Entries with “compatibility” tag

Opera Browsers, Modes & Engines

by Andreas Bovens in Articles

The Opera browser is available on a wide range of platforms, in a number of flavors with different modes, engines and levels of standards support. As things can get somewhat confusing, we decided to create a simple product overview that details some of these technical differences.

Fixing the scrollTop bug

by Simon Pieters in Articles

Which element scrolls the viewport when using scrollTop? This article explains what “the scrollTop bug” is and what we need to do to get it fixed. Your help is needed!

Using Capability Detection

by Hallvord R. M. Steen in Articles

Browser name sniffing, using scripts figure out which browser is used and then provide different content to them, is a widespread practice with a long history. Unfortunately these scripts are usually static, while browsers keep evolving. Simply put: sniffing browser names can seriously damage the future health of your script.