Re: com web/shared: updated jQuery to v2.1.1: templates/footer.inc

Hannes Magnusson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: >> Hannes Magnusson wrote: >> >>> updated jQuery to v2.1.1 >> >> Are you aware that jQuery 2.x doesn't support IE 6/7/8? It might be >> better to stick with jQuery 1.x (currently 1.11.1); see >> <http://jquery.com/download/#jquery-2-x>. > > He did mention that yes: > https://github.com/php/web-shared/pull/3 > > I can't say that I care to much for old IE versions (or new ones for > that matters). > If someone complains then lets see. > > Keep in mind this is not an ecommerce website, we are not loosing > anything by not supporting every old browser. Okay. However, IE 8 is still in widespread use; according to <http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2&qpcustomd=0> it is the most used browser (> 20%). On the other hand, I assume it is used only by few PHP developers nowadays. I found that the changed footer is used for wiki.php.net (and maybe other subdomains). This site seems mostly usable with IE 8, but the fixed links ("Old revisions" etc.) are not shown. I'm not sure, though, if that is related to jQuery 2 or if it is a CSS issue. Anyway, updating the jQuery version (1.11.1 or 2.1.1) in the footer of php.net (<https://github.com/php/web-php/blob/master/include/footer.inc>) seems to be sensible. -- Christoph M. Becker