# Unpublished notebooks not loading in Internet Explorer

**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unpublished-notebooks-not-loading-in-internet-explorer/783
**Category:** Feedback
**Created:** [May 21, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unpublished-notebooks-not-loading-in-internet-explorer/783 "2018-05-21T21:29:28Z")
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### Author: ![aaronkyle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/aaronkyle/32/8106_2.png) [@aaronkyle](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/aaronkyle)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unpublished-notebooks-not-loading-in-internet-explorer/783/1 "2018-05-21T21:29:28Z")

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Hi Community.

I wanted to raise a possible bug. Whenever I try opening an draft notebook in Internet Explorer [Version 11.2189.14393.0], I see only a blank white screen. I asked my colleague in Bogata if he could open one of the links I shared in IE [version unknown], and he also confirmed that he could not. For both of us, draft notebooks open just fine in Chrome.

To reproduce: Copy link from unpublished notebook and try opening in IE.

I should caveat this by stating that our machines are locked-down by our IT department, and perhaps my colleague and I are both experiencing this problem due to some funky Windows security limitations, but I thought I’d raise the issue here in case it’s reproducible (and really a bug).

Thanks for this amazing platform and for all the help and guidance on learning JavaScript and data visualization!

Sincerely,

Aaron

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### Author: ![mbostock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mbostock/32/9_2.png) [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unpublished-notebooks-not-loading-in-internet-explorer/783/2 "2018-05-21T21:59:55Z")

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Apologies, but we don’t support IE. You’ll need to use a more recent browser (such as Microsoft Edge) to access Observable.

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### Author: ![aaronkyle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/aaronkyle/32/8106_2.png) [@aaronkyle](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/aaronkyle)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unpublished-notebooks-not-loading-in-internet-explorer/783/3 "2018-05-21T22:39:35Z")

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Thanks Mike! And, of course, no need to apologize! I don’t use IE much myself, but it’s the default app for our work computers and so I’ve been directing colleagues to Chrome as I share private links.

Thanks for Observable!