Technology

Supported Browsers and Platforms

Off on a Tangent is designed for a viewport width of at least 360dp. It should work properly in most modern browsers on most modern platforms. If you have any trouble using the site with any of the browsers listed below, please let me know!

Browsers

The most recent version of each of the browsers listed below is fully supported:

Operating Systems

The above-listed browsers are tested (when available) on the latest versions of the following operating systems:

Core and Libraries

WordPress: the blogging and content management system at the core of this site, including the following plugins:
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection by Automattic - Anti-spam Team
- Broken Link Checker by WPMU DEV
- Disable Comments by WPDeveloper
- Geolocation IP Detection by Yellow Tree (Benjamin Pick)
- Site Kit by Google
- Jetpack by Automattic
- Search Exclude by QuadLayers
- VigilanTor by Drew Phillips
- W3 Total Cache by BoldGrid
- Yoast SEO by Team Yoast
Underscores (_s): the WordPress starter theme and basis of the Tangent theme
This site also makes use of the following libraries:
- jQuery: used by most of the site’s client-side JavaScript code
- Bootstrap: the responsive layout and interface framework
- Bootstrap Icons: the icon library used throughout the site
- Bootstrap Navbar Dropdowns: improved Bootstrap menu functions
- jsVectorMap: the foundation of the electoral and other maps
- Mousetrap: used by the site’s keyboard shortcut system
- PHP MoonPhase: used to calculate lunar-based holidays
- Popper: dependency for some Bootstrap features