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I think all the people saying that Chrome will become the new IE 6 can feel vindicated. It's one thing if the browser manufacturer restricts their websites to i
by rhn_mk1 8y ago
I think all the people saying that Chrome will become the new IE 6 can feel vindicated. It's one thing if the browser manufacturer restricts their websites to it, but it's an entirely different thing if unrelated parties start doing it.
- ekianjo 8y agoWe are not talking about simple websites here, but full fledged web applications. Note that Slack does exactly the same thing for non major browsers by blocking them out completely.
- sciurus 8y agoWow, I'm shocked to see they block browsers they haven't whitelisted, but it's right there in their docs: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115002037526-Minimum-requirements-for-using-Slack https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115002037526-Minimu...
- macNchz 8y agoThat was also the argument for why many things needed to be IE-only back in the day, since they needed ActiveX to be full on web applications.
- ktjfi 8y agoEdge will start using WebKit... I mean Blink, so it's not an unrelated party anymore.
- m-p-3 8y agoOne of the many reasons why I switched back to Firefox, among extensions support on mobile. We need an open competitor to push back, not align themselves with Google's interests.
- stef25 8y agoI switched from Chrome to FF and it's been painless. Better privacy, no downsides.
- skinnymuch 8y agoEdge is going to use Blink, same engine as Chrome. They are related.
- jfk13 8y agoThis brings https://robert.ocallahan.org/2014/08/choose-firefox-now-or-later-you-wont.html https://robert.ocallahan.org/2014/08/choose-firefox-now-or-l... to mind (again).