How smart is it to just start creating websites with Flexbox, with no fallback?

[justin]

How smart is it to just start creating websites with Flexbox, with no fallback? I was wondering if the browser stats have dropped enough for IE 8 and 9, if anyone has just started to use FLexbox on a regular basis? Also, does anyone have any good fallback techniques that they can elaborate on, if they are doing hybrid layouts?

[nixnerd]

According to this:

http://caniuse.com/flexbox

Flexbox support is over 80%. Totally depends on the sites and who will be using it. If it’s a site for designers and devs… there is a STRONG chance they won’t be using anything less than the latest and greatest Firefox/Chrome/Maybe Safari. Therefore… go ahead and use flexbox. If it’s a site for a small business… don’t.

However, I just recently spent a bunch of time with flexbox and there are only a few features I would really want… and they can be achieved with JS. So, I just don’t really see the purpose.

[valimai]

This is the first time I heard about flexbox. What is flexbox?

[__]

This is the first time I heard about flexbox. What is flexbox?

The link NIX gave includes references, including one here on css-tricks.

Flexbox support is over 80%.

That’s including “partial” support, which, in this case, mostly means the outdated flexbox spec or alternate syntaxes, which really isn’t helpful. So, it comes down to whether or not you care for IE, iOS, and Android (where support is limited to the most current versions).

Eventually, flexbox will be practical. Until then, I can do what I want without it.

[Mary]

What if you also put a float: left and display inline-block in the flex-element for the older browsers? i see nothing weird happening so far, but haven’t tested it online, only locally in ff…what do you think?
gr Mary

[Mary]

with flex box you can give div’s next to each other an equal height, no matter how much content each div has. Just put it i my site, really handy!
gr Mary

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