A note about compatibility

After covering media queries for not a few pages, I suppose we should briefly quash a few dreams—I mean, um, we should probably talk about browser support.

The good news? Media queries enjoy remarkably broad support in modern desktop browsers. Opera has supported media queries since version 9.5, Firefox 3.5 and above supports them, as do WebKit-based desktop browsers like Safari 3+ and Chrome. Even Internet Explorer 9 (http://bkaprt.com/rwd/32/) supports media queries (http://bkaprt.com/rwd/33/)! Somebody pinch me.

And moving beyond the desktop, things are also looking good for media queries. WebKit-based mobile browsers, such as Mobile Safari, HP’s webOS, and Android’s browser all support media queries. And as reported by Peter-Paul Koch (http://bkaprt.com/rwd/34/), Opera Mobile and Opera Mini are on the @media bandwagon, as are Mozilla’s forays into mobile browsing. And with Windows Phone due to get IE9 in 2011 (http://bkaprt.com/rwd/35/), we’re facing a browser landscape that enjoys widespread support for media queries, which is incredibly exciting.