Thanks Matt. I didn’t see any mention of Safari (OS X) [1] or MobileSafari 
(iOS). Same with Chrome for Mobile [2]. Are mobile clients supported at all?

[1] http://www.apple.com/safari/
[2] https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/mobile/

Andy LoPresto
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> On Jan 22, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Matt Gilman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I wanted to take a moment to revisit this topic. As previously stated, the
> version of FireFox and Chrome that will be officially supported is
> 'Current' and 'Current - 1' simply based on some of the dependencies that
> we utilize as outlined earlier.
> 
> Due to Microsoft officially dropping technical support and security updates
> for older versions of IE [1] and IE's issues regarding dynamically updating
> SVG Path's documented in NIFI-207 [2] it makes sense to declare official
> support for Microsoft Edge. I have confirmed that the SVG Path issue is
> resolved in Edge which shipped with Windows 10.
> 
> NiFi may continue to run successfully in older browser versions, however it
> will not be actively tested against them. I will be updating our website
> and user guides where appropriate.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Matt
> 
> [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/End-of-IE-support
> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-207
> 
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Matt
>> 
>> Thanks for kicking this thread off.  I personally am mostly focused on
>> us documenting our commitment and then working to that.  Even if the
>> approach we have is strict such as 'current minus one' at least having
>> it clearly documented gives community members and users the chance to
>> choose wisely and provide feedback if they need more.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Matt Gilman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>> 
>>> NIFI-1323 [1] will start working on some of the UI improvements that has
>>> been discussed on this mailing list recently. While planning out what we
>>> could introduce for 0.5.0 I realized that we don't have established
>> minimum
>>> browser versions listed anywheres. I plan to update our website with
>> these
>>> details. Below I am going to list the capabilities the UI employs and the
>>> external libraries we use along with the minimum versions supported by
>>> each.
>>> 
>>> svg - (IE 9, FF 3, Chrome 4)
>>> localStorgage - (IE 8, FF 3.5, Chrome 4)
>>> jQuery 2 - (IE 9, FF (Current and Current - 1), Chrome (Current and
>> Current
>>> - 1)) [2]
>>> d3 - (IE 9, FF (modern), Chrome (modern))
>>> codemirror - (IE 8, FF 3, Chrome (any))
>>> 
>>> We need to take the lowest common denominator amougst these dependencies.
>>> Due to our usage of jQuery our officially supported versions of FireFox
>> and
>>> Chrome are Current and Current - 1. While the application may run
>>> successfully in older browsers versions it will not be actively tested
>>> against them.
>>> 
>>> Our current IE support is IE 9. However, in IE 10/11 there was a
>> regression
>>> that prevents SVG paths from being updated dynamically. So while we
>>> technically support these browsers, Connections do not move once they
>> have
>>> been created. This means if that you move a Component on the graph, the
>>> Connection does not move with it. This has been documented here [3] and
>>> references the Microsoft IE ticket as well. It appears that the browser
>>> that shipped with Windows 10 has addressed these issues.
>>> 
>>> There are a few features we've discussed adding that would require
>> bumping
>>> the minimum IE version to IE 11 (specifically, flexbox CSS3 layout mode
>> and
>>> dropzone.js). Due to our stance on FireFox and Chrome versions I want to
>>> propose keeping our minimum IE version modern as well (specifically IE 11
>>> in this case). This will allow us to continue building cutting edge user
>>> experiences and data visualizations.
>>> 
>>> Matt
>>> 
>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1323
>>> [2] https://jquery.com/browser-support/
>>> [3]
>>> 
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-207?focusedCommentId=14262213&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14262213
>> 

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