# Discourse will be dropping IE9 support in 2016

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-be-dropping-ie9-support-in-2016/31090
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** rfc
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-be-dropping-ie9-support-in-2016/31090 "2015-07-15T23:24:09Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-be-dropping-ie9-support-in-2016/31090/2 "2015-07-15T23:27:38Z")

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We _may_ officially support a **read only plain HTML mode** for older browsers like IE9.

@riking had a pull request that did nearly this, maybe we can make that more official for better “super old browser” support.

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