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Thanks Collin and Samuel for your comments. When I read Samuel's first comment I reacted a little like Collin as well, but I understand better. Samuel you're r

by webjac 14y ago

Thanks Collin and Samuel for your comments. When I read Samuel's first comment I reacted a little like Collin as well, but I understand better. Samuel you're right in most of your reasoning. But most companies now have a policy of supporting the 2 latest previous versions. For example Facebook already announced they'll be dropping support for IE8. Google I think will do so as well. So right now IE8 and Android browsers are bigger nightmares, I know that, but I think on a longer term, when IE8 and Android Browser are irrelevant (they're starting to be already) Safari Mobile might be the one that gives us headaches.

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
Every day, thousands of Android handsets are sold with a default browser that will likely never see a major upgrade. Why would you disregard that while criticizing Mobile Safari for its update policy, a browser on a OS which actually does receive updates? Hundreds of millions of people use IE8 to browse the web. Many of them use XP, so they can't upgrade to IE9. Less than 3 years a go, computers with Windows XP were still for sale. IE8 is going to be around for a long time. Many Android handsets will never see an update. Even if as of today, all Android handsets were sold with Chrome (which is a far cry from reality), it would take at least 3 years before we can stop developing for Android Browser. Do you know how many people use a 2 year old version of Mobile Safari? Very few. You can stop developing for it right now. That's why Mobile Safari isn't anything like IE6.