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It's not really that big of a change. It's a new UI, and a fork of Trident with some old stuff removed. But web developers who complain about Microsoft not instantly implementing everything Google comes up with will continue to complain, despite it having pretty good standards support and being perfectly modern.

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Have you seen the compatibility table for ES6 [1]? They did not just remove old stuff they currently leading when it comes to JavaScript.

[1] https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/

Sure, I am aware IE11/Edge is perfectly modern. I've been a fan for a while now: about three years ago, I remember that IE9 had far better 2D canvas acceleration than Chrome or Firefox (this may even still be the case).

However, I constantly see people complaining online about IE. What can I do.

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