The old IE8 browser was launched more than 6 years ago and since then, it has been causing problems for web developers since then. However, support for this old IE8 will soon end. If you still need this browser, is it really worth the problem to handle the slowing bid the users of this old IE8 farewell?
This particular Internet Explorer browser is still mismatched with browser standards that enable improved user experience. For this reason, more users changed over to new browsers like Apple Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox. On the other hand a segment of these users still stuck with the old version, but it had been officially announced by Microsoft that it would no longer support this version with effect from January 2016.
As a matter of fact, Microsoft cooperates with other communities on regular basis to watch the old browsers and software phase out. This has earlier been done for IE6 and IE7. Presently, IE8 browser from Microsoft is still one of the renowned browser with make share of more than 10 percent, but the best thing is for us to prepare in advance because its end is around the corner.