Findings This section brings together findings from the survey and interviews with some additional context to try to paint as detailed and nuanced a picture as possible of the top pain points relating to browser compatibility. It is organized into features , browsers and other themes . Features Through the survey and interviews we heard about many issues, ranging from very specific bugs to a general sense that a feature isn’t ready to use. In this section we cover roughly the top four feature areas that cause issues . The first two of these were the focus of our interviews. CSS Flexbox Flexbox was the most selected option (39%) for layout/styling features causing issues . It was also the specific feature most often mentioned (39 times, 2.7%) in free-form survey responses. That compatibility issues with Flexbox are top-of-mind is consistent with the high awareness and usage of the feature. In the State of CSS 2019 survey almost everyone knew about Flexbox and 95% used it. Usage in the wild is around 70% of page views, per chromestatus.com . We heard about issues both with old browsers like Internet Explorer, but also difficulties achieving a consistent layout in recent browsers. Notable issues are support for gap (gutters) and bugs around the sizing of “replaced content”, like images and fieldset. Several of these are in the process of being fixed at the time of writing.
Web developer quotes A selection of quotes from the survey responses:
Flexbox bugs in all major browsers except for the old EdgeHTML version of Edge
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