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Re:Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for a faste... by toyg on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:05PM (#18156677)
The original problem with IE was its implementation of early CSS drafts - an open standard with specs. They just picked the “wrong” version of such specs and pushed it with their commercial strength. Everyone else was then caught between the choice of implementing the real (better) spec, or lose compatibility with IE.

Similarly, Google now picks the standards it likes, and everyone else is caught between the choice of investing in those or lose compatibility with Chrome. Not much of a difference.

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Re:Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for a faste... by izacus on Saturday October 06, 2018 @04:08PM (#18157008)
I feel that Safari (mobile one) is way closer to the IE6 status with its ban of competition on platform, lack of standardised features and heavy handed management.

You can easily replace Chrome, it's not even a platform default. You're forbidden from replacing Safari.

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Re:Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for a faste... by steve_adams_86 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:47AM (#18159182)
I'm not sure why you're voted down. Mobile Safari has thrown some really bizarre and awful bugs at a few projects I've worked on, and given how critical mobile experiences are these days, it's genuinely a pain in the ass. It's a very nice mobile browser for the most part, but what it gets wrong is enough to make me kind of loathe having to deal with it.
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Re:Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for a faste... by watersb on Sunday October 07, 2018 @05:41PM (#18162773)
I had thought that Chrome's Blink engine was the platform default on Android. But I am not sure.

How does a web developer test for Android compatibility? I have been testing against Chrome only.

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Re:Firefox to support Google's WebP image format for a faste... by akmittal on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:36AM (#18164164)
Chrome on iOS is just wrapper around safari WebKit.
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