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I think this is the key: > The moratorium would hit Chrome much harder than it would the other browsers, since it’s Google that is proposing most of the new fe
by cwyers 11y ago
I think this is the key:
> The moratorium would hit Chrome much harder than it would the other browsers, since it’s Google that is proposing most of the new features nowadays. That may not be entirely fair, but it’s an unavoidable consequence of Chrome’s current position as the top browser — not only in market share, but also in supported features. Also, the fact that Google’s documentation ranges from lousy to non-existent doesn’t help its case.
I think the title and a lot of the rhetoric is misleading, really. It's not so much "stop pushing the web forward" as it is "stop letting Google decide where forward is and leaving everyone else to either ratify it or be irrelevant." And, uh, good luck with that. I mean it. I would love to see that happen, but I don't see how to get there.
- aquilaFiera 11y agoI wouldn't categorize Google as the leader anymore. Mozilla and Microsoft have caught up and are as much leading the charge as Google is. Four years ago I would have agreed but four years ago we needed Google to push the browser forward.
- azatris 11y agoDo you have any growth statistics as reference?
- huskyr 11y agoThe stats seem to disagree (1): Chrome has risen from a global usage share of 20% in 2011 to almost 50% today. Compare that to Firefox (2011: 28%, now: 16%) and IE (2011: 44%, now: 18%). (1): http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201106-201506 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201106-201506
- glandium 11y agoI'm pretty sure he's talking about W3C/WHATWG activity, not market share.
- immibis 11y agoIE used to be the top browser, but look at how many other browsers implemented DirectShow filters. (Even on non-Windows platforms they should be emulateable)