Difference between revisions of "Browser support"

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= Future (4.x) =
 
= Future (4.x) =
  
* IE 10+ (folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10 is now available on Win 7)
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* IE... 8+ or 10/11+ ?  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.
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** argument for 10/11+ : folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10/11 are now available on Win 7
 
* Firefox (current/latest ESR)
 
* Firefox (current/latest ESR)
 
* Chrome (Version in Deb 8.0?)
 
* Chrome (Version in Deb 8.0?)
 
* Safari latest running on the still-used OSX/iOS versions
 
* Safari 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 01:19, 12 January 2014

Maint (2.3.x)

  • IE 8+
  • Firefox 3.5+
  • Chrome (10+?)
  • Safari 5+
  • Opera 10+

Current (3.x)

  • IE 8+ (lots of WinXP clients out there still, even past April 2014 probably)
  • Firefox 10+ ("Extended Support Release")
  • Chrome 20+ (version of chromium in Debian 7.0)
  • Safari 5+
  • Opera (12+?)

Future (4.x)

  • IE... 8+ or 10/11+ ? 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 10/11+ : folks still on XP after its EOL can use Firefox or Chrome, IE 10/11 are now available on Win 7
  • Firefox (current/latest ESR)
  • Chrome (Version in Deb 8.0?)
  • Safari 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)