5 ms·

I may be the minority but I don't consider it a burden to need more than one app for something. Even today people have installed a half dozen chat apps to keep

I may be the minority but I don't consider it a burden to need more than one app for something. Even today people have installed a half dozen chat apps to keep up with friends on different networks. If half the sites require Firefox and half Chrome then that's still only two apps enabling dozens of web apps for daily use.

mcphage 10y ago
You're in the minority.
- lj3 10y ago
  No, he's not. My mother runs Firefox, Chrome and IE. She uses each one for different sites because certain sites only work well on certain browsers. PS: The idea that the web has parity is a joke. It doesn't.
  - scarface74 10y ago
    What sites these days work better with Firefox?
    - lj3 10y ago
      She prefers to use firefox, but Gmail works better in Chrome and her bank's site works better in IE. You're correct in that nothing works better in firefox, but it's what she's used to.
    - tyingq 10y ago
      Sites with SHA1 certs.
  - mcphage 10y ago
    You actually think the majority of users either do, or want to, use multiple browsers to manage site incompatibilities? Have you not met any people before?
psyc 10y ago
Among the sites I visit frequently are several that only work well in Opera, one or two that only work well in Firefox, and one that only works at all in Chrome.
- jameshart 10y ago
  I struggle to imagine how I would build a site that only works in Opera, even if I were trying to.
  - psyc 10y ago
    Load it up with whatever bloat causes every browser other than Opera to struggle at every moment with scrolling a page. Which is absolutely the case on my 4 year old laptop. For whatever reason, Opera handles this like a dream, while Firefox and Chrome cannot, though I frequently go back and try them again.
    - scarface74 10y ago
      Load it up with whatever bloat causes every browser other than Opera to struggle at every moment with scrolling a page. Which is absolutely the case on my 4 year old laptop. For whatever reason, Opera handles this like a dream, while Firefox and Chrome cannot, though I frequently go back and try them again. Opera and Chrome use the same rendering engine now. Why would Opera work better than Chrome? The second question is what type of computer is it? I have an old Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz laptop/4GB RAM (circa 2009) that I've repurposed as a Plex Server. After installing an ad blocker and getting rid of unnecessary services, I don't notice a real world difference between that and my usual laptop - a Core I7 2.66Ghz - except for the difference between an SSD and a 5400rpm hard drive. Web browsing is just not that processor intensive - a four year old A6x iPad can browse the modern web well.
      - psyc 10y ago
        Cool, guy, I must be imagining the whole thing. Every day.
progval 10y ago
It wouldn't be half/half, because many websites would then abstain from using a scripting language at all. Maybe more something like 90% pure HTML/CSS, 5% Firefox, 5% Chrome?
- douche 10y ago
  > 90% pure HTML/CSS Like in the good old days

mcphage 10y ago

You're in the minority.

lj3 10y ago
No, he's not. My mother runs Firefox, Chrome and IE. She uses each one for different sites because certain sites only work well on certain browsers. PS: The idea that the web has parity is a joke. It doesn't.
- scarface74 10y ago
  What sites these days work better with Firefox?
  - lj3 10y ago
    She prefers to use firefox, but Gmail works better in Chrome and her bank's site works better in IE. You're correct in that nothing works better in firefox, but it's what she's used to.
  - tyingq 10y ago
    Sites with SHA1 certs.
- mcphage 10y ago
  You actually think the majority of users either do, or want to, use multiple browsers to manage site incompatibilities? Have you not met any people before?

psyc 10y ago

Among the sites I visit frequently are several that only work well in Opera, one or two that only work well in Firefox, and one that only works at all in Chrome.

jameshart 10y ago
I struggle to imagine how I would build a site that only works in Opera, even if I were trying to.
- psyc 10y ago
  Load it up with whatever bloat causes every browser other than Opera to struggle at every moment with scrolling a page. Which is absolutely the case on my 4 year old laptop. For whatever reason, Opera handles this like a dream, while Firefox and Chrome cannot, though I frequently go back and try them again.
  - scarface74 10y ago
    Load it up with whatever bloat causes every browser other than Opera to struggle at every moment with scrolling a page. Which is absolutely the case on my 4 year old laptop. For whatever reason, Opera handles this like a dream, while Firefox and Chrome cannot, though I frequently go back and try them again. Opera and Chrome use the same rendering engine now. Why would Opera work better than Chrome? The second question is what type of computer is it? I have an old Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz laptop/4GB RAM (circa 2009) that I've repurposed as a Plex Server. After installing an ad blocker and getting rid of unnecessary services, I don't notice a real world difference between that and my usual laptop - a Core I7 2.66Ghz - except for the difference between an SSD and a 5400rpm hard drive. Web browsing is just not that processor intensive - a four year old A6x iPad can browse the modern web well.
    - psyc 10y ago
      Cool, guy, I must be imagining the whole thing. Every day.

progval 10y ago

It wouldn't be half/half, because many websites would then abstain from using a scripting language at all. Maybe more something like 90% pure HTML/CSS, 5% Firefox, 5% Chrome?

douche 10y ago
> 90% pure HTML/CSS Like in the good old days