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@IntrusionCM
"What will the end user experience be like?
Your Windows 10 defaults and personalization, such as your default browser or taskbar pins, will be respected (e.g. if you had Microsoft Edge Legacy pinned to the taskbar, this would be replaced with the new Microsoft Edge)."
Will Windows still suck?
Your Windows 10 defaults and personalization, such as your default browser or taskbar pins, will be respected (e.g. if you had Microsoft Edge Legacy pinned to the taskbar, this would be replaced with the new Microsoft Edge).
What is the meaning of life?
Your Windows 10 defaults and personalization, such as your default browser or taskbar pins, will be respected (e.g. if you had Microsoft Edge Legacy pinned to the taskbar, this would be replaced with the new Microsoft Edge). -
@electrineer I don't really understand what you mean...
The link was for @projektaquarius - so hee might have an official MS link.
Seems like he already is aware of it, but as one never knows, sometimes hell can freeze over and upper management suddenly changes it opinion after getting the link in a mail daily.
(Of course this has then nothing to do with the email, but rather the collective genius of upper management that found out by themselves how this is a bad idea) -
@hack this should be in the official docs 😄
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Ugh, reminds me of the time I got pulled into a higher up’s office to explain why the login box on a site that used basic authentication (I know, I know) looked so “unsightly” and wanted an explanation as to why we didn’t provide a more professional style. I explained for the hundredth time how that all worked and that they would need to revamp the authentication for the site to resolve this, which would also improve security, etc. They told me I was nuts and hired a consultant who told them the same thing. Go into IT they said...make a great career they said! Ugh, feel your pain.
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@theabbie Doesn't work in the real world. The boss can replace you one by one with someone who is prepared to do the work, however stupid it is, and then get rid of you.
I'd advise the OP to walk of his own accord though. That's insane. -
@projektaquarius
Might your boss be a rat, spy of another company throwing this one under the bus? -
@scor I don't think so? Like we're an if not the industry leader in our niche. My big problem is that this company fails to realize that companies with broader appeal can also serve out our niche. And unfortunately, our finance people seem to think that as well and make a lot of moronic decisions.
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@mundo03 strong possibility. IE11 is terrible.
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I have worked with companies that have in-group bias relating to IE11.
They come up with “We need to support it because everyone uses it.” But the reality is nobody else uses it except for all the people in the corporation that are tied to legacy apps for daily use. The web app is being built for people outside the organization, but they prioritize their group because they think that their usage is representative of everyone.
It is a type of cognitive bias.
My boss is still forcing us to support IE11. Recently, we started having even more bugs with one of our vendors on IE. We filed bug reports with the vendor to fix it, and they came back with "no. Why would we fix anything for IE11? Not even Microsoft is fixing anything for IE11." Boss's answer: well, let's make a separate component for IE11. Probably using flash and/or silverlight. We asked about redirecting IE traffic to Edge, he said that's "the nuclear option." So, doing the thing that Microsoft suggests, that involves not much work at all is "the nuclear option"; ignoring industry standards and recommendations, introducing well known security vulnerabilities, losing money, and trying to circumvent the vendor that serves out our major product, however, is totally reasonable. Our IE traffic is less than 3% of our users at this point.
rant