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BTW, I agree that making a website work in IE11 is an important thing. For every project. Here are two resources for understanding how...
1) A video about IE11 & CSS Grid:
2) A 7-part series on writing CSS that works all the time: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
1) A video about IE11 & CSS Grid:
2) A 7-part series on writing CSS that works all the time: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
The other common misunderstanding — people think it's a one-and-done decision. Either use Grid totally-everywhere all-in, or Nope No Grid, nowhere, on nothing. A single decision to be made for the whole website.
No, no no.... you decide for each little bit of layout...
No, no no.... you decide for each little bit of layout...
On this little bit — where this image lines up with this box, should I use Flow, Flexbox, Grid or something else? Ok, how about here, on this card layout: Flow, Flexbox, or Grid? How about on this component? Grid this?
Each decision is independent of the others. Separate.
Each decision is independent of the others. Separate.
Each is a place to think about fallbacks. What happens in older browser, on small/big screens? When content changes sizes? When the unexpected happens?
Sometimes Grid is the right tool. Many times it's not. Browser support is just one of many considerations.
Sometimes Grid is the right tool. Many times it's not. Browser support is just one of many considerations.
Ignoring CSS Grid and refusing to consider it in these moments is madness. It's a key tool, a powerful tool. There is no reason to ignore it.
IE11 dying will NOT change this process of thinking through robustness. You still need to do this — to consider what can go wrong.
IE11 dying will NOT change this process of thinking through robustness. You still need to do this — to consider what can go wrong.
Anyone who tells you using CSS Grid & supporting older browsers like IE11 means you have to "do two layouts" and that "will take twice as long" — well, they haven't even tried Grid. It does not work that way. You create one layout. One codebase. It's not twice as much work.
What will take longer is learning something new. That can be a real blocker. Each of us has to take time to experiment, research, learn, fail, do it two or three times... So maybe you don't have time to do that right now. That's totally understandable. But don't blame IE11.
It bugs me when people say "I can't use Grid because of IE11, so I'm not going to learn it". People are saying that because other people are saying that. Even though it's not true.
Those people are holding you back in your career. They don't know. And they are hurting you.
Those people are holding you back in your career. They don't know. And they are hurting you.
