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What a miserable company.

crazygringo 2y ago
For goodness' sakes, it's in beta. Their devs are probably trying to make sure it runs in Firefox but they haven't added it to the official QA process, just like they haven't added languages other than English either. And they don't want Firefox users complaining about bugs that might be there yet. If this were a full release then sure I'd complain too. But this is just a beta. Maybe releasing betas before they have full compatibility and internationalization is good, rather than "miserable"?
- kimixa 2y ago
  But I thought that the whole point of it being a "Beta" was explicitly for testing. Blocking untested combinations seems contrary to that goal. Or I guess it's another example of how the word "Beta" has become marketing speak for "New!", with a side of "No Support!"
  - crazygringo 2y ago
    Beta is for testing things that are already ready for end-user testing. There are phases of internal and more limited testing that need to precede the broader beta phase. If you haven't finished those phases yet on other browsers, there's no point in jumping ahead to a public beta for them.
  - cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
    Sorry but have you ever developed software before? I’m sure you have. You’re just refusing to draw from your professional expertise. Rather, you’re drawing from the “uninformed member of the Apple hater peanut gallery” part of your brain. You wouldn’t have given this a second of extra thought if it wasn’t done by a company you’ve obviously long-since decided that you hate for cultural reasons.
- madeofpalk 2y ago
  It being in "beta" is a perfect reason to excuse bugs if it doesn't work in Firefox. But, they went out of their way to build in a system to say "go away" if you're not using Chrome.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    That’s not what beta means. Why would I put something out there for beta testing externally that I haven’t done any internally testing for? Any feedback would just generate noise and issues that I already know about

For goodness' sakes, it's in beta. Their devs are probably trying to make sure it runs in Firefox but they haven't added it to the official QA process, just like they haven't added languages other than English either. And they don't want Firefox users complaining about bugs that might be there yet. If this were a full release then sure I'd complain too. But this is just a beta. Maybe releasing betas before they have full compatibility and internationalization is good, rather than "miserable"?

kimixa 2y ago
But I thought that the whole point of it being a "Beta" was explicitly for testing. Blocking untested combinations seems contrary to that goal. Or I guess it's another example of how the word "Beta" has become marketing speak for "New!", with a side of "No Support!"
- crazygringo 2y ago
  Beta is for testing things that are already ready for end-user testing. There are phases of internal and more limited testing that need to precede the broader beta phase. If you haven't finished those phases yet on other browsers, there's no point in jumping ahead to a public beta for them.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
  Sorry but have you ever developed software before? I’m sure you have. You’re just refusing to draw from your professional expertise. Rather, you’re drawing from the “uninformed member of the Apple hater peanut gallery” part of your brain. You wouldn’t have given this a second of extra thought if it wasn’t done by a company you’ve obviously long-since decided that you hate for cultural reasons.
madeofpalk 2y ago
It being in "beta" is a perfect reason to excuse bugs if it doesn't work in Firefox. But, they went out of their way to build in a system to say "go away" if you're not using Chrome.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  That’s not what beta means. Why would I put something out there for beta testing externally that I haven’t done any internally testing for? Any feedback would just generate noise and issues that I already know about