State of web browsers in 2018

Re:State of web browsers in 2018 by austincheney on Thursday December 06, 2018 @10:15AM (#18618623)

> At least those browsers are compatible with the web. Websites will work in them because websites are built to work in Chromium.

That is a poorly drawn conclusion. Edge is compatible with the web. Developers are solely developing for Chrome and not caring for cross browser testing. As a Firefox user I sometimes encounter this myself.

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Re:State of web browsers in 2018 by fchristant on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:04PM (#18621601)

hi, I'm the author. Agree with your point when you read it like that, so I'll clarify what I meant.

"Compatible with the web" in the context of this article means compatible with the web that is primarily built to work on Chromium/Webkit. Because at this point of time, the web is Chromium.

You're right that Edge is compatible with web standards, albeit that they are lagging a bit behind in implementing newer standards. By that logic, IE11 is also compatible with web standards.

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Re:State of web browsers in 2018 by acheron on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:07PM (#18619818)

Developers are solely developing for Chrome and not caring for cross browser testing.

The true spirit of Internet Explorer lives on!

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