[theme-reviewers] Newbie theme reviewer question - Browser compatability

[Srikanth Koneru]

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On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Alex Watson <alex at alexwatson.co.uk> wrote:

> How do I contact the theme author? Should I wait until I have finished
> reviewing the theme and just add all my comments to the ticket? Sorry -
> still very new to this process!
>
> Thanks :)
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Friday, 1 February 2013 at 00:20, Edward Caissie wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Edward Caissie
> aka Cais.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:12 PM, John Heimkes IV <john at heimk.es> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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 *should* 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.
>
> Anyway, I hope someone else has a better answer!
>
> Thanks,
> John Heimkes IV
>
> On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Since IE has at least 30% browser share, I think theme has to support it.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Alex Watson <alex at alexwatson.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> So I'm reviewing my first theme, and a few mins into it I find this in the
> readme.txt:
>
> * NOT SUPPORTED on Internet Explore *
>
> 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.
>
> 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)
>
> Many thanks
>
> Alex
>
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