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SHOW HN2015
199points
48comments
#88of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful for tracking when features become safe to use.
From 4 comments
Very cool. Signed up. I often find myself looking at technologies and thinking "Oh, I'll use that someday," then forgetting about them. Feature request: Allow user to set minimum…
davezatch on HNThis is a great idea! Useful to us :)
EGreg on HNNice work! I'd been using http://caniuse.com/#info_news, but it requires some manual checking still :)
renekooi on HNThis is so cool, I had a similar idea when Yo came out (a Yo app that Yo's you when there are changes in web standards and adoption rates). This implementation is great and very…
primitivesuave on HN
Objections
Unclear whether support is measured across browsers or global traffic.
From 2 comments
I'm confused. Is this if it is supported by 90% of browsers, or 90% of global traffic? What might be interesting here is using my own web site traffic to know whether 90% of my…
martin-adams on HNWhat browsers are considered in this percentage? If 27 (lots of obscure) browsers support it, but 3 major ones (e.g. chrome, firefox, ie) don't, is it considered 90%?
Aardwolf on HN
Confirmation email step suggested, but debated.
From 3 comments
This is pretty useful! As an aside, please consider sending a confirmation email to the address and subscribing only afterwards.
thameera on HN> ...why? So that if somebody mis-types their address and ends up entering mine, I don't get bombarded with crap that I don't want. It's incredibly annoying when this happens.
mrkipling on HNI had the impression that you chose a standard you care about and it is going to send exactly one email. With confirmation, that would become two.
CyberShadow on HN
Requests
RSS feed.
From 2 comments
In addition to email, could you provide an RSS feed as well?
the_imp on HNCool! Any possibility you'll add an RSS feed in the future? (Unless there is one and I missed it)
klum on HN
Granular minimum support rules and per-market or traffic-based data.
From 4 comments
Very cool. Signed up. I often find myself looking at technologies and thinking "Oh, I'll use that someday," then forgetting about them. Feature request: Allow user to set minimum…
davezatch on HNGreat idea. I wonder if there is public data making a ping by market segment possible too. For example I have to maintain a web app which is aimed at corporate users thus our…
jahnu on HNI'm confused. Is this if it is supported by 90% of browsers, or 90% of global traffic? What might be interesting here is using my own web site traffic to know whether 90% of my…
martin-adams on HNVery cool, always been a bit of a struggle. I know this has been mentioned slightly before, but what about making this data intersect with the traffic usage. I know this could…
janpieterz on HN
Questions
Which browsers and regions count toward the 90% figure?
From 3 comments
I'm confused. Is this if it is supported by 90% of browsers, or 90% of global traffic? What might be interesting here is using my own web site traffic to know whether 90% of my…
martin-adams on HNWhat browsers are considered in this percentage? If 27 (lots of obscure) browsers support it, but 3 major ones (e.g. chrome, firefox, ie) don't, is it considered 90%?
Aardwolf on HNKnowing when it "works", including polyfills and graceful degradation, is more useful, but may involve more human input to decide. (The country you target can have a big impact…
ZeroGravitas on HN
Alternatives named
caniuse.com
From 2 comments
Nice work! I'd been using http://caniuse.com/#info_news, but it requires some manual checking still :)
renekooi on HNI think there's an RSS feed at caniuse.com so that should probably be the primary source. But it's been requested a couple of times so I'll write it on a list and get it up at…
AlexMuir on HN
Google Analytics-based traffic checks
From 2 comments
I'm confused. Is this if it is supported by 90% of browsers, or 90% of global traffic? What might be interesting here is using my own web site traffic to know whether 90% of my…
martin-adams on HN90% of global browsers. I believe you can import your Google Analytics data into http://caniuse.com for this depth of information.
AlexMuir on HN