What do people use Modernizr for?
A question popped to my head when doing some work on a site that is using Modernizr: “What do people mainly use Modernizr for?”. I asked Paul Irish on Twitter and he generously shared the last 30 days of Modernizr build data. It does not say anything of how much people actually use the features, but it says something about what they intend to use. I took the stats and did a simple sort and count (without weighing in how much each build is used…).
All the top results were “functions”, not specific feature tests, which tells us that Modernizr is actually used more as a JavaScript framework than anything else. I have listed some of the most used functions and feature tests below. Full list is here (at sheet 2).
Top functions
- load
- cssclasses
- testprop
- testallprops
- shiv
- teststyles
- prefixes
- hasevent
Top feature tests
- boxshadow
- csstransitions
- textshadow
- rgba
- opacity
- cssgradients
- borderradius
- canvastext
- csstransforms3d
- multiplebgs
- canvas
Not sure if it is ok to classify Modernizr like this… Let me know in the comments of you have another opinion or comment on the “stats”.