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

[Justin Tadlock]

I'm pretty much in agreement with Chip.

My personal rule in regards to IE is to support the 2 latest versions, 
which are currently 9 and 10.

On 1/31/2013 7:03 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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 <mailto: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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