Beta Testing New Compatability Tables

wbamberg · January 23, 2018, 7:50pm

When looking at the page about the RegisteredContentScript interface or class, the compat table doesn’t need to say the name of the interface at all, really, does it?

It doesn’t: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/contentScripts/RegisteredContentScript#Browser_compatibility

Stephanie_Hobson · January 24, 2018, 7:28pm

This function could be adapted to be used in compat tables as well:

github.com

mozilla/kuma/blob/master/kuma/static/js/wiki.js#L136-L170


/*
    Add intelligent break points to:
    - long article titles in document head
    - left nav
    - breadcrumbs
    Don't use this on anything that might have child elements
*/
$('.document .document-head h1, .quick-links a code, .crumbs span[property=name]').each(function() {
    var $wrapper = $(this);
    var text = $wrapper.text();
    // don't do anything if there are any child elements, they would be removed
    if ($wrapper.children().length > 0) {
        return;
    }


    /*
     * split on 3 lowercase characters in a row (try to avoid breaking acronyms)
     *     - splitting here is a bit of a hack to get around lack of look behind in jS
     * IF followed by [ . : ( OR capital letter
     * IF followed by 3 letters or [ @ . : (

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fscholz · February 7, 2018, 5:32pm

The tables are live for a while and the survey saw more responses (339 so far).

I (quickly) looked into the 234 responses where a comment was provided and I would summarize the comments like this:

No browser icons, text please: 84
Browser icons with colors please: 19
The red X crossing is noisy: 7
New tables are better: 19
Old tables are better: 21
Red-green color blindness or contrast problems: 11
Thanks for adding nodejs: 9
Please no clicking to expand detailed info: 5

The comments regarding the browser icons are mainly that it takes more brain power and time to interpret which browser is meant as opposed to just read the browser name. Many people can’t differentiate Edge and IE icons and many people don’t know certain browsers at all or their icons.

My feeling is that we should change to browser names instead of the icons. We also saw similar comments in the user interviews and on twitter.

sheppy · February 7, 2018, 10:46pm

I agree. Anything that reduces processing time when looking at the tables is a win for our readers.

Sheppy