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While this is true, owning and testing all the android devices is a lot harder than having a system with many web browsers on it. Also asking customers to upgr

• chimeracoder 14y ago
  > a system with many web browsers on it. Try multiple systems (multiple operating systems), with combinatorially many possibilities for the interesections of {operating system, browser type, browser version, screen size, resolution}.
  • gte910h 14y ago
    Which is exactly the same situation for android. And android is a far smaller area so tricks like just using the center third in both directions for large screens doesn't work.
    • chimeracoder 14y ago
      > Which is exactly the same situation for android. Not at all - the difference between any two Android devices is far less than the difference between any two potential viewers of a website. > And android is a far smaller area so tricks like just using the center third in both directions for large screens doesn't work. Android also has an extensive set of well-defined guidelines for layout and constructing applications - the more you rely on the core API to handle these tasks, the more portable your app will be across Android devices. That's a lot more than can be said for browser rendering in the general case.