Thanks everyone for your responses. We have: A. +1, +0, +0, +1, +1, +1 = 4 x (+1) B. -0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 = 5 x (-1) C. +1, +1, +1, +1, +1, +1 = 6 x (+1)
So we will: A. Drop the support for IE10 B. Keep the support for IE11 C. Add the support for Microsoft Edge I will update the Support page. Thanks for your votes, Caty On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Manuel Smeria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here are my votes: > > A. +1 > B. -1 > C. +1 > > Thanks, > Manuel > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same as Vincent. > > > > On 10/09/2017 07:52 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > Hi Caty, > > > > > >> On 6 Oct 2017, at 16:55, 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 > > > > > > We also have limited manpower and we need to limit the # of versions > we > > support. However because of the large marketshare of IE11it wouldn’t be > > good to drop its support FTM IMO. > > > > > > So I think we should try to support both Edge + IE11 and see how > complex > > it is. If too complex we can think of dropping IE11 or delaying support > for > > Edge. > > > > > > So, I’m: > > > > > > A +1 > > > B -1 for now > > > C +1 > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Caty > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sergiu Dumitriu > > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > > >
