Re: PHP-WEBMASTER: /web/php/branches/PROTOTYPE_2010/

On 19.03.2010 13:36, Paul Dragoonis wrote: >> Keep in mind that by the time this is finished most browser will have >> implemented a good chunk of the HTML5 and the DOMStorage specs, so we >> could push all sorts of data to the client, incrementally adding more >> stuff to it on every search or whatever we would like. >> > Realistically we need to create against what technologies are available now > with an open mind of what will be available to us in future. When XHTML5 + > DOMStorage becomes a standard in all major supported browsers then we can > look into refactoring it for new emerging technologies. From Wikipedia page : > Web storage is being standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium > (W3C). It was originally part of the HTML 5 specification, but is now > in a separate specification[1]. It is supported by Internet Explorer > 8, Mozilla-based browsers (e.g., Firefox 2+, officially from 3.5)[2], > Safari 4, Google Chrome 4, and Opera 10.50. That means anyone except IE6/7 can use it, for all I care those could just not get an auto-complete field at all, and just submit the search. If it makes our lives easier, imo it's completely acceptable to skip IE6/7 as long as it degrades well and doesn't prevent them from using the site/search. Consider that uk.php.net server stats for february show 10% of visits from IE6/7 combined. This is likely to drop even more by the time we push this. For all other browsers, I don't think people are stuck with crappy old versions, so I'd say it's ok to use it. Cheers, Jordi

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