Re:Ask HN: Which browser for web development and why?
by Jeremy1026 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:49AM
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All of them. Because inevitably you're going to have a user on IE6 on Windows XP that the app doesn't work right for and you'll end up supporting it because management doesn't want to lose a customer. Ideally you'll want to be working with IE9+, Chrome ~48+, Firefox ~40+, Safari 9+ to ensure modern compatibility.
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Re:Ask HN: Which browser for web development and why?
by garethsprice on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:07PM
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This is where clearly specifying a browser support list at the beginning of a web project (or regularly updating one for long projects) helps to set those expectations.
We have a list updated quarterly based on browsers with 5%+ market share that is baked into any requirements that clients sign off on, with additional time/money required for supporting anything outside of the list.
Saved our bacon many times when it turns out the client is using a 9 year old Firefox browser they refuse to upgrade, or it turns out one particular branch office is still stuck on IE8 (true stories...)
Re:Ask HN: Which browser for web development and why?
by chris__butters on Friday October 20, 2017 @05:09AM
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Completely agree with this, we tend to state that we will support the latest version and two major previous versions and if any other support is needed we can accommodate that at an extra cost which some of our clients have refused to pay.
For development purposes I use Chrome for work stuff and Opera for personal projects.