User blog comment:BertH/Technical Update: October 9, 2012/@comment-1142365-20121009203616/@comment-3441771-20121013031028

@Math: Ooh, am I going insane? I'm sure I read that in a tech update ages ago, but in looking through them I got back to before I joined CC. Odd...

&ldquo;... desupport Internet Explorer 8 and only support 9+ sometime soon.&rdquo;

I don't really see the issue with JS, why don't you just use the navigator object, Math? (I know it's a little iffy...) However, that said, getting CSS3 gradients in IE8 is a nightmare. But, hey, just don't make the pages as cool for those who can't be bothered to download a new version. (It helps having a late-release OS, I know.) ;)