> Why not just say that IE9 makes use of features available in Vista and 7, but not in XP.
Then the knee-jerk reaction becomes "But why did you do that?" and the response still seems unsatisfying.
I think asking for IE9 on XP is like asking for a Python project to be compatible with Python 2.3-3.2. Assuming it could be done for a complex project, is it worth the effort, compared to targeting 2.6+ instead and leaving people on older, long-supported systems behind?
Then the knee-jerk reaction becomes "But why did you do that?" and the response still seems unsatisfying.
I think asking for IE9 on XP is like asking for a Python project to be compatible with Python 2.3-3.2. Assuming it could be done for a complex project, is it worth the effort, compared to targeting 2.6+ instead and leaving people on older, long-supported systems behind?