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It's not the responsibility of the browser vendors. But they have an interest in un-breaking the experience for their users. In a sense, Google is too big to fa
by oh_sigh 3y ago
It's not the responsibility of the browser vendors. But they have an interest in un-breaking the experience for their users. In a sense, Google is too big to fail, so users want it to work any way possible.
It happens all the time, you probably just don't realize it. There is special code in Windows for supporting/un-breaking popular applications, same with Android and iOS.
- kevincox 3y agoYup, it is unfortunately very common. Open `about:compat` in Firefox to see all of the cases where they work around site issues. Right now I count 32 user-agent overrides, 38 "Interventions" and 49 "SmartBlock Fixes". IIUC "Interventions" are typically injected scripts or styles and "SmartBlock Fixes" are exceptions to tracker blocking.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt's literally older than Google Here's Raymond Chen sharing some of the worst examples from the 90s https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321440303/samplechapter/Chen_bonus_ch01.pdf https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321440303/samplec...
- fragmede 3y agoThat’s quite the read! I didn’t appreciate how much effort went into making the Win95 compatibility layer.