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Do you remember the last time we had a near monoculture for browsers? People with attitudes like yours were all too happy to think of Internet Explorer as the o
by JimDabell 5y ago
Do you remember the last time we had a near monoculture for browsers? People with attitudes like yours were all too happy to think of Internet Explorer as the only browser that mattered. Microsoft decided they had won and mothballed Internet Explorer development. We then had a dark ages for web developers with five years of no progress in browser functionality.
Positioning Chrome as the definition of the web is incredibly harmful for the long-term health of the web. A web independent of a single vendor is vital.
- throw_m239339 5y agoYou're blaming me for Mozilla's failures? How about you stop being complaisant of Firefox mediocrity?
- JimDabell 5y ago> You're blaming me for Mozilla's failures? Where did I say that?
- johannes1234321 5y ago> Microsoft decided they had won and mothballed Internet Explorer development the difference is that Microsoft wanted to protect the Desktop platform. Google isn't in that position with the Andorid platform, but requires improvement on the Web. That said: I fear the power Google has in that realm.