Difference between revisions of "Browser support"
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= Future (4.x) = | = Future (4.x) = | ||
| − | * IE... 8+ or | + | * IE... 8+ or 11+ ? leaning toward 8+ now |
** argument for 8+: still the most popular browser in 2014 (aka lots of WinXP clients out there still). not anywhere near the pain to support IE6 was. | ** argument for 8+: still the most popular browser in 2014 (aka lots of WinXP clients out there still). not anywhere near the pain to support IE6 was. | ||
| − | ** argument for | + | ** argument for 11+ : folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10/11 are now available on Win 7 |
| + | ** probably 8/11+ but not things in between (9 is only on vista and server 2008, 10 is only on server 2012, MS dropped support for older browsers on a platform) | ||
* Firefox 31+ (current/latest ESR) | * Firefox 31+ (current/latest ESR) | ||
* Chrome 35+ | * Chrome 35+ | ||
* Safari 6+? (latest running on the still-used OSX/iOS versions) | * Safari 6+? (latest running on the still-used OSX/iOS versions) | ||
* <strike>Opera latest</strike> (still supported, but v15+ uses the same engine as Chrome, so not separately tested) | * <strike>Opera latest</strike> (still supported, but v15+ uses the same engine as Chrome, so not separately tested) | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 8 August 2014
Maint (2.3.x) (EOL)
- IE 8+
- Firefox 3.5+
- Chrome (10+?)
- Safari 5+
- Opera 10+
Current (3.x) (as of 8/2014)
- IE 8+ (lots of WinXP clients out there still, even past April 2014 probably)
- Firefox 24+ ("Extended Support Release") (31+ as of 10/2014)
- Chrome 35+ (version of chromium in Debian 7)
- Safari 5+
- Opera (12+?)
Future (4.x)
- IE... 8+ or 11+ ? leaning toward 8+ now
- argument for 8+: still the most popular browser in 2014 (aka lots of WinXP clients out there still). not anywhere near the pain to support IE6 was.
- argument for 11+ : folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10/11 are now available on Win 7
- probably 8/11+ but not things in between (9 is only on vista and server 2008, 10 is only on server 2012, MS dropped support for older browsers on a platform)
- Firefox 31+ (current/latest ESR)
- Chrome 35+
- Safari 6+? (latest running on the still-used OSX/iOS versions)
-
Opera latest(still supported, but v15+ uses the same engine as Chrome, so not separately tested)
