I always wonder why Japan is always slow in adopting new tech and newer methods and then I found this piece that kind of explains why some businesses and government agencies are slow to adopt. [unseenjapan.com]

The problem is that many of these sites are still targeting IE. Consumers viewing them in different browsers might experience degraded functionality. Even worse, IE is far less secure than modern Web browsers such as Google Chrome or Microsoft’s own Edge. (Even Microsoft admits this[4].) Encouraging users to keep using IE leaves them vulnerable to hacking.

With the news of IE’s imminent demise, the phrase “IE縛り” (“shackled to IE”) began trending on Japan Twitter. A site is “IE縛り” if it won’t work outside of IE at all.

Yikes, no wonder it'll be a pain for a while…

matigo.ca.