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> Warning: This website may not function properly on Safari. For the best experience, please use Google Chrome. We've come full circle with the 90's and Intern

> Warning: This website may not function properly on Safari. For the best experience, please use Google Chrome. We've come full circle with the 90's and Internet Explorer. Well I guess this time the dominant browser is opensource so that's atleast something... Can someone please create an animated GIF button for Chrome which says: "Best viewed with Google Chrome"?

Maxion 3y ago
Chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Best not to confuse the two.
- schleck8 3y ago
  Chrome and Chromium are virtually identical except for Google services, which aren't required to do anything with the browser except for installing Chrome extensions that can alternatively be sideloaded, so this is nitpicking.
  - berkes 3y ago
    It's essential nitpicking
  - urbandw311er 3y ago
    Jumping in to defend parent comment, there’s nothing Open Source about Google Chrome and it’s highly relevant in this context because they are notorious for putting technologies and tracking in there that many people find objectionable.
  - forgotusername6 3y ago
    Tangential, but I tried to build chromium the other day but stopped when it said it required access to Google cloud platform to actually build it. If something requires a proprietary build system, does it matter that it's open source?
    - nolist_policy 3y ago
      That is not true. See every distribution packaging chromium. In particular, this package[1] by openSUSE builds completely offline. Many other distributions require packages to build offline. [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chromium https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chr...
      - forgotusername6 3y ago
        I think I got my wires crossed with ChromiumOS which when I last read the docs seemed to suggest that Google cloud platform was required. I now can't find those specific docs either so I retract my statement.
  - squeaky-clean 3y ago
    Don't forget media DRM built into Chrome but not Chromium.
    - schleck8 3y ago
      Widevine is a Google service so I didn't forget it. You can still play media if you dislike DRM usually, at =< 720p that is, which is a lesser security standard. I'm not even sure whether it involves additional servers.
- m463 3y ago
  I found this article to explain it well: https://www.lifewire.com/chromium-and-chrome-differences-4172101 https://www.lifewire.com/chromium-and-chrome-differences-417... and there is a further ungoogled-chromium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoogled-chromium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoogled-chromium
superb_dev 3y ago
Website works fine on safari too, I didn’t notice any issues
- nness 3y ago
  Same, I wonder what issue they thought they had...
  - earthnail 3y ago
    Safari is known to be troublesome when a webpage contains many HTML audio players. It can get extremely slow and unresponsive. Every researcher I know in the audio domain uses Chrome for exactly that reason. The alternative would be not to use the standard HTML audio tag which would be ridiculous.
IndisciplineK 3y ago
> Can someone please create an animated GIF button for Chrome which says: "Best viewed with Google Chrome"? Here you go: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,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"> Edit: View the button: https://indiscipline.github.io/post/best-viewed-in-google-chrome/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/best-viewed-in-google-ch...
- rikafurude21 3y ago
  Surprised to see an actual gif pop up after adding that to a site. I guess thats just base64, still kind of amazing that its all inside a seemingly random string of text
  - IndisciplineK 3y ago
    By the way, you can simply paste the base64-encoded data (everything inside the quotes) into your address bar to view it. Probably not the safest action generally, but should be OK if it's an image.
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Maxion 3y ago

Chrome isn't open source, chromium is. Best not to confuse the two.

schleck8 3y ago
Chrome and Chromium are virtually identical except for Google services, which aren't required to do anything with the browser except for installing Chrome extensions that can alternatively be sideloaded, so this is nitpicking.
- berkes 3y ago
  It's essential nitpicking
- urbandw311er 3y ago
  Jumping in to defend parent comment, there’s nothing Open Source about Google Chrome and it’s highly relevant in this context because they are notorious for putting technologies and tracking in there that many people find objectionable.
- forgotusername6 3y ago
  Tangential, but I tried to build chromium the other day but stopped when it said it required access to Google cloud platform to actually build it. If something requires a proprietary build system, does it matter that it's open source?
  - nolist_policy 3y ago
    That is not true. See every distribution packaging chromium. In particular, this package[1] by openSUSE builds completely offline. Many other distributions require packages to build offline. [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chromium https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network:chromium/chr...
    - forgotusername6 3y ago
      I think I got my wires crossed with ChromiumOS which when I last read the docs seemed to suggest that Google cloud platform was required. I now can't find those specific docs either so I retract my statement.
- squeaky-clean 3y ago
  Don't forget media DRM built into Chrome but not Chromium.
  - schleck8 3y ago
    Widevine is a Google service so I didn't forget it. You can still play media if you dislike DRM usually, at =< 720p that is, which is a lesser security standard. I'm not even sure whether it involves additional servers.
m463 3y ago
I found this article to explain it well: https://www.lifewire.com/chromium-and-chrome-differences-4172101 https://www.lifewire.com/chromium-and-chrome-differences-417... and there is a further ungoogled-chromium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoogled-chromium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoogled-chromium

superb_dev 3y ago

Website works fine on safari too, I didn’t notice any issues

nness 3y ago
Same, I wonder what issue they thought they had...
- earthnail 3y ago
  Safari is known to be troublesome when a webpage contains many HTML audio players. It can get extremely slow and unresponsive. Every researcher I know in the audio domain uses Chrome for exactly that reason. The alternative would be not to use the standard HTML audio tag which would be ridiculous.

IndisciplineK 3y ago

> Can someone please create an animated GIF button for Chrome which says: "Best viewed with Google Chrome"? Here you go: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,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"> Edit: View the button: https://indiscipline.github.io/post/best-viewed-in-google-chrome/ https://indiscipline.github.io/post/best-viewed-in-google-ch...

rikafurude21 3y ago
Surprised to see an actual gif pop up after adding that to a site. I guess thats just base64, still kind of amazing that its all inside a seemingly random string of text
- IndisciplineK 3y ago
  By the way, you can simply paste the base64-encoded data (everything inside the quotes) into your address bar to view it. Probably not the safest action generally, but should be OK if it's an image.

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