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Even Microsoft couldn’t do it, gave up, and just used Blink. I assume management just saw how much of each release was spent being bug compatible with Chrome a

by hinoki 5y ago

Even Microsoft couldn’t do it, gave up, and just used Blink. I assume management just saw how much of each release was spent being bug compatible with Chrome and decided it wasn’t worth it.

kevincox 5y ago
Microsoft dropping EdgeHTML was the biggest blow to the open web in many years. I really hope that Mozilla can pull some magic to keep Google from maintaining basically full control of web standards.
- behnamoh 5y ago
  I wish Microsoft would buy Mozilla, restart Send, and make FF great again.
  - kevincox 5y ago
    As much as I am losing faith in Mozilla I think acquisition by Microsoft is a losing move. Especially after we saw them dump EdgeHTML.
- moron4hire 5y ago
  Bullshit. Microsoft adopting Chromium was the single biggest boon for the open web in many years. By reducing the friction for creating powerful web apps, it closes the gap for what is possible in competition with walled-garden app stores.
  - kevincox 5y ago
    From my experience EdgeHTML has been "better" than Safari in terms of standard support ever since it was released. Also note that some of the holdbacks were Microsoft and Mozilla telling Google that their APIs had privacy issues. Now with Microsoft effectively blindly pulling from Chromium they basically have no means to object to these standards that Google is pushing. So while a Chomium-only web would move faster, I didn't see as EdgeHTML a major drag and the cost of Google controlling the web is far too high in my opinion.
  - syshum 5y ago
    I guess if you consider "open Web" to be "Do what Google Demands" then sure
Devasta 5y ago
Electrons advance into the desktop space means that MS has to put resources into enhancing the performance of Chromium on their platforms anyway, so really even if they wanted to carry on with Trident/EdgeHTML they'd end up competing with themselves.

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Even Microsoft couldn’t do it, gave up, and just used Blink. I assume management just saw how much of each release was spent being bug compatible with Chrome a

by hinoki 5y ago

Even Microsoft couldn’t do it, gave up, and just used Blink. I assume management just saw how much of each release was spent being bug compatible with Chrome and decided it wasn’t worth it.

kevincox 5y ago
Microsoft dropping EdgeHTML was the biggest blow to the open web in many years. I really hope that Mozilla can pull some magic to keep Google from maintaining basically full control of web standards.
- behnamoh 5y ago
  I wish Microsoft would buy Mozilla, restart Send, and make FF great again.
  - kevincox 5y ago
    As much as I am losing faith in Mozilla I think acquisition by Microsoft is a losing move. Especially after we saw them dump EdgeHTML.
- moron4hire 5y ago
  Bullshit. Microsoft adopting Chromium was the single biggest boon for the open web in many years. By reducing the friction for creating powerful web apps, it closes the gap for what is possible in competition with walled-garden app stores.
  - kevincox 5y ago
    From my experience EdgeHTML has been "better" than Safari in terms of standard support ever since it was released. Also note that some of the holdbacks were Microsoft and Mozilla telling Google that their APIs had privacy issues. Now with Microsoft effectively blindly pulling from Chromium they basically have no means to object to these standards that Google is pushing. So while a Chomium-only web would move faster, I didn't see as EdgeHTML a major drag and the cost of Google controlling the web is far too high in my opinion.
  - syshum 5y ago
    I guess if you consider "open Web" to be "Do what Google Demands" then sure
Devasta 5y ago
Electrons advance into the desktop space means that MS has to put resources into enhancing the performance of Chromium on their platforms anyway, so really even if they wanted to carry on with Trident/EdgeHTML they'd end up competing with themselves.