Questions tagged [browser-support]

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How to check if a website has HTTP/2 protocol support

There are a lot of topics about the HTTP/2 protocol, but I wonder if there is a working website with this protocol. I.e. We can decide to use http:// or https://, but how can we write a HTTP/2 request? I am aware that this protocol depends on the…
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Why is HTML5 input type datetime removed from browsers already supporting it?

I was wondering why all browsers, like Chrome versions higher than 26, which had support in the past for the input datetime removed it? This sounds like a duplicate of this article, but that one is quite aged. It looks like the HTML WG prefers…
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Which browsers support import and export syntax for ECMAScript 6?

I am currently writing a web application using the MEAN Stack, and am attempting to write code in ECMAScript 6 JavaScript; however, I am getting errors in both Chrome and Firefox when using import and export syntax. Are there currently any browsers…
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What is the best way to check for XHR2 file upload support?

If XHR2 is supported with file-upload capabilites, my application needs to do different preparation. What is a safe way to check if these capabilities are supported. Is it sufficient, for example, to just check an XMLHttpRequest (or MS…
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Browser support for eTags

I'm working on getting my site to support the eTag/If-None-Match browser cache, but I'm not sure which browsers do/don't support it. Can anyone point me to a list? I can't imagine it's universal, but I haven't found anything that supports that…
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What is SignalR's browser compatibility?

The most I've found online is in the SignalR FAQ, where it is stated that SignalR does not work in IE6/7. However, for legal reasons I need to present to customers a list of supported browsers. Is there such a list of tested browsers for…
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How well is the `for of` JavaScript statement supported?

var nameArray = [ { name: 'john', surname: 'smith' }, { name: 'paul', surname: 'jones' }, { name: 'timi', surname: 'abel' }, ]; for (str of nameArray) { console.log( str.name ); } I want to know, how supported is for( item of array )…
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Why doesn't [CSS feature] work in [browser] but works in others?

I tried using transition on Firefox 15 and it didn't work even though it worked on other versions of Firefox and other browsers like Chrome and Safari. When I view the properties using Firefox's inspector the transition is struck through and gives…
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Is there a tool for detecting browser compatibility issues in my Javascript code?

I'm writing a Javascript library, and I'd like to be able to run it through some tool that will detect any methods that are incompatible with certain browsers, and/or tell me which browsers do support my code. So far I can't find anything like…
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Check Browser Support for specific Mime Type?

For a web application which allows in-browser preview of documents, I'd like to check whether the user's browser supports preview of the current document's mime type. Is there a Javascript-based way to match the current mime type against the types…
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Browser support for window.location.reload(true)

window.location.reload() is supported in all browsers, according to w3schools But what's with window.location.reload(true) which reloads the page without cache? How well is it supported?
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Browser compatibility/support table for JavaScript methods/properties

I found a few days ago a nice site with a big table with all the javascript proprieties/methods and the availability to all major browser. My problem is that I can't find that site any more. Where can I find such a list? UPDATE: Of course I've…
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Detect older IE versions

I need to detect if the user is running an older version of IE (IE9 is fine) from a jQuery plugin, so I won't have control over the HTML. We've been discouraged from parsing the user-agent string and using $.browser.msie. The $.support method…
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What browsers support CSS #parent > .direct-child notation? (no jQuery)

As far as I know, the > (#test>div) means that the div is required to be a direct child of #test. Where a space (#test div) means that it can be a descendant/ancestor relationship. So #test p div would be affected by simply a reference to #test…
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Browser support PNG transparency

Is IE6 the only browser that doesn't support PNG transparency?
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