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> "People should update their software to the latest versions! And they should switch browsers to use one that supports my nonstandard features!" Oh, yes? Well
by baddox 8y ago
> "People should update their software to the latest versions! And they should switch browsers to use one that supports my nonstandard features!" Oh, yes? Well they don't.
I mean, I agree that developers shouldn't feel entitled to have all potential visitors using the most up-to-date software, but it is also definitely true that there is almost never an excuse to be using a web browser that doesn't automatically update. Forget CSS features, it's a pretty big security concern.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoFinancial, healthcare and gov institutions all have locked down workstations, often running ie 11 on windows 7. Representing the very people who have the capacity to spend millions of $$ on my product.
- ebg13 8y agoI kinda sorta almost agree and yet that's definitely not how the world works for all kinds of reasons that aren't the user's fault. Also, I find it supes weird that you responded to that part and not the part where it took two entire decades of "tables are evil" before we got the first CSS grid implementation that isn't even a standard yet.
- fouc 8y agoBrowser that automatically update are actually hostile to the end user. The biggest effect is that it has been making it easier to create walled gardens on the internet.