> and not everyone installs update (or uses devices that can't be updated);
That's exactly the kind of example I was looking for, thank you; the idea that people would run iOS and not get Safari updates had not occurred to me, and that's an entirely valid use case and a potentially large user cohort for some sites. Sites with such users would indeed be unable to make immediate use of features just because they're in evergreen browsers. Thanks for the explanation.
I know that there are plenty of people out there who are not looking to change their mind. This was not one of those cases. In this case, I was looking to hear the benefit of the experiences behind your comment of "Some of us need to", and hearing it helped me update from "it's safe to rely on evergreen browsers" to "it may still be necessary for some sites to check statistics on usage of old Safari among their users, and adapt accordingly".
JoshTriplett|2 years ago
That's exactly the kind of example I was looking for, thank you; the idea that people would run iOS and not get Safari updates had not occurred to me, and that's an entirely valid use case and a potentially large user cohort for some sites. Sites with such users would indeed be unable to make immediate use of features just because they're in evergreen browsers. Thanks for the explanation.
I know that there are plenty of people out there who are not looking to change their mind. This was not one of those cases. In this case, I was looking to hear the benefit of the experiences behind your comment of "Some of us need to", and hearing it helped me update from "it's safe to rely on evergreen browsers" to "it may still be necessary for some sites to check statistics on usage of old Safari among their users, and adapt accordingly".