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Any new browser-centric requirements would hit a limitation on what
browser the reviewer uses, or can use. So there's a built-in
restriction on browser support, in that it must support the
reviewer's browser, which is very likely a recent Chrome or Firefox
iteration.<br>
<br>
I guess it (theme-specified browser requirements) would also come in
to play as an issue if the theme author is implementing some pretty
specific Javascript or HTML5 (some advanced canvas manipulation
stuff for example, although Excanvas helps there too with IE7/8) And
that's bleeding in to plugin territory, really.<br>
<br>
To sum up: If it doesn't break in a way to fail on existing
guidelines, let it be. Therefore, the only amendment to review
guidelines would be that testing be done in an up-to-date browser;
is that requirement in there already?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/02/2013 2:43 PM, Justin Tadlock
wrote:<br>
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I'm pretty much in agreement with Chip.<br>
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My personal rule in regards to IE is to support the 2 latest
versions, which are currently 9 and 10.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/31/2013 7:03 PM, Chip Bennett
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have no problem with it. A properly developed
and designed Theme should have minimal IE issues anymore,
anyway.
<div><br>
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<div style="">I don't "support" IE with my Theme, either. I
can't; I use Linux, and thus have no way of even *running*
IE.</div>
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<div style="">Doing something that actively *excludes* IE (or
any other browser) would certainly not be acceptable; but
developing a standards-compliant Theme, and opting not to
jump through hoops for IE? Meh; doesn't bother me all that
much.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:20 PM,
Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Flatly not supporting one of the most commonly
found browsers (not necessarily used but it does
come with Windows) is not a very good idea; and
although we do not have any specific guidelines in
place I think if a Theme Author is going that route
something that significant should be in the Theme
description.<br>
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As it is, you would be better served by asking the
Theme author to explain that statement before making
any assumptions. As noted, it may only be that they
are supporting current versions of IE and simply left
off the version number in their readme file.<br>
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Myself, for general distribution themes, I only support
current (or one version back at the most) browsers. I
don't state the actual version only making reference to
the browser being current. Of course, client work is
generally different but those "rules" do not necessarily
apply here.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font
color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<div>Edward Caissie<br>
aka Cais.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at
7:12 PM, John Heimkes IV <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:john@heimk.es" target="_blank">john@heimk.es</a>></span>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">That's a great
question, actually. I'd like to know what the
general consensus is on this matter. Don't
worry about being fussy. I've been doing
front-end for many years. So, I totally get
it.
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<div>My personal opinion is if they're not
going to support certain browsers (aka, the
browsers most of us web developers have to
support on a daily basis), the author <i>should</i>
make it known up front - especially in the
CSS file for good documentation purposes.
Some sort of clarification from the author
would be nice in this case. Maybe they're
just not supporting older versions of IE and
it looks fine in IE10, and maybe even IE9.</div>
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<div>Anyway, I hope someone else has a better
answer!</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>John Heimkes IV</div>
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<div>On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:03 PM,
Srikanth Koneru <<a
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href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com"
target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Since IE has at least
30% browser share, I think theme
has to support it.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri,
Feb 1, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Alex
Watson <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alex@alexwatson.co.uk"
target="_blank">alex@alexwatson.co.uk</a>></span>
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<div>Hi everyone!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So I'm reviewing my first
theme, and a few mins into
it I find this in the
readme.txt:</div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace;white-space:pre-wrap">*
NOT SUPPORTED on Internet
Explore *</span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family:monospace;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap">Is
that okay? Are themes
allowed to be built and
not work in IE at all?
It's probably the fussy
web developer side of me
coming out here, as
everything I do has to
work in IE8+ :) I've not
got so far as to have
tested it in IE yet, but
are we even required to do
cross browser testing? I
think we should, but I
can't see that in the
review guidelines
anywhere.</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap">Anyway,
please let me know if I'm
just being too fussy here!
(and sorry if this has
been asked before but I
just joined this mailing
list a couple of days ago)</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap">Many
thanks</span></div>
<span><font color="#888888">
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="white-space:pre-wrap">Alex</span></div>
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