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I disagree that Chrome it will become stagnated like IE. Microsoft had no desire to improve IE and make the web a more desirable platform than Windows. (I'd su

I disagree that Chrome it will become stagnated like IE. Microsoft had no desire to improve IE and make the web a more desirable platform than Windows. (I'd suggest it still doesn't) Google, however, directly benefit from the web being a better place, and they know first hand that a dominant browser can be toppled. And the competition is fierce, with MS back to bundling and it's so easy to switch browsers now that there's (currently) a good compliance of standards and no such things as ActiveX.

keypress 8y ago
I've noticed some unfair rot in Chrome. Like not being able to remove the start page without a plugin.
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kitsunesoba 8y ago
Even if Chrome never stagnates, it’s not a good thing for it to be overwhelmingly dominant with competitors stuck in firmly the margins. It gives google too much power, regardless of its intentions. It might be more convenient for web developers (if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard of desires to ignore everything not chrome...), but what’s convenient for devs is rarely what’s best for users.
WorldMaker 8y ago
> Microsoft had no desire to improve IE Microsoft was given an ultimatum by the US Department of Justice to stop improving IE, because at the time people thought browsers and the web shouldn't be a part of an OS base install. Microsoft started what Electron/Cordova/PWAs are continuing today, where the web is a first class application platform in nearly every OS, and nearly every OS needs to bundle a web browser as core functionality. > Google, however, directly benefit from the web being a better place …to serve ads. As long as the web remains the most universal platform for ad serving, Google's interests follow. > now that there's (currently) a good compliance of standards and no such things as ActiveX Let's not forget how recently Google tried to make NaCL, its own play at an ActiveX-like thing. It's only recently we've "killed" Flash, and Oracle and others are still holding a lot of Enterprises hostage to Java applets. Mozilla may be the only group without sin here, and they live in a glass house, to mix metaphors.

keypress 8y ago

I've noticed some unfair rot in Chrome. Like not being able to remove the start page without a plugin.

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kitsunesoba 8y ago

Even if Chrome never stagnates, it’s not a good thing for it to be overwhelmingly dominant with competitors stuck in firmly the margins. It gives google too much power, regardless of its intentions. It might be more convenient for web developers (if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard of desires to ignore everything not chrome...), but what’s convenient for devs is rarely what’s best for users.

WorldMaker 8y ago

> Microsoft had no desire to improve IE Microsoft was given an ultimatum by the US Department of Justice to stop improving IE, because at the time people thought browsers and the web shouldn't be a part of an OS base install. Microsoft started what Electron/Cordova/PWAs are continuing today, where the web is a first class application platform in nearly every OS, and nearly every OS needs to bundle a web browser as core functionality. > Google, however, directly benefit from the web being a better place …to serve ads. As long as the web remains the most universal platform for ad serving, Google's interests follow. > now that there's (currently) a good compliance of standards and no such things as ActiveX Let's not forget how recently Google tried to make NaCL, its own play at an ActiveX-like thing. It's only recently we've "killed" Flash, and Oracle and others are still holding a lot of Enterprises hostage to Java applets. Mozilla may be the only group without sin here, and they live in a glass house, to mix metaphors.