Same as Thomas. Thanks, Marius
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi devs, > > > > This mail is about: > > A. Dropping support for IE10 > > B. Dropping support for IE11 > > C. Adding support for Microsoft Edge > > > > --- > > > > If you read our Browser Support Strategy ( > > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/BrowserSupportStrategy ) > we > > are still supporting Internet Explorer 10. > > > > We started its support since Jun 17, 2015. In practice we don't perform > > full tests on IE10, focusing mostly on IE11. The last performed tests for > > IE10 where in Jan 2017, for XWiki 8.4.4 ( > > http://test.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/QA/XWiki%208.4.4#|t= > qa&p=1&l=15&s=test&d=asc&browser=10 > > ). > > > > On another note, Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the default > > web browser since the release of Windows 10 (launched Jul 2015). Internet > > Explorer 11 is maintained on Windows 10 for compatibility purposes, but > is > > deprecated in favor of Edge and is no longer actively developed. > > > > Instead of supporting "Internet Explorer 10.x-Latest" + "We support IE > > browsers, starting with version 10." we actually should say (in case the > > vote is passing) "Internet Explorer 11 + Microsoft Edge". > > > > We might even considered dropping support for IE 11 and just keep > Microsoft > > Edge, since that's the latest version of Windows supported browser. > > Although, IE11 currently still has a better usage than Microsoft Edge. I > > could not found any performed tests for Microsoft Edge on our test wiki. > > > > --- > > > > In terms of xwiki.org website usage for the past 12 months, we have: > > - 5.46% sessions for Internet Explorer > > -- IE11: 91.50% > > -- IE10: 2.80% > > - 1.43% sessions for Edge (multiple versions) > > > > In terms of worldwide market share for the past 12 months (according to > > http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/ ), for > desktops, we > > have: > > - 8.21% IE > > - 4.3% Edge > > > > Usage example for August 2017: > > - 7.1% for IE11 > > - 2.26% for Edge 15 > > - 1.37% for Edge 14 > > - 0.2% for Edge 13 > > > > --- > > > > So my votes are: > > A. Dropping support for IE10 > > +1 > > > > B. Dropping support for IE11 > > -0, because of bigger usage compared to Microsoft Edge. Still, I don't > > think we have the man-power to support tests on both browsers types. > > > > C. Adding support for Microsoft Edge > > +1, because this is the latest supported browser for Windows > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > > A. +0 > > B. -1 would not make sense given its market share compared to Edge > > C. +1 since supporting the current default browser on Windows is the > least we can do > > -- > Thomas Mortagne >
