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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/WebReplay https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We... > Currently only macOS is s

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/WebReplay https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We... > Currently only macOS is supported. As for why - no idea.

propelol 7y ago
It's probably because its cheaper, and most web developers are using macOS anyway
- la_fayette 7y ago
  Have been working in web development for years, also with many coworkers. I don't know anybody with macOS except design people...
  - hellofunk 7y ago
    That’s interesting, since nearly all of the developers I know working full stack are using a mac. Maybe it’s a regional thing.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Seen any web conference where a crapload of people (including many/most of the speakers) didn't have a MacBook? So, while it might be far less in the general market share, and even web dev share, it's more in the "kind of developer that goes to conferences/presets/etc" share...
- jeroenhd 7y ago
  Of all developers I know, only 2 prefer macOS (in general). Most people are either on Windows or their favourite flavour of Linux. These are not just web developers though, they're full stack developers; perhaps pure frontend developers are more prone to use Apple products?
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Go to a Rails conference. Or a Node conference. Heck, even a Java conference. Half the people there have MacBooks, and usually more than half of the speakers. At least far more than Apple's general market share.
    - pluma 7y ago
      Selection bias. People who go to tech conferences make up a tiny share of all the people working in the industry. Plus they're far more likely to look towards other people going to those conferences for "trends" than to the majority who don't, thus reinforcing that bias. Even most designers I know personally don't use macOS. But if I was going by what I see at JS conferences, you'd think Apple has a 99% marketshare (although things have improved in recent years with "full stack" bringing in Linux folks and Microsoft's investment in dev tools making Windows more appealing). This is similar to how everyone at these conferences seems to have one of the latest iPhones yet (depending on where you live) the majority of smartphone users uses Androids and those who are using iPhones generally hold onto them for years before upgrading. Also FWIW as a long time JS dev, it seemed to me like Rails actually was one of the major contributors to the macbook monoculture because Rails (in the early days) was popular with startups who also often focused on iOS apps first, which means they had no other choice than to use macOS for development. As iOS became less of a focus than web dev, the macbooks stayed and only now seem to be slowly replaced as Microsoft is making a heavy push into web dev relations and the opinion of Apple's quality gets tarnished by dev-unfriendly decisions and hardware problems.
      - coldtea 7y ago
        >Selection bias. People who go to tech conferences make up a tiny share of all the people working in the industry. Yes, but they're also more influential in the respective communities, and more probable as presenters to be writing stuff others use (e.g. this Firefox dev tool). So they'll use what they personally use to develop. >Also FWIW as a long time JS dev, it seemed to me like Rails actually was one of the major contributors to the macbook monoculture because Rails (in the early days) was popular with startups who also often focused on iOS apps first, which means they had no other choice than to use macOS for development. I don't think that's the case - Rails confs/devs was mostly Macs before iOS apps where a thing (which happened 4-5 years after RoR was released).
- hu3 7y ago
  https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-... Windows 47.5% MacOS 26.8% Linux-based 25.6% ---- Total non-Macs: 73.1%
  - konart 7y ago
    >web developers And and in this case web should be read as 'front-end'.
floatingatoll 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21658967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21658967 responds to that.
hoten 7y ago
Because it's experimental and you have to start somewhere.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/WebReplay https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We... > Currently only macOS is supported. As for why - no idea.

propelol 7y ago

It's probably because its cheaper, and most web developers are using macOS anyway

la_fayette 7y ago
Have been working in web development for years, also with many coworkers. I don't know anybody with macOS except design people...
- hellofunk 7y ago
  That’s interesting, since nearly all of the developers I know working full stack are using a mac. Maybe it’s a regional thing.
- coldtea 7y ago
  Seen any web conference where a crapload of people (including many/most of the speakers) didn't have a MacBook? So, while it might be far less in the general market share, and even web dev share, it's more in the "kind of developer that goes to conferences/presets/etc" share...
jeroenhd 7y ago
Of all developers I know, only 2 prefer macOS (in general). Most people are either on Windows or their favourite flavour of Linux. These are not just web developers though, they're full stack developers; perhaps pure frontend developers are more prone to use Apple products?
- coldtea 7y ago
  Go to a Rails conference. Or a Node conference. Heck, even a Java conference. Half the people there have MacBooks, and usually more than half of the speakers. At least far more than Apple's general market share.
  - pluma 7y ago
    Selection bias. People who go to tech conferences make up a tiny share of all the people working in the industry. Plus they're far more likely to look towards other people going to those conferences for "trends" than to the majority who don't, thus reinforcing that bias. Even most designers I know personally don't use macOS. But if I was going by what I see at JS conferences, you'd think Apple has a 99% marketshare (although things have improved in recent years with "full stack" bringing in Linux folks and Microsoft's investment in dev tools making Windows more appealing). This is similar to how everyone at these conferences seems to have one of the latest iPhones yet (depending on where you live) the majority of smartphone users uses Androids and those who are using iPhones generally hold onto them for years before upgrading. Also FWIW as a long time JS dev, it seemed to me like Rails actually was one of the major contributors to the macbook monoculture because Rails (in the early days) was popular with startups who also often focused on iOS apps first, which means they had no other choice than to use macOS for development. As iOS became less of a focus than web dev, the macbooks stayed and only now seem to be slowly replaced as Microsoft is making a heavy push into web dev relations and the opinion of Apple's quality gets tarnished by dev-unfriendly decisions and hardware problems.
    - coldtea 7y ago
      >Selection bias. People who go to tech conferences make up a tiny share of all the people working in the industry. Yes, but they're also more influential in the respective communities, and more probable as presenters to be writing stuff others use (e.g. this Firefox dev tool). So they'll use what they personally use to develop. >Also FWIW as a long time JS dev, it seemed to me like Rails actually was one of the major contributors to the macbook monoculture because Rails (in the early days) was popular with startups who also often focused on iOS apps first, which means they had no other choice than to use macOS for development. I don't think that's the case - Rails confs/devs was mostly Macs before iOS apps where a thing (which happened 4-5 years after RoR was released).
hu3 7y ago
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-... Windows 47.5% MacOS 26.8% Linux-based 25.6% ---- Total non-Macs: 73.1%
- konart 7y ago
  >web developers And and in this case web should be read as 'front-end'.

floatingatoll 7y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21658967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21658967 responds to that.

hoten 7y ago

Because it's experimental and you have to start somewhere.