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gtar100

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5. So true. The large telecom company I work for is very slow at

Reply to drm604 (Reply #1)

Sun May 19, 2013, 03:48 PM

May 2013

adopting new technologies for employee workstations. Only moved off of ie6 a few years ago and is currently sitting on ie8. It refuses to allow Firefox or other browsers. I'm itching to use html5 for projects but have to be very selective in tags used until they decide it's "safe".

I'd be willing to bet a lot of other large companies are slow on adopting newer technologies.

... and we're still using XP. sigh

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jQuery 2.0 Released [View all] Paul E Ester Apr 2013 OP

One of the great things about jQuery was it's cross-browser compatibility. drm604 Apr 2013 #1

Firefox remains light, fast and free. napoleon_in_rags Apr 2013 #2

Right, just put up a notice: "If you want to buy from us, you must install Firefox" (n/t) William Seger Apr 2013 #4

So true. The large telecom company I work for is very slow at gtar100 May 2013 #5

"You can (and should) continue to use jQuery 1.9..." William Seger Apr 2013 #3