What's with this internet explorer stuff?

Hi, I don't know why but recently roll20 decided to change the system for no logical reason and say that I can't use internet explorer. I don't see what the problem is as I have used IE here before, also I'm getting tired of people bashing internet explorer, there is no significant difference between browsers it's all just preference. You could at least give me a message that says: "we suggest you don't use internet explorer" but have an OK button so I am aware but can ignore it.

Keenan B. said: there is no significant difference between browsers it's all just preference. This is not entirely true, IE is often late to the party in implementing the more cutting edge stuff from HTML 5 and has a bad history for deviating significantly from the spec. You can feel as insulated as you like but that wount make IE support everything that firefox and chrome support. But on a bigger note you may want to check your computer as my IE works fine with roll20.

First , there are indeed significant differences between browsers. Until recently Internet Explorer was incompatible with Roll20 because it had not yet adopted HTML5 which the other browsers have been using for several years now. Second , I am unaware of any change on our end. I was able to successfully load Roll20 in Internet Explorer 11. Perhaps you got this notice?: "The browser you are using is not compatible with WebRTC, which is required for video and voice chat. If you're using an external application such as Skype or you don't want to use video chat, you can safely ignore this message." You would get that message because at this time Internet Explorer does not support WebRTC (and appears to have no plans to do so). Please check your version of IE and please take a screenshot of the notice you got.

Alex L. said: IE is often late to the party in implementing the more cutting edge stuff from HTML 5 and has a bad history for deviating significantly from the spec. Interestingly, the HTML5 drag-and-drop specification is based on the drag-and-drop interface that Microsoft introduced with IE5. The current spec basically lets you create a map with the datatype as the key in a map and data as the associated value -- and if the datatype is an actual MIME type (instead of a "custom" type), you can potentially drag information outside the window/tab it's originating in. Internet Explorer... still only permits the types "string" and "url". Their DND interface hasn't changed at all since IE5. That said, IE isn't the only one to deviate from the spec. The other major browsers have a lot of deviations, although generally to the effect of "handle idiots who can't write HTML correctly and still render something legible despite them", or implementing features still up for discussion and not officially a part of the specification (which is where you get vendor-prefixed CSS properties from).