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Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)

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281 points bentocorp | 5 comments | 17 Nov 24 22:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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DonnyV ◴[18 Nov 24 02:28 UTC] No.42169197[source]▶
Unlike IE, Chrome is still moving forward with new features and depreciating old features.
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1. wannacboatmovie ◴[18 Nov 24 02:49 UTC] No.42169311[source]▶
Depreciating old "features" like supporting legacy OS versions which is infuriating. Firefox is an inadequate substitute because too many sites only work in Chrome.

I blame lazy developers for this mess all around, which had caused a perfect storm of shit on the nouveau web.

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2. DHPersonal ◴[18 Nov 24 02:53 UTC] No.42169322[source]▶
As a person on a front-end development team that has a “Chrome = success” mandate, it’s not always our decision as to when something ships or for which platforms we are to target. We work on Chrome first and then hope for the time to get things to work elsewhere.
3. sleepybrett ◴[18 Nov 24 03:23 UTC] No.42169460[source]▶
I've run into exactly zero sites, that don't want to update some firmware on some piece of hardware over usb, that don't work on firefox.
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4. wannacboatmovie ◴[18 Nov 24 04:04 UTC] No.42169628[source]▶
Congratulations.

Maybe in the future in lieu of additional testing, the development team should just check in with you, and if you declare it sunshine and rainbows, ship it.

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5. sleepybrett ◴[18 Nov 24 23:26 UTC] No.42178348{3}[source]▶
Maybe in the future you can stop spreading fud about how everything only works in the most consumer hostile browser on the market.