Remove IE conditional classes

alrra · kcmckell · commit 6c08acd549ef · 2014-02-24T17:17:08.000-10:00
The reasons behind this decision include the following: * This project will drop legacy browser support (see h5bp#1050), therefore, the use for conditional classes for IE 8+, becomes much more limited. * IE 10+ does not support conditional comments: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512%28v=VS.85%29.aspx. * Users do and can develop easily without using the conditional classes, this technique being very limited in scope as no other browser versions are explicitly target in the same way. * It fixes the issue that prevents IE from honouring `<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">` (see: h5bp#1187). This change also removes the related documentation. Close h5bp#1290 and h5bp#1187.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ### HEAD
 
+* Remove IE conditional classes ([#1290](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1290), [#1187](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1187])).
+
 ### 4.3.0 (September 10, 2013)
 
 * Use one apple-touch-icon instead of six ([#1367](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1367)).
diff --git a/doc/html.md b/doc/html.md
@@ -3,27 +3,6 @@ table of contents](TOC.md)
 
 # The HTML
 
-## Conditional `html` classes
-
-A series of IE conditional comments apply the relevant IE-specific classes to
-the `html` tag. This provides one method of specifying CSS fixes for specific
-legacy versions of IE. While you may or may not choose to use this technique in
-your project code, HTML5 Boilerplate's default CSS does not rely on it.
-
-When using the conditional classes technique, applying classes to the `html`
-element has several benefits:
-
-* It avoids a [file blocking
-  issue](http://webforscher.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/ie-6-slowing-down-ie-8/)
-  discovered by Stoyan Stefanov and Markus Leptien.
-* It avoids the need for an empty comment that also fixes the above issue.
-* CMSes like WordPress and Drupal use the body class more heavily. This makes
-  integrating there a touch simpler.
-* It still validates as HTML5.
-* It uses the same element as Modernizr (and Dojo). That feels nice.
-* It can improve the clarity of code in multi-developer teams.
-
-
 ## The `no-js` class
 
 Allows you to more easily explicitly add custom styles when JavaScript is
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<!--[if lt IE 7]>      <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if IE 7]>         <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if IE 8]>         <html class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
+<html class="no-js">
     <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8">
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
