On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:57:18 +0000 Nathan Baxter <nathanbax...@pixelmasochist.net> said:
> >>>> How far back does browser support need to go? > >>> for browsers? ummm tbh thats a good q. while i'd LIKE ie6 to work.. and > >>> netscape 1.1... and mosaic... reality is there is only so much we > >>> can sensibly > >>> do. i think i'd say "make ie7 work" ie... when ie finally stopped > >>> being AS crap > >>> and begin to think of the modern world a little.... but it depends > >>> on how hard > >>> it is. > >> > >> There are more than a few tricks for this, it is time consuming, but not > >> impossible. > >> My job generally requires IE6 compatibility any way so I have the means > >> to test this. > >> > >> If a site works In IE 6,7,8, FF, Chrome, Opera and elinks we should have > >> most of the bases covered. > > > > Really? Do people still care about IE6? Seriously dude, don't bother > > with this one. It's officially dead for a long time. Less than 6% of > > the world uses ie6, most of it from China. I think it's safe to say > > that less than 0.000000000000006% of the people that enter the E > > website use IE6. We can easily verify that with some server logs. > > > > http://www.ie6countdown.com/ > > > > -- > > Tom. > > Personnaly I'd ignore everything that doesn't support some of the newer > & superior elements of CSS3. I'd gladly ignore everything before IE10, > but this isn't my site, it's the teams. the problem is a lot of peopl dont control what browser they can use. they live on corporate it networks where they are told to use browser X and not allowed to install/use another. so to a large extent we have to play nice. the question is just "how nice". how much work is it? how much does it limit us? i'd agree with "css3/html5 stuff only" except for the fact that reality is people use things like ie7 and ie8 still in real life. ie7 and ie8 are still around a lot - but they are a vast improvement over 6 - so it may be a good baseline. of course anyone on firefox or chrome likely is upgrading a lot and often - so thats less of a problem. opera too etc. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel