Thread:Extension talk:VisualEditor/Code to enable in IE and Ipad (despite the temporary shut down on the main Wikipedia?)/reply

If you append  to the query URL, VisualEditor should load regardless of your browser (even if it fails our fundamental technology tests). However, there are reasons behind each of the blacklist-ings, so be careful - for example:


 * Firefox 13 and 14 causes links to be turned from  to , corrupting pages;
 * Internet Explorer's security model means that the cross-server requests used to save the page don't work, so users can never save their work; and
 * Android 2.x claims that it supports, but then doesn't give you a keyboard, so users can't enter or interact with any content.

We only blacklist browsers that are known to break, and whitelist those that are known to work; other browsers, assuming they pass the feature tests, should "just work", with a note explaining that they may exhibit broken behaviour. Mobile browsers are generally in this last group, and so should be usable - though we've heard a few reports of issues (we've not been focussing on mobile and tablet users yet). If it's not working for you, some details would help me figure out why and see if we can fix it.