On 07.08.2014, at 22:36, Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think what we are after is 3 tiers: > > - first class UX (we should aim to proactively fix these browsers and provide > an equal UX across all) - UI testing failures here are considered major UI > bugs > - best effort UX (we will accept patches to fix issues and attempt to ensure > there is at least one way to do any action with these browsers) - UI testing > failures here are only considered major bugs if they completely block > functionality, if the UX degrades but remains functional or if there is > another way to do it, then it's a minor bug > - no guarantees - no UI testing - UI bugs closed as will not fix > > So IE 11 should be first class, say IE 8 or 9 is best effort and IE 7 and > below is no guarantees This looks like a good approach. Except maybe still accept patches for 'no guarantees', if it's simple enough and doesn't impact supported browsers, with no commitment to keep them working. Given Microsoft's recent announcement[1] and negligible Vista market share[2], we should be able to drop IE8+9 from 'best effort' sooner rather than later. Suggestions for first class UX in other browsers (in case this is ever relevant): * For regular Chrome and Firefox, working in the latest major release should be enough: It'll take changes ~2 weeks (for regular releases) to at least ~8 weeks (LTS) to reach users, which should be enough to update the browser to its latest & greatest. * Firefox ESR support shouldn't be too much effort, given they're never older than ~1 year (Firefox 24 ESR was released September 2013 and is currently being replaced by Firefox 31 ESR). * 90+% of OS X users seem to be able[3] to have at least Safari 6.1[4] * No support for alpha/beta/canary releases. Make this explicit. What about Android, iOS, Windows Phone? 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internet-explorer.aspx 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers 3: http://update.omnigroup.com/ Overall ยป Major Version 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29#Safari_7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
