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> I don't understand the desire to use google's browser. It was the only browser with a decent Javascript sandbox, at least until recently. Wikipedia claims Fi
by AlexCoventry 8y ago
> I don't understand the desire to use google's browser.
It was the only browser with a decent Javascript sandbox, at least until recently. Wikipedia claims Firefox got a sandbox this month, but I think I've seen earlier claims:
> Until November 2018, Firefox was the last widely used browser not to use a browser sandbox to isolate Web content in each tab from each other and from the rest of the system.[120][121]
- raarts 8y agoAlso it was the only browser where every tab ran in its own process so a crash would only take down that tab.
- ntauthority 8y agoMicrosoft's browsers got this functionality pretty early as well (I believe around the IE9/10 timeframe), though they of course had and still have numerous other issues that would make them undesirable for regular usage.
- youwishboye 8y agoin practice, the lack javascript sandbox and tab process isolation didn't affect 99% of internet users
- auslander 8y ago> It was the only browser with a decent Javascript sandbox What about Safari? IMHO it has strong sandboxing. Another interesting thing I found, is sharing cookie access between private tabs, Safari does not, Chrome does.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoCould be. I don't know much about the Apple ecosystem.