I understand what you're saying about making more work for yourself (when a big selling point of flexbox is that it will simplify your layout code). But, there

I understand what you're saying about making more work for yourself (when a big selling point of flexbox is that it will simplify your layout code). But, there are some situations where flexbox lets you achieve things you can't otherwise do. (Some vertical centering situations; making equal height sibling divs; etc) I tend to wait a long time before I take up new browser features, but as of 2016 I've decided that flexbox has enough support. As long as I have some kind of fallback for IE8-10 (usually "display: inline-block" or some basic floating/clearing does the trick).