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The coverage is probably pretty high, but you're limited by each browsers respective feature set. There may be functionality that you can't ship due to limits
by joeblau 10y ago
The coverage is probably pretty high, but you're limited by each browsers respective feature set. There may be functionality that you can't ship due to limits on multiple browsers. Other issues arise if you factor in sites which needs to take into account all browsers; You'll end up bloating your JS/CSS to handle all of these conditions impacting mobile page size. It can be done, if the product is fairly simple, but problems arise as you increase your products complexity and feature set. Native apps have their own set of problems with distribution and the web has it's own set of problems with performance and hardware API access.
- aeorgnoieang 10y ago"Giving up on total cross-browser compatibility" seems like it would entirely avoid "sites which needs to take into account all browsers".
- joeblau 10y agoPotentially, although I think that there are cases when it's fine. For example when I lived in San Francisco, my LTE speeds were insanely fast so it wasn't as big of a deal. Now that I'm in Pittsburgh, the LTE speeds here aren't as good so mobile web isn't as good. Also on a desktop or laptop where you've got a good Wi-Fi connection most websites are really good. That being said, I still things like Tweetbot, Flume, and Airmail over twitter.com, instagram.com or gmail.com.