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The 72 browser versions thing is an exaggeration. For your websites, add this tag: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> - and you force IE t
by AshleysBrain 15y ago
The 72 browser versions thing is an exaggeration. For your websites, add this tag: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> - and you force IE to use that version's latest documents mode. So good point about IE's slow adoption, it really is annoying and holding back the web - but for your websites, you can easily force the document mode of your choice, avoiding the crappy emulated modes.
- rocktronica 15y agoKinda sorta. "Edge" rendering on X browsers is still X different ways for all those stuck-in-time browsers to decide what "edge" meant at the time of their release or last update. That meta tag is a good practice but not the ultimate solution.
- AshleysBrain 15y agoYeah, but the point is X is better than X^2 + (1/2)X. The article makes a big deal of the 72 browsers thing.
- paulirish 15y agoAbsolutely. That line is critical to avoiding pain. Library authors don't have that option, unfortunately. :/ But even if we ignore the compat versions for now (and quirks mode (and almost-quirks mode)), we still end up with up to 10 IEs in play simultaneously.
- AshleysBrain 15y agoGood point about library authors... that's a headache!