee. As such, this discussion is now moot.
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Unable to ask new questions or edit questions from Internet Explorer 11

As rene pointed out in the comments, this appears to have been triggered by a newly-added bit of code in the tag editor which tries to set the same property twice in a single call. That's... likely ...
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Add a way to dismiss the "Internet Explorer is no longer supported" banner

Yesterday, while logged in via IE I could upvote comments, posts, and questions. This morning, that functionality is gone. Are they REMOVING functionality? Is S.E./S.O. Inc. actively changing the ...
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Clicking reCAPTCHA checkbox causes crash in IE11

I know this is an old question but as it was never answered: Your details show that the cause of the crash is an access violation: Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 00000008 #define ...
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Clicked voting arrows on sites with responsive design show with wrong color under Internet Explorer 11

This seems to have been fixed recently. I've tried looking at my prior votes on different sites (which now all have the responsive design), and on all of them they now appear with the correct theme ...
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Tag tooltip no longer showing on Internet Explorer 11

This will be fixed in the next build. This was a slightly different manifestation of the same bug in Cannot start bounty using IE 11. Right before the code executed that show user messages and wires ...
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Cannot start bounty using IE 11

This will be fixed in the next build. A previously executed $(function () { ... }) contained a check if (CSS.supports) before calling CSS.supports directly, but didn't account for the fact that if ...
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Eeek! Vote, flag, and favorite buttons are all black, and other design elements have lost their color

The same horrible issue applies in iOS 9.3.5 on an iPad, where I was able to reproduce this in three different browsers, including Safari and Chrome. It reaaaaaaaaaaally looks terrible. If this ever ...
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CSS for Stack Overflow didn't load

In my case, I tried all the regular things: Clearing browser data (cache and history), testing other networks and even a hotspot, hard refresh (Shift + F5), rebooting, disabling my antivirus; none of ...
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