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by technotarek 2659 days ago
Except for the "works everywhere" suggestion...

https://caniuse.com/#feat=details

And here I thought Edge was a modern browser.

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It's a basic DOM element — a block of content. Without native support, it's simply shown by default, instead of hidden by default, so nothing is broken, and even the default on non-supporting browsers can be changed with JS and CSS.

If anything, this is the works everywheriest of things that "work everywhere" in post-2010 web development. Some other stuff actually breaks accessibility by default.

Thx. Good to know. In that case, selective usage seems like good policy.
Given that Edge has less than 5% marketshare globally (depending on the source of the information), I would say that fretting over compatibility with it is not a priority. And given that MS is moving Edge to Chromium rendering engine, I assume this will solve the compat problem.
5% can still be a decent number of users, and tends to trend even higher in certain segments (state and local government, smaller "old economy" businesses)