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A strange differences between OSes and Browsers, is that Browsers need/want to conform to standards. No-one expects Windows programs to work on macOS or Linux.
by jerrre 8y ago
A strange differences between OSes and Browsers, is that Browsers need/want to conform to standards.
No-one expects Windows programs to work on macOS or Linux. But with the web that's different.
- codezero 8y agoThis is indeed what people expect but it’s still pretty far from true. There are still a bunch of CSS quirks that are vendor specific. Also if you want to have fun read about the history of the innerText API - it even works different in different versions of IE! And wasn’t adopted by Firefox until about two years ago. These are only a few of the myriad mines you dodge when developing a library for the web at large. Have a look at caniuse.com for a journey down a compatibility rabbit hole. :)