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>What are you doing that can't be done in FF or Safari? It actually works in FF, so maybe testing to make sure it works? If their Github account is accurate, t
by p_j_w 5y ago
>What are you doing that can't be done in FF or Safari?
It actually works in FF, so maybe testing to make sure it works? If their Github account is accurate, this is done by a 3 person team, so resources for that sort of thing are probably not abundant.
- dylan604 5y agoHow about Dev A = Chromium, Dev B = FF, Dev C = Safari?
- Zababa 5y agoAre you going to pay them money for the FF and Safari version? Or maybe contribute some code?
- dylan604 5y agoI'm contributing by offering suggestions on how to maximize the use of their time. I'm not even asking for a consultant's fee.
- hutzlibu 5y ago"Seriously though, why is this even necessary? What are you doing that can't be done in FF or Safari?" Do you really think this is a helpful suggestion? You are simply suggesting more work for the dev. That is not really helpful.
- dylan604 5y agoSo what don't you simply answer the question of what's being done that they feel the need to call out Chromium based browsers?
- hutzlibu 5y agoLike the other poster said: testing. The browsers still do not provide a consistent behavior. When your goal is to ship main features as soon as possible, you cannot give priority to a niche browser.
- brylie 5y agoAnother commenter pointed out that Firefox doesn't yet offer PWA support.
- Zababa 5y agoThat's not maximizing the use of their time. Why spend time supporting platforms to please someone complaining on HN that will never use and never contribute to their project?
- dylan604 5y agoI asked a legitmate question, but people on HN think that it is complaining. It took several layers to get an actual answer to the actual question of what is chromium based browsers doing that other browsers are not. Some people can take questions for what they are, an actual quest for understanding. Others take questions as a challenge and accusation.
- p_j_w 5y ago>Some people can take questions for what they are, an actual quest for understanding. When your question is accompanied by the suggestion that you know better than the developers how they should be spending their time, it doesn't come off as a quest for understanding.
- Zababa 5y ago> I asked a legitmate question, but people on HN think that it is complaining. The way you asked it sounded like a complaint more than a legitimate question. > It took several layers to get an actual answer to the actual question of what is chromium based browsers doing that other browsers are not. You're assuming that this is due to the difference between Chromium and other browsers, but this could be just due to testing. Browser compatibility takes time to get right. It has an opportunity cost. > Some people can take questions for what they are, an actual quest for understanding. Others take questions as a challenge and accusation. Your question was voiced as a challenge and accusation. If you want your questions to be read as a quest for understanding, try to show more empathy, show some humility and show that you already thought of possible answers. Something like this: "I was surprised to see that this is only compatible with Chromium. I can't think of any APIs specific to Chromium that are necessary for this, but maybe I missed something. Is compatibility with other browsers on the roadmap?".