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Facebook in app's browser is total horror and I refuse to do any work related to it, even if it would cost me my job! A while ago I made a website for the comp
by uranian 10y ago
Facebook in app's browser is total horror and I refuse to do any work related to it, even if it would cost me my job!
A while ago I made a website for the company I work for, everything was working flawless across all major browsers including mobile. Then some e-commerce dude asked me to fix a few style issues for Facebook browser. I didn't even know of it's existence by then!
This browser goes way beyond IE6 incompatibility, I spend 2 days in hell trying to fix the style issues, which is nearly impossible because there is not even a proper way to test your changes. To start I first had to install that stupid FB app/virus in my phone, after that everything you type in the address bar generates some totally useless crap suggestions and advertising all the way, it was quite a puzzle/hack to even reach my own development server through all this misery..
I eventually had to decide to redo the entire styling of the website so it works with FB browser, or simply give up. I very fortunately managed to convince my manager to not support FB browser, but I must have lost some credibility that I was not able to fix this seemingly simple style issue.
- elaus 10y agoI too first learned of the Facebook browser when a client complained that his websites has some issues with it. Kinda weird how we as developers (that like to keep up to date with web tech) can be completely unaware of a browser that apparently generates 40% of mobile traffic .