[OpenLayers-Users] supported browsers

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 10:23:13PM +0200, Jens Nachtigall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there somewhere a FAQ telling me which browsers (starting at which 
> version?) are supported by openlayers? 
> It seems that Konqueror 3.5.4 is supported (nice :-), 
> how about firefox, ie, opera, safari whatever (I don't care about dillo and 
> ascii art maps for links and lynx ;-)

The browsers we currently test in:

  Firefox 1.5
  Internet Explorer 6.0 -- not sure on the specifics
  Mozilla 1.8
  Safari 1.3
  Opera 9
  
It is known that Safari 1.1 doesn't work -- we don't currently have
access to a 10.3 mac, so I can't test in 1.2. FF 1.0 definitely does
work.

Other than Safari 1.1, I've not yet had any browsers reported as failing
in the wild. Internet Explorer 5.5 for mac will *not* be supported, as it is 
end of lined by Microsoft and simply doesn't have the Javascript
capabilities neccesary for doing the heavy lifting OpenLayers does.

There is a ticket for cross browser compatibility --
http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/79 -- which has not been heavily
worked on yet, but is the eventual goal list for cross-browser support,
designed to match Google Maps.

If there is a specific browser that you find is not working, please let
us know, and we will move it up in priority for testing.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer