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I really want to use aspect-ratio, but a recent thread on HN, that now I can't find, has me worried that I shouldn't be counting on CSS until its been supported
by jrochkind1 5y ago
I really want to use aspect-ratio, but a recent thread on HN, that now I can't find, has me worried that I shouldn't be counting on CSS until its been supported by the browsers for a couple years.
The recent thread was about all the reasons that even "evergreen" browsers might still have plenty of people using old versions, and was on a thread about a Chromebox still in use that could not have it's version of Chrome updated.
- dbbk 5y agoYou should generally make these decisions based on the usage stats of your own visitors. Caniuse.com for example lets you import Google Analytics data.
- jrochkind1 5y agoThat makes sense, but I'm still cautious of just automatically doing it. 1) it can be a bit circular; if the site doesn't work with a browser, people on that browser are probably not going to spend much time there 2) Depending on what you are doing and your goals/mission (I generally work in academic/non-profit/public sector), you may have a mission that encourages you to be accessible to people on "old technology" regardless of the % of visitors. I've been thinking maybe a standard of 1-2 year old version of popular "evergreen" browsers might make more sense, than what many people default to "latest version". Which would put aspect-ratio not quite over the finish line, alas.