Comment by troupo
10 hours ago
> People build web apps for an array of browsers and huge ranges of versions.
en masse they don't. They just target the latest Chrome
10 hours ago
> People build web apps for an array of browsers and huge ranges of versions.
en masse they don't. They just target the latest Chrome
I agree and disagree, you can't target everything, but most (not shit) devs will target at least Safari - 1 or 2, simply because the iPhone market is too good to miss out on. And Safari being, well, Safari, means targeting that is a pretty safe bet for anything else.
Depends on the region, no one where I work has an iPhone or a current Mac, so stuff gets tested on FF and Chrome, and Safari gets thoughts and prayers. We would test on Safari if it were simple, but alas.
Skipping testing on 15% of all devices to save $600? Sounds like a poor business decision.
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I target IE6 and it just works everywhere
De facto they do because functionality built three years ago and tested then is running along side functionality they built yesterday and tested on today’s Chrome.
People also do seem to test on iOS Safari because that pain in my ass needs special care on my software. So if a site works on it they either got lucky or tested on an iPhone. It’s generally only other people’s weird tech demo stuff that doesn’t work.