IE8 Question

[techtitan100]

i recently rolled back from IE10 all the way back down to IE8 because something was not working right in IE10 and it was not working right in IE9 i am not going to say what it was as it would violate a forum rule, but my question is how long is Microsoft going to continue patching IE8 because i am going to use it to get my add-on to work will it continue being patched until the end of the Windows 7 lifecycle

 

[Scottyboy99]

There are some very knowledgeable guys on here. Are you sure you cannot disclose what was wrong as they may be able to assist. For what it's worth I still use IE9 as versions 10 and 11 have serious glitches relating to FTP.
Hoping IE12 if it gets made available will be better. I get the impression a lot of people are unhappy with IE11 especially.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
All kb# security updates apply to all versions of Internet explorer,
Although ie8 is not recommended to use for any reason,
Cheers.

 

[techtitan100]

the only reason why it is being used because an add-on wouldn't work on certain sites on IE9 or IE10, but it did work right on IE8 and IE8 seems to be working fine on my computer without issues

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I can't imagine what add-on wouldn't work with ie9 or 10 ?
It's up to the developers of add-ons... to work with browsers not the other way around,
My first thought was to refer to them as to why or if there's a new version available,
Cheers.

 

[LMiller7]

See this:
Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search

It appears that recent versions of Internet Explorer will be supported the same as their parent OS. IE8 was released with Windows 7 so it should be supported as long as Windows 7. See this for those dates:
Microsoft Support Lifecycle

But you need a really compelling reason to use such an old browser. It will still be supported by Microsoft but don't expect it to be as secure as a more modern browser. And you can expect to have problems when websites no longer support it.