Why Bootstrap 3 navbar dropdown doesn't work in IE8?

Question

The bootstrap 3 dropdown doesn\'t work in IE8, I don\'t know why, any help on that. some people say because BS added CSS filter property

Answer 1

Include these two script:

Then use jQuery version LESS than 2 (jQuery 2++ doesn't support IE8 anymore)

Finally, use a web server (local or otherwise) to view your site because respond.js doesn't play well with file:// protocol