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browser feature detection is the way grown up developers have been doing this for several years now. user agent sniffing is dumb because it bundles a ton of ass

browser feature detection is the way grown up developers have been doing this for several years now. user agent sniffing is dumb because it bundles a ton of assumptions with a high upkeep requirement, all wrapped up in an unreadable regex. It's been bad practice for ages; I'd be surprised if that's how Amazon is doing it still.

leeoniya 7y ago
> browser feature detection is the way grown up developers have been doing this for several years now. and how do these grown up developers feature-detect when js is disabled? or are they too "grown up" to deal with anything but the ideal scenario? > I'd be surprised if that's how Amazon is doing it still. why don't you go there and open up your "grown up developer" devtools.
- gowld 7y ago
  If your site doesn't use JS, you don't need features. Just use responsive HTML.
  - Rebelgecko 7y ago
    How do you handle browsers that render HTML differently?
    - serf 7y ago
      the realistic answer to this line of questioning is : "we don't care about the edges because they constitute such a small percentage of the user base."
    - kalleboo 7y ago
      Use different HTML that renders the same everywhere relevant