I was updating babel configuration for my new Atlassian Cloud App project and I was deciding which browsers should I support. I have checked Atlassian’s supported browsers list for Cloud and I have found out it is a really simple list. In short, “Latest version of mainstream browsers” and it doesn’t include IE 🎉.
I have decided to use a separate .browserslistrc file to specify which browsers are supported.
last 1 chrome version
last 1 firefox version
last 1 edge version
last 1 safari version
last 1 ios_saf version
last 1 android version
Running npx browserslist --coverage shows this account for 11.82% of all users globally. It is low but, that’s what Jira supports and my app is only a plugin for Jira, so I’m settled.
Actually I have done with my browser list. But while reading the Github page of Browserslist I have found some interesting facts and I want to share them.
Don’t remove browsers just because you don’t know them. Opera Mini has 100 million users in Africa and it is more popular in the global market than Microsoft Edge. Chinese QQ Browsers has more market share than Firefox and desktop Safari combined.