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All browsers supported the verbs for years. IE7 had mostly full support (not PATCH though, annoyingly). The problem was mostly backend related: most servers di
by abritinthebay 8y ago
All browsers supported the verbs for years. IE7 had mostly full support (not PATCH though, annoyingly).
The problem was mostly backend related: most servers didn't support them. DELETE for example has been supported for over 12 years in all major browsers.
- anothergoogler 8y agoAh, interesting, my memory is dusty. Now that I think about it, the limitations of <FORM> were front and center too: A Rails app wanted a "delete $X" page that didn't rely on JS, and the only way that was going to happen was with a <FORM>, which only supports GET and POST methods.
- abritinthebay 8y agoAh well yes. That’s quite intentional of course but yeah, an architectural limitation of that Rails app. Of course until ~v3 Rails didn’t fully support all verbs so...