I think it's fair that unless you support >95% of the "web" platforms available you aren't doing web development, but in stead "Chrome", "Firefox", or "IE" development.
It's really not that hard to support the major browsers, especially for basic apps. I don't really see an excuse* for it not working (sure, glitches are fine, as long as it works).
*This applies to Google as well, who seem to not care anymore that some of their crap only works in Chrome. The problem of vertical integration.
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It's really not that hard to support the major browsers
Wow, It's quite difficult for me. A lot of time I feel like I have to rewrite entire features because of differences of these platforms. Each platform even performs differently depending on your OS (IE11 on win10 vs win7), so I have to account for that. It's really not simple.
I know this is a year later, but I disagree. Internet Explorer NEEDS to Die. The reason it hasn't completely died yet is because of this idea; "Someone uses it, so I guess we have to make it work". IE is a security risk, it's a Javascript nightmare, and it reduces performance for ALL users just to include the <8%. Supporting it is a bad idea, and it's not just an opinion. There is factual evidence as to why it is bad, and there is not enough people using it for the inclusion of them.
Old browsers don't die fast enough because devs keep supporting them. The sooner the support is ended, the sooner it will die.
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I think it's fair that unless you support >95% of the "web" platforms available you aren't doing web development, but in stead "Chrome", "Firefox", or "IE" development.
It's really not that hard to support the major browsers, especially for basic apps. I don't really see an excuse* for it not working (sure, glitches are fine, as long as it works).
*This applies to Google as well, who seem to not care anymore that some of their crap only works in Chrome. The problem of vertical integration.
Wow, It's quite difficult for me. A lot of time I feel like I have to rewrite entire features because of differences of these platforms. Each platform even performs differently depending on your OS (IE11 on win10 vs win7), so I have to account for that. It's really not simple.
I know this is a year later, but I disagree. Internet Explorer NEEDS to Die. The reason it hasn't completely died yet is because of this idea; "Someone uses it, so I guess we have to make it work". IE is a security risk, it's a Javascript nightmare, and it reduces performance for ALL users just to include the <8%. Supporting it is a bad idea, and it's not just an opinion. There is factual evidence as to why it is bad, and there is not enough people using it for the inclusion of them.
Old browsers don't die fast enough because devs keep supporting them. The sooner the support is ended, the sooner it will die.