Questions tagged [browser-compatibility]
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How can I determine what browsers I need to support and when I can drop support for old browsers?
I'm debating whether or not to start using CSS variables. They're wonderful gifts from heaven ... except that Internet Explorer does not support them and never will.
According to Net Market Share IE ...
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Web Compatibility Testing with Steam Browser
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During web development, especially on the front-end, developers must test their code to see how it looks (pretty self-explanatory right?). When doing this, the developer will examine the ...
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Development Of Scriptable Webpage Served As XML And Parsed As HTML
In short, this question is about the cross-browser-compatibility-ness of a way to serve a HTML page as XML. I am interested in serving a web page as XML to be interpreted as HTML for increased CSS ...
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How to create a safe namespace for my application in JavaScript
I'm working on an application in the browser and I would like to make sure that my code does not conflict with code from other libraries or with possible calls added by browser manufacturers in the ...
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Testing Browser/OS combinations
We support IE9, IE10, IE11, Chrome and Firefox, and we support them on Win7, Win8, Win8, and Win10.
If we tested every possible combination of browser and OS that would be 20 times through our script ...
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Java applets with Safari on Windows as compared to Safari on OS X [closed]
I have a developed an Applet which works fine on Chrome/IE/FF on Windows. I am not expecting any users for Safari on Windows but there might be the odd user who may be on a Mac.
As of now, I don't ...
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Website compatibility with old operating systems [closed]
I'm a web developer. I most often come across this critical situation when the website layout fits with the design when run on Windows 7 or 8 and Mobile Operating Systems (Android, iOs, Windows 8).
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How to develop an app for a smartphone to access a web app?
My colleague developed an internal web application. This app works only in Internet Explorer, which means that I can't access it from my smartphone.
Is there any way to develop an application which ...
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How to gracefully handle unsupported browsers?
Recently I have started experimenting with some of the newer W3C specifications such as WebGL and the Web Audio API that are not yet widely supported in browsers. As I want my page to look ...
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Is it legitimate to ask co-workers to use specific browser in an intranet website?
I developed an intranet (local network) ASP.NET web project for my co-workers.
In the development process I used Chrome and Firefox and didn't test much with Internet Explorer.
The website works ...
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What is the process or term for viewing HTML/CSS using localhost?
I have recently used some software, which come as a regular setup file, where you install your software, and then when you run it, opens the browser, uses the localhost with some specific port number ...
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Web Programming Cross Browser Frustrations Normal? [duplicate]
So I'm a relatively junior programmer, been doing it for a couple years now and have been recently working on a redo of the company's website, and have ran into some frustrations and was just ...
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How the Compatibility View in IE works behind the scenes
When I remote connect to my work PC, in IE10, the juniper remote client service which is basically a plugin executed in the browser does not run. I need to turn on compatibility view to see it. My ...
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What is the most cross-browser/system compatible option for 3d graphics on a web page?
I would like to develop a bit of functionality for a web site that involves a bit of 3D - the user can move around objects, rotate them and texture them.
So far I've looked into:
WebGL (in ...
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Why Browsers do not resolve simple known issues? [closed]
Why Browsers do not resolve simple known issues such as:
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Do NOT start a class name with a number! This is only supported in Internet Explorer
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Do NOT start an ID name ...
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What is the reason to put prefixes in new CSS features?
Is there a valid reason for the browsers to prefix new CSS features, instead of letting the webmasters use the non-prefixed version?
For example, a sample code for the background gradient looks like:
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Why is it unrealistic to expect all browsers to support the same standards? [closed]
Ideally, we would have different browsers supporting the same standards and same code producing the same result on all browsers.
That hasn't happened yet. What are the reasons why?
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Should I support IE compatibility mode?
So I have a client that is running multiple versions of multiple browsers. I currently support IE7, IE8, IE9, Firefox4/5, Safari 5 and Chrome. The site works in all the named browsers.
IE has a ...
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How are you handling browser compatibility in the new "rapid release" world?
With the new world of rapid browser releases I am trying to figure out how to define & implement our browser compatibility process.
Previously we would always support the latest major version of ...
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WebSockets current state on security and browser support
I found many things when searching, but nothing that seemed both updated and complete.
In last quarter of 2010 I remember reading what were very sad news for me, as WebSockets were disabled in most (...
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What's the best approach to develop a cross-browser JavaScript app?
As one of my summer projects I'd like to build an AJAX program on my own. Not too big. I'm new to the whole matter, however I have general knowledge in programming and a good understanding of the Web ...
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Should I test my China-targeted website with "360 Secure Browser" (browser in China)?
Developing a website aiming to the Chinese market, I am wondering whether I should do compatibility tests with the 360 secure browser, which is based on the Trident layout engine (like Internet ...
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What should I consider before creating a Silverlight website?
I have opted to use silverlight for a website. This runs in all major browsers. The application could be highly graphically intensive. What have I missed?
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It runs on Android and other mobile ...
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