Resolution Hell

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/via https://www.monkeyuser.com/2016/development-platforms/
When it comes to browsers, I’ve always found the “Too many display formats on Android” argument to be somewhat humorous, because, compared to the living hell that is doing anything on PCs/Macs Android is a bit of a walk in the park.
For good or for bad, people tend to swap their phones out somewhat frequently. Ok, maybe not every year (cough), but you’re unlikely to find 5 year old phones out there.
But theirPCs? Boy Howdy.
Seriously, it’s not just that you can still find low-rez laptops for sale today, it’s that if you find somebody using a five year old PC, it’s not even surprising!.
And life gets even more entertaining when it comes to corporations, where they don’t just have geriatric computers, they even mandate fun stuff like “Everything must work with IE11”.
IE11! Which, the last time I checked, doesn’t support CSS Grids, PWA, and most other things that are — finally! — making for actually cool/useful web UX.
Yes, if all you’re doing is mobile development, the Android resolution entertainment isn’t fun. But if you’re doing web development, and need to support Android and PCs/Macs, well, the long pole certainly isn’t Android…

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