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Snapchat. Now on the Web

24 points by nateb2022 4y ago

slater 4y ago
"Browser not supported Snapchat for Web only supports the latest version of Chrome and Edge on computers (not phones or tablets) at this time."
nerpderp82 4y ago
crickets
- hbcondo714 4y ago
  You're not kidding; it was posted here 7 months ago with zero comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32143292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32143292 I guess this explains why I see snapchat.com as a referral / traffic source in my web analytics.
rasmero 4y ago
shouldn’t that be the opposite? oh okay. now web less users then mobile
- canadianfella 4y ago
  [dead]
- footlose_3815 4y ago
  I'd just choose a world with less clip-based frenzied communication and developed some standard of digital stoicism instead of overindulgence that is snapchat and tiktok.
prhrb 4y ago
Thank god i was waiting for this
kart23 4y ago
isn’t this a paid feature?
solarkraft 4y ago
Snapchat doesn't even work on rooted phones. I'm surprised they're taking this "security risk".
legrande 4y ago
Much easier to take screenshots now, without users getting notified that a screenshot took place.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  sweet
mgreenw 4y ago
How is it possible that in 2023 they can't support Firefox and Safari? Update: It works totally fine on Firefox if you use an extension to lie about your user agent. What a joke.
- nateb2022 4y ago
  Firefox and Safari would probably work for the majority of features but Chrome probably exposes some browser APIs that the rest don't that might make a couple things not work. For people who know enough to spoof a Chrome user agent, they know enough not to mind if some things break but regular consumers wouldn't know about browser compatibility topics and would blame any irregularities not on their browser but on Snapchat, which is why they choose to display this error rather than let people through.
  - mgreenw 4y ago
    Yea that's fair, and I totally understand when sites limit to newer (last 2-3 years) versions of browsers or limit to Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. But to cap it at just Chrome like its 2012 when browser compatibility has come such a long way is likely unnecessary and frankly lazy on their part. I can't think of an API that they definitely would need to use that isn't in Firefox.
    - anaxag0ras 4y ago
      Exactly. There's no excuse, a "unicorn" company with millions of users such as Snapchat can surely do better.
- Waterluvian 4y ago
  It’s always fun being on MDN and seeing some feature supported for years except a big red “No” under Safari. Had two of those today.
  - mgreenw 4y ago
    Yea, but are any of those missing features required to run Snapchat?
rchaud 4y ago
Doesn't work on Firefox.
- deleted 4y ago
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- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  it does if you use a user agent switcher to chrome
tekeous 4y ago
Funny enough, the amount of bots in my inbox went up by like 500% as soon as this launched. Weird how that works. Also, now it’s easier to take screenshots. Why was this a good idea? Who asked for this?
- nateb2022 4y ago
  I noticed this as well.

24 points by nateb2022 4y ago

"Browser not supported Snapchat for Web only supports the latest version of Chrome and Edge on computers (not phones or tablets) at this time."

nerpderp82 4y ago

crickets

hbcondo714 4y ago
You're not kidding; it was posted here 7 months ago with zero comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32143292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32143292 I guess this explains why I see snapchat.com as a referral / traffic source in my web analytics.

rasmero 4y ago

shouldn’t that be the opposite? oh okay. now web less users then mobile

canadianfella 4y ago
[dead]
footlose_3815 4y ago
I'd just choose a world with less clip-based frenzied communication and developed some standard of digital stoicism instead of overindulgence that is snapchat and tiktok.

prhrb 4y ago

Thank god i was waiting for this

kart23 4y ago

isn’t this a paid feature?

solarkraft 4y ago

Snapchat doesn't even work on rooted phones. I'm surprised they're taking this "security risk".

legrande 4y ago

Much easier to take screenshots now, without users getting notified that a screenshot took place.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
sweet

mgreenw 4y ago

How is it possible that in 2023 they can't support Firefox and Safari? Update: It works totally fine on Firefox if you use an extension to lie about your user agent. What a joke.

nateb2022 4y ago
Firefox and Safari would probably work for the majority of features but Chrome probably exposes some browser APIs that the rest don't that might make a couple things not work. For people who know enough to spoof a Chrome user agent, they know enough not to mind if some things break but regular consumers wouldn't know about browser compatibility topics and would blame any irregularities not on their browser but on Snapchat, which is why they choose to display this error rather than let people through.
- mgreenw 4y ago
  Yea that's fair, and I totally understand when sites limit to newer (last 2-3 years) versions of browsers or limit to Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. But to cap it at just Chrome like its 2012 when browser compatibility has come such a long way is likely unnecessary and frankly lazy on their part. I can't think of an API that they definitely would need to use that isn't in Firefox.
  - anaxag0ras 4y ago
    Exactly. There's no excuse, a "unicorn" company with millions of users such as Snapchat can surely do better.
Waterluvian 4y ago
It’s always fun being on MDN and seeing some feature supported for years except a big red “No” under Safari. Had two of those today.
- mgreenw 4y ago
  Yea, but are any of those missing features required to run Snapchat?

rchaud 4y ago

Doesn't work on Firefox.

deleted 4y ago
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stjohnswarts 4y ago
it does if you use a user agent switcher to chrome

tekeous 4y ago

Funny enough, the amount of bots in my inbox went up by like 500% as soon as this launched. Weird how that works. Also, now it’s easier to take screenshots. Why was this a good idea? Who asked for this?

nateb2022 4y ago
I noticed this as well.