+1 to ignoring IE8. On a side note, I have been working on a graphics sub system that uses SVG to draw stuff on the screen in FlexJS.
I hope to commit that sometime soon so that others can use these APIs to draw things Flash and HTML. Thanks, Om On Jun 27, 2014 7:19 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> wrote: > We still have IE8 users here at work ATM (always behind). I still vote > don't bother supporting it. There is always the flash player for it for > IE8 users. IE9 is the first version that starts supporting newer > standards and it's not until IE10 that it can start supporting HTML5 > elements consistently. Let's not cripple ourselves to keep supporting IE8. > > > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Ent [mailto:p...@adobe.com] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:46 AM > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Subject: [FlexJS] SVG Question > > I'm developing a PieChart component for FlexJS. I've got a decent start on > the ActionScript version. I want to use SVG for the JavaScript version. > From what I can tell, SVG is not supported at all on IE8. It seems that > anyone who really wants to run on IE8 substitutes a bitmap for the SVG when > they detect an IE8 browser. > > I'd like to get the community's opinion on this. Should we bother to try > to support IE8 (and any other browser that doesn't support SVG)? > > I do understand that there are levels of SVG support; I am hoping basic > SVG line drawing and color-fill are common across modern browsers. > > Thanks, > > Peter Ent > Adobe Systems >
