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My default browser is one I built, and it hasn't worked with Google auth since they disallowed auth from CEF. Not warned, put captchas in front of, etc but disa

My default browser is one I built, and it hasn't worked with Google auth since they disallowed auth from CEF. Not warned, put captchas in front of, etc but disallowed. Yes the ignorance in HN comments can seem depressing, but I decided to respond to this one anyways.

marakv2 6y ago
Yours is very edge case though, and the grandparent is rightly pointing out that the headline is a little misleading and comments are generally negative for a positive aspect.
- deleted 6y ago
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- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  It's a very important edge case. Every new browser, by definition, starts out as a self-compiled project. If this happened in the 90s, would we ever have had Mozilla? Would tabbed web browsers exist?
  - wwweston 6y ago
    This. If something can't be accessed by any standards-conforming client, then it isn't the web.
- anonymousab 6y ago
  >Yours is very edge case though Not using google chrome is itself an edge case. That's kinda part-and-parcel with monopolistic predatory behaviors.
- cutitout 6y ago
  One man's edge case is another man's line in the sand.
- freshhawk 6y ago
  If you think impersonating another browser's user-agent string for compatabililty reasons as a full fledged "real" browser is an edge case ... You should remind yourself what the Chrome user-agent string actually is.
- deelowe 6y ago
  Have you checked YOUR user agent? This is rediculous.
edoceo 6y ago
I'm interested in this browser code you speak of...as a fledgling browser builder.
- kodablah 6y ago
  https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ - I don't publish prebuilt releases anymore because I don't really work on it anymore, but I build it for myself with the latest CEF every update. There's a bug here and there, but it is by far more productive for me than other browsers. But user beware, you can't login to any Google account using it since they disallowed it.

marakv2 6y ago

Yours is very edge case though, and the grandparent is rightly pointing out that the headline is a little misleading and comments are generally negative for a positive aspect.

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Wowfunhappy 6y ago
It's a very important edge case. Every new browser, by definition, starts out as a self-compiled project. If this happened in the 90s, would we ever have had Mozilla? Would tabbed web browsers exist?
- wwweston 6y ago
  This. If something can't be accessed by any standards-conforming client, then it isn't the web.
anonymousab 6y ago
>Yours is very edge case though Not using google chrome is itself an edge case. That's kinda part-and-parcel with monopolistic predatory behaviors.
cutitout 6y ago
One man's edge case is another man's line in the sand.
freshhawk 6y ago
If you think impersonating another browser's user-agent string for compatabililty reasons as a full fledged "real" browser is an edge case ... You should remind yourself what the Chrome user-agent string actually is.
deelowe 6y ago
Have you checked YOUR user agent? This is rediculous.

edoceo 6y ago

I'm interested in this browser code you speak of...as a fledgling browser builder.

kodablah 6y ago
https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ https://cretz.github.io/doogie/ - I don't publish prebuilt releases anymore because I don't really work on it anymore, but I build it for myself with the latest CEF every update. There's a bug here and there, but it is by far more productive for me than other browsers. But user beware, you can't login to any Google account using it since they disallowed it.