{"id":353,"date":"2009-04-01T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T21:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/?p=353"},"modified":"2017-03-08T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:50:07","slug":"browser-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/04\/01\/browser-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Browser Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Usage_share_of_web_browsers\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/files\/2009\/04\/browser-marketshare.gif\" alt=\"Browser marketshare February 2009\" width=\"400\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/files\/2009\/04\/browser-marketshare.gif 400w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/files\/2009\/04\/browser-marketshare-300x279.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the past couple of days I&#8217;ve been pondering our <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/WebDev:FrontendCodeStandards#External_Tools\">browser support chart<\/a> that the Mozilla webdev team wrote up about a year ago. Since then, the browser ecosphere has changed considerably. Chrome burst onto the scene with no warning, IE8 was released and Safari 4 is up-and-coming. <\/p>\n<p>One of the toughest parts of being a web developer is deciding what browser to support and how much to support each one. Should it be a binary decision, either support 100% or not? Support some browsers 100% and offer limited support for others? If you decide to gracefully degrade, how much and what features\/functionality are considered essential?<\/p>\n<p>And how do you decide which browsers to support? Do you choose via market share, cost\/benefit, current\/previous release, your website&#8217;s audience? <\/p>\n<p>This is an especially tough decision when part of Mozilla&#8217;s mission is to  promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Internet. Not supporting a browser simply because a small percentage of users are using it and it&#8217;s difficult to code for goes against this mission. Websites and their content should be easily accessible for all platforms, browsers and devices. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a constant battle when there is a distinct need to release early and release often, yet support as many browsers as possible. The added work of supporting more than the most recent browsers is not insignificant.<\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of openness, I want to hear what the community has to say. What are your thoughts for browser support? What will promote Mozilla&#8217;s mission but also allow us to develop quickly?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of days I&#8217;ve been pondering our browser support chart that the Mozilla webdev team wrote up about a year ago. Since then, the browser ecosphere has changed considerably. Chrome burst onto the scene with no warning, &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/04\/01\/browser-support\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1438,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Browser Support - Mozilla Web Development<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/04\/01\/browser-support\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mozilla\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/04\/01\/browser-support\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/04\/01\/browser-support\/\",\"name\":\"Browser Support - 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