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

[Chip Bennett]

I have no problem with it. A properly developed and designed Theme should
have minimal IE issues anymore, anyway.

I don't "support" IE with my Theme, either. I can't; I use Linux, and thus
have no way of even *running* IE.

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.


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>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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