The purpose of can I use.com is to provide up-to-date browser support tables for developers using desktop and mobile web browsers. The website is updated as needed by the web development community and is free to use. Developers can use the site to help improve the responsiveness of a website depending on their code. It can also test your website for compatibility across 2000+ real web browsers and devices. The key feature is using the “Can I use” search engine to enter HTML or CSS code.
One way that the website can be used is to check to see if a feature is supported and by which browsers. It also allows the developer to select specific browsers that they want to test the usability of their code. Some features can be searchable, but not fully supported, especially by older browsers. The website can also be used as an informative news source about new features available to the browser “world”. It also includes a description of these new features along with a link to the compatibility chart. A final way that the data can be used is to understand what browser versions are the most widely used. In this case it showed that Chrome for Android is the most widely used browser followed by Chrome version 108.
A new feature in the news was the media query: range syntax. It is meant to simplify media queries using features that have a “range” component like width or height. Mathematical operators can now be used. Since it is a new feature it is not support by many older browsers. The result is that this feature will have limited use at this time.
The property "style" is supported very well when used in HTML. When used in CSS it results in either being partially supported or unsupported by a vast majority of browsers. I now realize why "style" is found primarily in HTML when we are doing an inspect on our website reviews.
In conclusion, I have learned the importance of knowing how features are supported by different browsers. It was interesting to learn that Chrome is the most widely used browser. I was also amazed at the number of browser versions and that there were 2000+ browsers to choose from globally. I would love to know the breakdown of which browsers are more widely used in different countries.