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Bug 19129 - Compatibility tables: Opera Mini support is not listed
Summary: Compatibility tables: Opera Mini support is not listed
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 19180
Alias: None
Product: webplatform.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: info architecture (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alex Komoroske
QA Contact: public-webplatform-bugs list
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Reported: 2012-09-29 10:00 UTC by Chris Mills
Modified: 2012-10-02 03:13 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Mills 2012-09-29 10:00:12 UTC
There is no option to add Opera Mini support information in the compat tables. Who do I have to give a wedgie to, to get this added? ;-)
Comment 1 Alex Komoroske 2012-09-30 20:13:50 UTC
We started this conversation months ago and never came to a resolution. There are too many mobile browsers to include in a single compatibility table (although the current set, which I just took based on what MDN had, clearly isn't perfect).

There are a few competing things here:
* Not wanting to overwhelm readers with way too many columns
* Not wanting to overwhelm _editors_ with way too many columns--it makes the job look impossible and can be de-motivating
* Implementation-wise, it's very hard to set up the compatibility tables in ways with a variable number of columns.

Figuring out how we handle mobile compatibility tables is a good topic for the hackathon.
Comment 2 Chris Mills 2012-10-01 05:28:48 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> We started this conversation months ago and never came to a resolution. There
> are too many mobile browsers to include in a single compatibility table
> (although the current set, which I just took based on what MDN had, clearly
> isn't perfect).
> 
> There are a few competing things here:
> * Not wanting to overwhelm readers with way too many columns
> * Not wanting to overwhelm _editors_ with way too many columns--it makes the
> job look impossible and can be de-motivating
> * Implementation-wise, it's very hard to set up the compatibility tables in
> ways with a variable number of columns.
> 
> Figuring out how we handle mobile compatibility tables is a good topic for the
> hackathon.

I appreciate these points of view, but in Opera Mini's case, it will look strange not having support info for it listed, as it is a major browser. Not in the US where everyone has a smartphone and Wifi, but in places like Russia/CIS, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
Comment 3 Alex Komoroske 2012-10-01 14:51:12 UTC
I have as a topic for discussion for the hackathon to come up with a list of mobile browsers to have in our compat table.

I agree that the current list is just flat out silly.
Comment 4 Scott Sweeney 2012-10-02 03:13:49 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 19180 ***