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by exodust 3304 days ago
Quick question: are we/you using flexbox now even for critical areas such as navigation? I've been putting off using it for areas like top nav due to browser support, but surely now we can use it without worrying about fallbacks? I guess the answer is always "depends" with links to can-i-use, but wanted to hear opinions.

I love flexbox, it's what we all wanted back in the day... now it's here, it's motivating me to code some new responsive templates from scratch, and I'm blown away how well flexbox handles nice neat responsive columns. It plays nicely with other CSS too.

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I have no problem using it in more "modern" projects. This is another case where IE is really holding things back. If you need support for IE9 or earlier it's really just not worth the trouble, in my opinion. Most other browsers have pretty decent support for it, though. So if you're OK with only supporting IE11 onward, I think it's totally fine to use.