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> this issue has gone unfixed, for unknown reasons The reason is just that no-one has thought it important enough to fix, and/or no-one has been able to get su
by gregknicholson 8y ago
> this issue has gone unfixed, for unknown reasons
The reason is just that no-one has thought it important enough to fix, and/or no-one has been able to get sufficient agreement on what the correct fix is. Let's not pretend there's a mystery.
- throwaway12iii 8y agoAnd yet issues that affect advertising revenue on Youtube get fixed same day.
- PedroBatista 8y agoSomething like 80-90% of their revenue comes from Google. Their higher-ups can spin it all day, but they know damn well their jobs depend on a good relationship with Google.
- gsnedders 8y agoOr even indirectly, the YouTube team might choose to instead send them an IE6-era experience of YouTube instead of the current one to avoid the bug, which might push users away from Firefox.
- pengod 8y agoIn my experience with Firefox devs, if it's not important enough to fix immediately, bugs will simply be closed and ignored. I've come across other bugs that exist for 10 years (not security related) which were closed again each time they were brought up every few years.
- gambler 8y agoClearly, in the eyes of browser developers basic UI is far less important than 3d rendering, web assembly, progressive API and other features used by .000001% of all websites. AFAIK, there are still no usable built-in date pickers or upload controls.
- daleharvey 8y agoFirefox has built in date pickers now, built in upload controls I have never seen, got an example?
- gambler 8y agoThe built-in datepicker has so many issues (from immutable styling to the format it uses to basic usability), no serious website will ever use it. As far as uploads, no large website ever uses the default ones. All of them roll their own using JavaScript APIs. The most popular example is probably Gmail attachments.