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

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:51 AM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > 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. Mmh. Ok. if it does seem to break stuff lets revert it, and upgrade to 1.11.1 instead? -Hannes