imagesloaded javascript library: what is the browser & device support?

Question

imagesLoaded seems like the best solution (at the time of writing, Nov 2014) to detect whether an image is loaded or not.

I found that imagesLoaded library has the following characteristics:

• license: MIT License
• dependencies: none
• weight (minified & gzipped) : 7kb minified (light!)
• download builder (helps to cut weight) : no need, already tiny
• on Github : YES
• community & contributors : pretty big, 4000+ members, although only 13 contributors
• history & contributions : stable as relatively old (since 2010) but still active project

All the above features point into the direction of a very high quality product. However, there is a couple of information I still cannot find explicitly mentioned nor on the official website imagesloaded.desandro.com, nor on the Github page github.com/desandro/imagesloaded:

1. what is the browser support?
2. what is the device support?

Even though I assume the answer to the 2nd question being obvious, I would appreciate a confirmation.

EDIT: I just remembered this answer mentioned it working on IE7+ https://mcmap.net/q/64871/-check-if-an-image-is-loaded-no-errors-with-jquery, further feedback is still welcome though

EDIT 2: I just found another source saying it does not support IE7, this time by the creator of the library himself, see message from "desandro on 30 Nov 2012" on github.com/desandro/imagesloaded/issues/16

Idealistic

It works on IE7+, what else do you need to know ? – Valence

I just found another source saying it does not support IE7, this time by the creator of the library himself, see message from "desandro on 30 Nov 2012" on github.com/desandro/imagesloaded/issues/16 – Idealistic

Thanks for trying to help. But I am looking for a solid proof or statement from a trusted contributor. That's why I took the time to actually write a proper question on StackOverflow. – Idealistic

Well, I used imagesLoaded on many IE8+ projects, without any trouble. Anyway, I think when Desandro says IE7 is no longer supported, you can deduct IE8 is. And about smartphones, tablets, etc : most of the browsers on those devices are based on webkit, so it surely will work. Windows Phone still use IE (Trident), but in a decent version (like IE10 I think). – Valence

My post that you mention referring to IE7+ support may have been for an older version of the library. It certainly worked back when I tested it. I've removed it from my answer anyway, because if the author himself doesn't say it's supported, it could break with any update. – Faithless

Thanks for that. It definitely helps to have your answer up-to-date. – Idealistic

Answer 1

It seems that imagesloaded is officially supported by IE8+.

See the answer from David DeSandro (the creator of the library) on https://github.com/desandro/imagesloaded/issues/168

Officially, imagesLoaded v3 does not support IE7 and below.

And also:

In my testing, it was successful in IE8, IE9, IE10, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox on desktop, and Mobile Safari for iOS.

Note: I will do some further testing & update this answer accordingly

Idealistic