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Is there such a thing as an evergreen browser? What about the next bunch of web standards?
by msla 6y ago
Is there such a thing as an evergreen browser? What about the next bunch of web standards?
- CameronNemo 6y agoI think the commenter is referring to browsers that auto update on relevant (non-package managed) platforms. If IE 11 auto-updated to Edge, then it would be considered Evergreen under this definition. I am not sure how good of an adjective evergreen is in this case, if it is being used how I imagine it is being used.
- WorldMaker 6y agoFor most of its history IE auto-updated but was never considered evergreen because its update cycle was tied to the much slower OS update cycle and the cost gating of OS upgrade purchases. Evergreen tends to also imply "shorter update cycle" (at least regular six-month intervals seems to be the general case now) and little to no gating.
- int_19h 6y agoWhat do you call it when the OS auto-installs Edge alongside IE, and sets it up as the default browser if IE was one?
- solarkraft 6y agoThe point is that Chrome and Firefox auto-update, meaning people without the latest version are very rare, enabling the web to move more quickly.
- msla 6y agoSomeone uses a term and downvotes everyone who's confused by it? How does that work?