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Except that Chrome can never turn into a new IE6. It keeps updating automatically, it respects the standards and is nice to use. Oh, and it isn't installed auto
by RandomException 9y ago
Except that Chrome can never turn into a new IE6. It keeps updating automatically, it respects the standards and is nice to use. Oh, and it isn't installed automatically on Windows or Mac. It also is made by a company whose business is based on Internet services - not by a company that used to mainly compete on a completely different area of software business.
It's an entirely different thing to just create a great product that people want to use instead of "being forced to" use. Firefox has been dragging itself behind for a long time and was nowhere near enough competitive as a whole package. Quantum has changed things but there are still some rough edges that need polishing (e.g. sometimes it just likes to freeze the tab completely). Chrome's web development tools are IMO top notch and I'd say it is the biggest reason why all the development happens on Chrome.
PS. This message is written on Firefox Quantum.
- tscs37 9y ago>it respects the standards What about the time they broke passive event listeners for no other reason than "we say so"?
- rkeene2 9y agoSame for when they broke HTTPS support because "we say so". The proper solution of updating the RFC is too slow for them.
- tscs37 9y agoThe passive listener case is, IMO, a bit more severe since when several web developers complained after having their websites broken, the chrome devs merely yelled "it's faster!" and there was that. Chrome shouldn't be going around breaking webstandards without atleast consulting with other browser vendors, if Chrome breaks passive listeners and Firefox and Edge don't then that is an issue, period.