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Only have yourselves to blame. Chrome made the internet better but everyone put their fingers in their ears about it getting worse at the same time.

hk__2 5mo ago
Both, actually. It did make some parts of the Internet better, and some other worse.
darkwater 5mo ago
Which Internet did make better?
- bilekas 5mo ago
  For anyone working in the web area during the old IE days will know, not having to have a dedicated css and js for each browser type was a gamechanger. Chrome's introduction, albeit through smoother, lighter browser experience at the time, pushed other browsers to standardize to google. In one way it's bad to have a homogenous approach to all things web based, but in another way it did make the internet a better experience overall.
  - dannyw 5mo ago
    In the horror days of IE, I remember having to look up some DirectX filter to properly display PNG images with transparency. It was that bad, and that’s one example of 1000. Some libraries/scripts helped normalise things a little, but never enough. Yuck.
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- izacus 5mo ago
  The one you're using every day filled with web apps that runsl securely without you dowloading sketchy binaries or being locked into walled garden app stores.
  - darkwater 5mo ago
    It's also the one where I find sites where I can't even login if I'm using Firefox. i.e. my bank just redesigned their website and now you can login only with Chrome. For some weird bug, Firefox isn't allowed. The same exact issues we had with IE.
- dannyw 5mo ago
  You remember the IE days right? Being a web developer was not fun; and the web was absolutely being held back. Chrome did a lot of things right: per-origin sandboxing, properly implementing web standards, V8, developer tools, and back then Chromium was super close to Chrome. Do I think Chrome is a net-negative for the web over the past ~3-5 years? Yes, especially with manifest v3, “privacy sandbox”, and them basically forcing through web APIs because they have the dominant marketshare. But early Chrome was a technologically impressive and user-friendly browser that really did make the web massively better. I remember happily putting Firefox and Chrome mini-banners (what are they called? Those little rectangular images) on my website, for free, because I recommended it.
  - Izkata 5mo ago
    Developer tools, at least, came through Firefox with Firebug, years before Chrome/Chromium existed.
halJordan 5mo ago
It was hard to stomach the "I looove Chrome. It can do no wrong" but these "Why did we let google control everything" comments are even worse

hk__2 5mo ago

Both, actually. It did make some parts of the Internet better, and some other worse.

darkwater 5mo ago

Which Internet did make better?

bilekas 5mo ago
For anyone working in the web area during the old IE days will know, not having to have a dedicated css and js for each browser type was a gamechanger. Chrome's introduction, albeit through smoother, lighter browser experience at the time, pushed other browsers to standardize to google. In one way it's bad to have a homogenous approach to all things web based, but in another way it did make the internet a better experience overall.
- dannyw 5mo ago
  In the horror days of IE, I remember having to look up some DirectX filter to properly display PNG images with transparency. It was that bad, and that’s one example of 1000. Some libraries/scripts helped normalise things a little, but never enough. Yuck.
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izacus 5mo ago
The one you're using every day filled with web apps that runsl securely without you dowloading sketchy binaries or being locked into walled garden app stores.
- darkwater 5mo ago
  It's also the one where I find sites where I can't even login if I'm using Firefox. i.e. my bank just redesigned their website and now you can login only with Chrome. For some weird bug, Firefox isn't allowed. The same exact issues we had with IE.
dannyw 5mo ago
You remember the IE days right? Being a web developer was not fun; and the web was absolutely being held back. Chrome did a lot of things right: per-origin sandboxing, properly implementing web standards, V8, developer tools, and back then Chromium was super close to Chrome. Do I think Chrome is a net-negative for the web over the past ~3-5 years? Yes, especially with manifest v3, “privacy sandbox”, and them basically forcing through web APIs because they have the dominant marketshare. But early Chrome was a technologically impressive and user-friendly browser that really did make the web massively better. I remember happily putting Firefox and Chrome mini-banners (what are they called? Those little rectangular images) on my website, for free, because I recommended it.
- Izkata 5mo ago
  Developer tools, at least, came through Firefox with Firebug, years before Chrome/Chromium existed.

halJordan 5mo ago

It was hard to stomach the "I looove Chrome. It can do no wrong" but these "Why did we let google control everything" comments are even worse