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> there's not a lot of room for innovative behavior Then why have I begun to see "This website only works in Google Chrome, upgrade today!" messages all over t

by codemac 12y ago

> there's not a lot of room for innovative behavior Then why have I begun to see "This website only works in Google Chrome, upgrade today!" messages all over the web?

moskie 12y ago
We must surf different webs. I rarely see messages like this these days.
- dkuntz2 12y ago
  If you go to the Google homepage in a browser that isn't Chrome it shows up.
  - fizzbatter 12y ago
    Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. I see no messages. I also went to Google.com with Safari, and saw a message that said "A faster way to browse the web! Install Google Chrome" I suspect a "This site only works with chrome!" message only applies to older versions of Internet Explorer. Crying wolf is so boring these days. edit: Also i find it hilarious that you think Google would risk rejecting all users who aren't using Chrome. Talk about a great way to give your Search competition a legitimate case. edit2: The downvoting is cute, and i hope it's because of my tone and not me calling out lies. "Anything but Chrome!" he says - absurd. By all means, downvote my tone, but i should hope outright lying gets similar treatment.
    - yareally 12y ago
      > Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. It shows on old Opera (Presto), new Opera (Blink) and IE 11, so it's not just old versions of IE.
    - codemac 12y ago
      > Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. I see no messages. I see it often on Firefox, I have the latest Firefox on linux (35.0.1). It's a blue bar along the top of many Google properties that are decently cross browser. Go to Inbox without chrome and you'll see the "only works with chrome" crap. The biggest difference is probably NaCl in Chrome right now.
- nikku 12y ago
  Inbox (by Google) has that.
- piyush_soni 12y ago
  Whatsapp Web shows that too. https://web.whatsapp.com https://web.whatsapp.com
  - WorldWideWayne 12y ago
    That's just horrible. I don't get why they would want to do this. Doesn't Facebook own Whatsapp now? Why would they want to send business to Google?
    - minot 12y ago
      Because they are using some proprietary technology that is only available in Google Chrome. It will probably take time for Mozilla to adapt this... When Google announced Inbox, they said it would be later adapted to work with other browsers. I guess it is not on the top of their agenda.
  - vnagpal 12y ago
    i am getting "WhatsApp Web only works in Google Chrome." and i'm using latest chromium :/
    - piyush_soni 12y ago
      Ha ha ... That's interesting :).
  - ack 12y ago
    It shows that message to Firefox, but not Vivaldi. Must be looking at engine features, not a specific browser.
- cpeterso 12y ago
  Google Hangouts: https://www.google.com/hangouts/ https://www.google.com/hangouts/

by codemac 12y ago

> there's not a lot of room for innovative behavior Then why have I begun to see "This website only works in Google Chrome, upgrade today!" messages all over the web?

moskie 12y ago

We must surf different webs. I rarely see messages like this these days.

dkuntz2 12y ago
If you go to the Google homepage in a browser that isn't Chrome it shows up.
- fizzbatter 12y ago
  Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. I see no messages. I also went to Google.com with Safari, and saw a message that said "A faster way to browse the web! Install Google Chrome" I suspect a "This site only works with chrome!" message only applies to older versions of Internet Explorer. Crying wolf is so boring these days. edit: Also i find it hilarious that you think Google would risk rejecting all users who aren't using Chrome. Talk about a great way to give your Search competition a legitimate case. edit2: The downvoting is cute, and i hope it's because of my tone and not me calling out lies. "Anything but Chrome!" he says - absurd. By all means, downvote my tone, but i should hope outright lying gets similar treatment.
  - yareally 12y ago
    > Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. It shows on old Opera (Presto), new Opera (Blink) and IE 11, so it's not just old versions of IE.
  - codemac 12y ago
    > Funny, i just went to Google.com with Firefox. I see no messages. I see it often on Firefox, I have the latest Firefox on linux (35.0.1). It's a blue bar along the top of many Google properties that are decently cross browser. Go to Inbox without chrome and you'll see the "only works with chrome" crap. The biggest difference is probably NaCl in Chrome right now.
nikku 12y ago
Inbox (by Google) has that.
piyush_soni 12y ago
Whatsapp Web shows that too. https://web.whatsapp.com https://web.whatsapp.com
- WorldWideWayne 12y ago
  That's just horrible. I don't get why they would want to do this. Doesn't Facebook own Whatsapp now? Why would they want to send business to Google?
  - minot 12y ago
    Because they are using some proprietary technology that is only available in Google Chrome. It will probably take time for Mozilla to adapt this... When Google announced Inbox, they said it would be later adapted to work with other browsers. I guess it is not on the top of their agenda.
- vnagpal 12y ago
  i am getting "WhatsApp Web only works in Google Chrome." and i'm using latest chromium :/
  - piyush_soni 12y ago
    Ha ha ... That's interesting :).
- ack 12y ago
  It shows that message to Firefox, but not Vivaldi. Must be looking at engine features, not a specific browser.
cpeterso 12y ago
Google Hangouts: https://www.google.com/hangouts/ https://www.google.com/hangouts/