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Browsers are already bloated as it is, why not just add all those "popular" libraries to the browser and make things local fetch by default? No, i'm not talkin
by mxuribe 6y ago
Browsers are already bloated as it is, why not just add all those "popular" libraries to the browser and make things local fetch by default? No, i'm not talking browser extensions because that would require users to proactively install something for a webmaster (yeah, i said "webmaster", i don't care if it shows my age)...I'm talking about integrating the top X most implemented javascript libraries into the browser itself...why not just do that i wonder?
I'm half-winking as i state this (bloated aspect) because i give much respect to browser makers for all that browsers actually do/have to do for us when rendering web experiences. So, i don't take adding even more stuff into browsers as a simply, hand-wavy thing to consider. But I also wonder if these libraries do in fact provide such helpful (and ubiquitous) utilities, why not incorporate them into the default - what is called - ecmascript?
- TheRealPomax 6y agoI'd prefer browser makers focus on improving the browser and stack support, and leaving "creative functionality that only a fraction of the users might want" to extension authors. I don't need the already tiny number of folks actually working on a browser to be spread even thinner by also having to become versioned registry maintainers (because you can bet your teeth no one's going to hire additional FTEs for that)
- mxuribe 6y ago> ...I don't need the already tiny number of folks actually working on a browser to be spread even thinner... Good point!