The Monaco Code Editor

Re:The Monaco Code Editor by yayadarsh on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:39PM (#11940196)

It sounds like you are attributing this to some sort of surreptitious attempt to "seem relevant", where really it's much simpler. Unless you are working directly on IE/Edge, there is absolutely no "top-down" direction as to which browser you must use.

Truth is, you use what browser you like. On my team (MSFT employee) this is a mixture of Chrome, FF, IE, and Edge, based on personal preference.

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Re:The Monaco Code Editor by eyko on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:44PM (#11940242)

I'm not sure if your team is large enough for the following question but: do you find that usage ratios are comparable to general (global) browser share stats?

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Re:The Monaco Code Editor by tacos on Monday June 20, 2016 @02:53PM (#11940327)

The product states it's compatible with a bunch of browsers; of course the devs use a mix. That's not interesting.

But like the requisite non-white person in every group photo, Microsoft's choice of browser screenshots most certainly is a conscious decision. For the same reasons. It's not to fake relevancy; it's to signal they're culturally aware.

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Re:The Monaco Code Editor by blahi on Monday June 20, 2016 @03:03PM (#11940416)

You can say it's a conscious decision on a corporate branded product launch, like the surface. Not on some obsucure developer tool's page.

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