On 11/21/2012 11:33 AM, Steven Walling wrote:
I was going to go on a long rant here in response to
your assertion that we
shouldn't have a flashy interface, but I'll spare everyone and just say
that I strongly disagree.
I am not opposed to having a flashy interface at all and did not assert
anything like that.
However, having flashy interfaces does not automatically mean that the
user experience for users with older soft / hardware has to be bad. In
many cases, it is actually pretty easy from a technical perspective to
provide a reasonable experience for older browsers while still having
flashy things where supported.
I fear that a binary browser policy would discourage people from keeping
this in mind, and think that we can do better than that.
--
Gabriel Wicke
Senior Software Developer
Wikimedia Foundation