There are probably more browser bugs than real bugs so I thought why not collect them and give a shout-out to the best ones crossing my way. So, this marks the beginning of a weekly roundup of my favorite browser bugs, best workarounds and other browser bugs related issues. Enjoy! As an extra, I will share tips/features/improvements for testing at the end.
Bugs and Workarounds #
Flexbugs #
Let’s start with a fantastic list of cross-browser flexbox issues and their known workarounds by Philip Walton.
Article and Github Repo
The Chrome CSS Bug That Crashed Our Site #
Chrome has issue calculating inset box-shadows with large numbers. Fix will probably land in Chrome 40.
Bug writing guidelines for Firefox #
Effective bug reports are the most likely to be fixed. These guidelines explain how to write such reports.
Bugreport from the past (still open) #
Bug 129986 (from 2002) – Cached Gif animations don’t reset on reload.
Happy Bugreporter of the week #
Debugging and Testing #
Animation controls in Devtools (Chrome Canary) #
Val Head shares a sceencast showing how to use the animation play/pause and speed control in Devtools.
IE test VMs on modern.IE get a refresh #
VMs to help web developers test versions of Internet Explorer