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This is the most interesting part for me: "Android has a much bigger fragmentation problem than Internet Explorer. Supporting only the latest 2 Android release

by dshep 13y ago

This is the most interesting part for me: "Android has a much bigger fragmentation problem than Internet Explorer. Supporting only the latest 2 Android releases (4.3 and 4.4) would mean targeting less than 3% of the Android devices." Must be accurate coming from Google.

winslow 13y ago
Here is data straight from Google about android fragmentation. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
- Samuel_Michon 13y ago
  So it’s actually closer to 2.3%. That’s sad.
cecilpl 13y ago
To be fair, the Nexus 5 is the only device that is currently running 4.4, and it's only been available for the last week (I'm still waiting for mine to arrive).
- zurn 13y ago
  The code is out there, they just haven't pushed it to consumers yet. http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-4-kitkat-nexus-4-nexus-7-download-unofficially-313352/ http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-4-kitkat-nexus-4-n...
camus2 13y ago
You can easily support old Android versions with compatibility libraries, and get most of the features of the latest os. IE6 will never support ES5 or CSS3. A 2.1 Android device can support fragments and action bars via libraries. Comparing the two is just dishonest. Furthermore Android doesnt run on web standards like HTML or CSS. If you want to compare things then compare the fact that Microsoft dont allow XP users to upgrade IE to the latest version , whereas Google provides compatibility libraries for old devices to use the latest APIs.
- ars 13y ago
  > IE6 will never support ... CSS3. CSS PIE 2.0 comes surprisingly close. Although you do have to add custom rules in the CSS file.
huxley 13y ago
It's not Google: http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/p/about-google-operating-system.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/p/about-google-operating-sys...
DominikR 13y ago
4.4 was released last week and 4.3 last July. Even if that weren't the case, your comparison would be dishonest.
- Samuel_Michon 13y ago
  iOS 7 was released less than 2 months a go. According to Mixpanel, 76% of iOS users have iOS 7. I’d say that’s quite a contrast to Android 4.3 adoption. https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7 https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7
  - DominikR 13y ago
    The parent didn't draw a comparison between iOS and Android, neither did I. In fact, nobody was even talking about iOS here. Your comparison makes about as much sense as the parents comparison between IE and Android since both are absolutely irrelevant and unrelated to the topic.

by dshep 13y ago

winslow 13y ago

Here is data straight from Google about android fragmentation. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Samuel_Michon 13y ago
So it’s actually closer to 2.3%. That’s sad.

cecilpl 13y ago

To be fair, the Nexus 5 is the only device that is currently running 4.4, and it's only been available for the last week (I'm still waiting for mine to arrive).

zurn 13y ago
The code is out there, they just haven't pushed it to consumers yet. http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-4-kitkat-nexus-4-nexus-7-download-unofficially-313352/ http://www.androidauthority.com/android-4-4-kitkat-nexus-4-n...

camus2 13y ago

You can easily support old Android versions with compatibility libraries, and get most of the features of the latest os. IE6 will never support ES5 or CSS3. A 2.1 Android device can support fragments and action bars via libraries. Comparing the two is just dishonest. Furthermore Android doesnt run on web standards like HTML or CSS. If you want to compare things then compare the fact that Microsoft dont allow XP users to upgrade IE to the latest version , whereas Google provides compatibility libraries for old devices to use the latest APIs.

ars 13y ago
> IE6 will never support ... CSS3. CSS PIE 2.0 comes surprisingly close. Although you do have to add custom rules in the CSS file.

huxley 13y ago

It's not Google: http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/p/about-google-operating-system.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/p/about-google-operating-sys...

DominikR 13y ago

4.4 was released last week and 4.3 last July. Even if that weren't the case, your comparison would be dishonest.

Samuel_Michon 13y ago
iOS 7 was released less than 2 months a go. According to Mixpanel, 76% of iOS users have iOS 7. I’d say that’s quite a contrast to Android 4.3 adoption. https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7 https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7
- DominikR 13y ago
  The parent didn't draw a comparison between iOS and Android, neither did I. In fact, nobody was even talking about iOS here. Your comparison makes about as much sense as the parents comparison between IE and Android since both are absolutely irrelevant and unrelated to the topic.