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what is meant by "modern web browsers"?

• m3Lith 11y ago
  I guess it would be something along the lines of this quote from http://farukat.es/journal/2011/02/528-modern-browser http://farukat.es/journal/2011/02/528-modern-browser: "A modern browser is any browser that: successfully renders a site that you just built using web standards, testing only in your browser of choice along the way, with all the essentials functioning well; without you having written any browser-specific hacks, forks or workarounds; and shows great performance as you navigate it."
  • yellowapple 11y ago
    In other words, "modern browsers" might as well be mythical creatures :)
• jonobr1 11y ago
  Roughly, self updating html5 compliant browser.
  • yellowapple 11y ago
    Why self-updating? Is my version of Firefox non-"modern" simply because I install and update it through my operating system's package management system?
    • yoklov 11y ago
      It is if you updated it recently.
• RobertKerans 11y ago
  In general as regards SVG [and canvas in this case], not IE <=8 or Android <= 2.4, and some caveats (eg will need careful testing, as some JS/DOM APIs or rendering optimisations may not be present) with earlier versions of FF/Chrome/Safari & IE9/10
  • gondo 11y ago
    what about in a year? i bet you would list different browsers and versions. my point is, "modern browser" doesn't mean anything and it change as time passes
    • RobertKerans 11y ago
      True, it should specify where support drops off really, it's not as if there aren't tools to automate the JS testing part of it if the time isn't there to thoroughly manually check. I've think maybe spent too much time assessing JS libraries & frontend stuff; after a while when you see 'modern browser' you mentally tick off where it's likely to be functional and accept/discount the guessed tradeoffs (maybe a bad habit)