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= Current (3.x) (as of 8/2014) =
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= Maintenance (3.x) (as of 8/2017) =
  
* IE 8+ (lots of WinXP clients out there still, even past April 2014 probably)
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* IE 8+ (lots of WinXP clients out there still)
* Firefox 31+ ("Extended Support Release") (was 24+ until 10/2014)
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* Firefox 52+ (current/latest ESR)
* Chrome 35+ (version of chromium in Debian 7)
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* Chrome 57+ (version of chromium in Debian 8)
 
* Safari 5+
 
* Safari 5+
 
* Opera (12+?)
 
* Opera (12+?)
  
= Future (4.x) =
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= Current (4.x) =
  
* IE... 8+ or 11+ ?  leaning toward 8+ now
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* IE11+ (Win7)
** 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.
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** folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox, IE 11 is now available on Win 7 (and after January 2016, the only supported browser)
** argument for 11+ : folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10/11 are now available on Win 7
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** chrome on xp support <strike>ends April 2016</strike> ended with Chrome 50.
** 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)
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** Firefox 52 is the last version that runs on XP.  It is supported as ESR until March 2018.  After that, we're not testing/supporting anything on XP anymore
* Firefox 31+ (current/latest ESR)
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** windows security essentials stopped being supported on XP in july 2015
* Chrome 35+
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** malicious software removal tool was supposed to end then too, but it has continued to show up until 5/2016 so far
* Safari 6+? (latest running on the still-used OSX/iOS versions)
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** MS dropped support for older browsers on a platform as of January 2016
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* Edge (Win10)
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* Firefox 52+ (current/latest ESR)
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* Chrome 57+
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* Safari 9+? (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)
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= Future (5.x) =
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* IE11+ (Win 8.1)
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* Edge (Win10)
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* Firefox (current/latest ESR)
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* Chrome (current)
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* Safari (current)

Revision as of 10:22, 24 August 2017

Maintenance (3.x) (as of 8/2017)

  • IE 8+ (lots of WinXP clients out there still)
  • Firefox 52+ (current/latest ESR)
  • Chrome 57+ (version of chromium in Debian 8)
  • Safari 5+
  • Opera (12+?)

Current (4.x)

  • IE11+ (Win7)
    • folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox, IE 11 is now available on Win 7 (and after January 2016, the only supported browser)
    • chrome on xp support ends April 2016 ended with Chrome 50.
    • Firefox 52 is the last version that runs on XP. It is supported as ESR until March 2018. After that, we're not testing/supporting anything on XP anymore
    • windows security essentials stopped being supported on XP in july 2015
    • malicious software removal tool was supposed to end then too, but it has continued to show up until 5/2016 so far
    • MS dropped support for older browsers on a platform as of January 2016
  • Edge (Win10)
  • Firefox 52+ (current/latest ESR)
  • Chrome 57+
  • Safari 9+? (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)

Future (5.x)

  • IE11+ (Win 8.1)
  • Edge (Win10)
  • Firefox (current/latest ESR)
  • Chrome (current)
  • Safari (current)