Is okay to implement Modernizr with Twitter Bootstrap?

Question

Is it OK to implement Modernizr with Twitter Bootstrap?

I'm currently using Bootstrap with Google's html5shiv and I wanted to know if I can use Modernizr instead or is it overkill just to get HTML5 elements activated for older IE browsers?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Modernizr is a test suite that adds feature detection via classes applied to the body tag. It includes HTML5Shi(v|m) to add older browser compatibility. You don't need Modernizr just to style new tags in older browsers.

That said, it is OK to include Modernizr with Twitter Bootstrap. You can even get an auto-generated H5BP template with Bootstrap and Modernizr included at Initializr.