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On 24/10/2007, underscore at firecast.co.uk <underscore at firecast.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks all for the feedback so far. I think for the main, I'm only
> looking to do quick layout and javascript testing on multiple formats.
>
> This may be a silly question which can be answered by Mac's point below.
> But does anyone have any thoughts as to browser types tath should be
> tested against other that IE, Firefox and Safari, given their share in
> the browser market?

Our cut-off point (IIRC) was always 3%. If a browser had less share
than that, then it wasn't "supported". I've argued more recently that,
although Safari and Opera have low market share, they're easier to
support (it usually comes for free) than IE.

Dave Shea wrote his article MOSe (Mozilla/Opera/Safari enhancement)
back in 2003:
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2003/06/25/mose/

There's also Yahoo's Graded Browser Support principle:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/index.html

I don't think you have to make "support" a black and white issue;
basic/old browsers should get your content, while newer, more capable
ones get more bells and whistles. That's the magic of Progressive
Enhancement.

Tim