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Re:NetSurf: Small, fast, free web browser by amelius on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:43AM (#10418255)
While I applaud competition, I fear that more browsers will make it ever more difficult to develop working code that doesn't break at the next update. I guess the middle ground is that developers are supposed to follow the major browsers, while the small browsers have to follow them too. This could work in practice (I suppose users have gotten used to things breaking on the web), but somehow it still feels like a failure of the field of Software Engineering.
Re:NetSurf: Small, fast, free web browser by JupiterMoon on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:49AM (#10418271)
Isn't this what standards are for? If everyone follows them then no worries..
Re:NetSurf: Small, fast, free web browser by amelius on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:51AM (#10418279)
Yes. This is the theory. But haven't you ever seen browser-support tables? For instance, this one: http://caniuse.com/