Genesis 2.0 & HTML5 & old browsers

[jhguynn]

Sorry to ask such a newbie question, but is there any potential conflict with older browsers if I elect to upgrade to genesis 2.0 and use HTML5? Just can't wrap my head around the notion that odler browsers would be up to speed with the latest and greatest. Please let me know if I'm thinking about this all wrong.

[RobG]

You may be right about that I can't say for sure because I keep all my browsers up to speed, But if you do find out this is the case please come back and let me know.

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[AnitaC]

@jhguynn I guess it will be dependent upon how old the browser being used will be. I think with any theme and/or framework it's a crap shoot. You just have to try it and see how it goes. I try to encourage friends, family, clients, etc., that they need to update/upgrade their browsers periodically because older versions could pose security risks. So, I would just take it one site at a time and then try them out on the browsers.

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[RobG]

@Anitac, I have to agree with you I don't recomment using any thing that's outdated for the reasons you described it's not a safe thing to do.

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[Stefsull]

@jhguynn, you can't, of course, force your users to upgrade their browsers. You can, however, look at your analytics to see how many IE6/7/8 users you have (those are really the only ones to worry about).

That said, the shiv placed into the framework will force those older browsers who don't understand HTML5 elements to render them just like they do other divs/elements. So if it's just those elements you're worried about, you should be fine.

If you decide to use other parts of CSS3 or HTML5, you'll have to evaluate those items on a case-by-case basis (and perhaps use Modernizr for feature tests and fallbacks). But the Genesis framework itself should be golden—even on the old dogs we can't yet get rid of.

[fox]

If you look at the code output of the page, Genesis uses the html5 Google js to give support for IE 9 or less browsers. It should read:
<!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->

[jhguynn]

Many tanks to all, especially Stefsull and fox. That's exactly the perspective I needed to put my concerns to rest.

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