On Jun 29, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Trevor Parscal tparscal@wikimedia.org wrote:
- We have a policy in place that any browser with 0.1% market share or
more should be supported for reading and basic contribution
It seems that wisdom would suggest flexibility on that policy if the < 0.1% includes a substantial portion of a notable demographic. e.g. China and IE6.
- We have a policy that reading and basic contribution should be
possible without JavaScript
And reading is probably necessary for effective (and efficient) SEO.
- Not supporting older browsers is not always about work involved, many
times it is not possible to bring certain features to a browser because of lack of support or severe bugs
I would consider that as cost → ∞
— Daniel