Hey,
Starting with version 1.24wmf21 (which will be deployed to production wikis starting 11 September), MediaWiki will no longer execute JavaScript code on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (previously the cutoff was MSIE6, as of last month).
This is for the same reasons that we stopped JavaScript on MSIE6 [*] – the browser is not actively supported by its manufacturer, and this prevents users with this browser from experiencing a number of bugs.
As with last week, this change will be communicated through tech news as well, but please help carry this message into your communities as appropriate.
[*] - https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-August/00087...
Yours,
On 09/10/2014 05:31 PM, James Forrester wrote:
Hey,
Starting with version 1.24wmf21 (which will be deployed to production wikis starting 11 September), MediaWiki will no longer execute JavaScript code on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (previously the cutoff was MSIE6, as of last month).
This is for the same reasons that we stopped JavaScript on MSIE6 [*] – the browser is not actively supported by its manufacturer, and this prevents users with this browser from experiencing a number of bugs.
Although IE 7 is not receiving any feature updates, it is still receiving security updates.
However, it is 4 versions behind (latest IE is 11), and the usage has declined massively (e.g., see http://theie7countdown.com/)
Matt Flaschen
wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org