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Posted by Michael Lau
Michael Lau
Courses Plus Student 26,298 Points

CanIUse.com changed the FlexBox Supporting. I don't know which one should i follow now

In the Flexbox video, i saw that CanIUse.com is showing IE8, IE9 is supporting FlexBox. But i go to CanIUse.com to search FlexBox, there has no IE8,IE9 Suporrt. The website is only showing IE11. Which one should i trust? Can i really use Flexbox in CSS if i also want to support IE8 IE 9 browser? Please advice

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Brian Jensen
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CanIUse.com only notates browsers that are still supported by the manufacturer. That is why there are no versions of IE listed other than 11. If Microsoft still supported the older browsers they would be listed, and if they didn't support the CSS feature they would notated in red.

Microsoft fully retired all versions of IE before 11. They are no longer updating them at all, not even security updates. So they are no longer listed in anyway on CanIUse.com

"Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10."

Michael Lau
Michael Lau
Courses Plus Student 26,298 Points

thank you very much! it is useful to me!