/drop-ie8

Just listing the cool stuff we'll be able to use safely once we drop IE8 support in our apps

DROP IE8

HTML5

  • Form validation
  • Geolocation
  • <video> && <audio>

CSS

JS

  • jQuery can be avoided for basic stuff (and 2.0 is usable if needed) :
$ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
Element.prototype.on = Element.prototype.addEventListener;
$('.lol').on('click', function() {});
  • Websockets
  • Element.prototype.getElementsByClassName
  • getComputedStyle
  • Node.prototype.addEventListener
  • Function.prototype.bind
  • Object.create
  • Object.keys
  • Array.prototype.forEach, Array.prototype.map, Array.prototype.filter, Array.prototype.reduce …
  • and nearly every ES5 features (except strict mode)