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This is not a universal law of the world. There are times when using a common technology is better. In this specific case why is "competition good" and who car
by OmarIsmail 12y ago
This is not a universal law of the world. There are times when using a common technology is better.
In this specific case why is "competition good" and who cares about boring when it comes to developer's productivity. Being able to code against one browser and being certain that it works properly in all browsers would be a tremendously wonderful thing for everyone.
To sacrifice that ideal vision so that things aren't "boring" doesn't seem worth it to put it kindly.
- MichaelGG 12y agoWe had developer productivity with IE5. But it's also good to get innovation on browser platforms. Maybe it's possible that a single browser, today, would get all the love and continued development. But it seems more likely that without pressure to improve (even if it means improving runtime perf/memory usage) we could easily see stagnation.
- UK-AL 12y agoThen you get no one trying different js engines, or trying different approaches rendering. IE6 was pretty much a monopoly, how well did that go?
- OmarIsmail 12y agoWebkit does not include the JS engine. And the different approaches to rendering is also incorrect. Google has Blink which is - for all intents and purposes - Webkit. IE6 was closed source, and under control of one company. Webkit is open source with contributions from many major organizations.