Yeah, true. I forgot that, even Steve's letter on why they wouldn't put flash on the iPhone. That was the final blow, yup. But the web was still a clunky mess

Yeah, true. I forgot that, even Steve's letter on why they wouldn't put flash on the iPhone. That was the final blow, yup. But the web was still a clunky mess of plugins, broken standards, and browser-specific hacks. Google pushed to make the web better. And through Chrome they helped bring WebKit to multiplatform: I still remember I couldn't even get rounded edges or nice typography support across platforms, only in Safari. It wasn’t until Chrome took off that the rest started paying attention.