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As of [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/musicbrainz-devel/2014/2014-06/2014-06-02.html#T19-59-04-740928 2nd June 2014], the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:
As of [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/musicbrainz-devel/2015/2015-05/2015-05-25.html#T19-27-10-991609 25th May 2015], the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:


* Apple Safari 5.1 or newer
* Apple Safari 7.0 or newer
* Google Chrome 31 or newer
* Google Chrome 39 or newer
* Internet Explorer 8.0 or newer
* Internet Explorer 8 or newer when logged out, 11 or newer when logged in
* Mozilla Firefox 24 or newer
* Mozilla Firefox 31 or newer
* Opera 12.10 or newer
* Opera 12.10 or newer


A bug which affects any of these should be fixed. Bugs which only affect an unsupported browser or browser version will be considered but the developers may decide to close them as "won't fix".
Internet Explorer 8 is no longer supported for editing [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/musicbrainz-devel/2014/2014-10/2014-10-13.html#T19-29-02-536976].

=== Javascript support ===


The website should work with Javascript disabled if you're not logged in, or not editing data. Javascript is required to edit.
The website should work with Javascript disabled if you're not logged in, or not editing data. Javascript is required to edit.


=== Mobile devices ===
If you file a bug which only affects an unsupported browser or browser version, the developers may close this as "won't fix". A bug which affects any of the supported browsers should be fixed. This list should be revised twice a year, shortly after each schema change and should usually include browser versions with at least a 0.5% share of traffic over the previous 6 months. While we don't fully support Android Browser, feel free to report any bugs on 4.0+ so that we know what is broken in it.

The website currently does not fully support mobile devices. However, feel free to report any bugs so that we know what is broken.

=== Updates to this list ===

This list should be revised twice a year, shortly after each schema change. It should take into account browser versions with at least a 0.5% share of traffic over the previous 6 months.

Revision as of 19:48, 25 May 2015

As of 25th May 2015, the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:

  • Apple Safari 7.0 or newer
  • Google Chrome 39 or newer
  • Internet Explorer 8 or newer when logged out, 11 or newer when logged in
  • Mozilla Firefox 31 or newer
  • Opera 12.10 or newer

A bug which affects any of these should be fixed. Bugs which only affect an unsupported browser or browser version will be considered but the developers may decide to close them as "won't fix".

Javascript support

The website should work with Javascript disabled if you're not logged in, or not editing data. Javascript is required to edit.

Mobile devices

The website currently does not fully support mobile devices. However, feel free to report any bugs so that we know what is broken.

Updates to this list

This list should be revised twice a year, shortly after each schema change. It should take into account browser versions with at least a 0.5% share of traffic over the previous 6 months.