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Re:The Baseline Interpreter: A Faster JavaScript Interpreter... by copperx on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:46PM (#20842540)
> Are we really back in the 90s, back to “This page works best in $one_specific_browser”?

Do webdevs really check for Chrome AND Firefox compatibility? The devs I know consider the job done as long as their site works with Chrome.

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Re:The Baseline Interpreter: A Faster JavaScript Interpreter... by josteink on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:03AM (#20845481)
> Do webdevs really check for Chrome AND Firefox compatibility? The devs I know consider the job done as long as their site works with Chrome.

That would technically only make them Chrome-devs.

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Re:The Baseline Interpreter: A Faster JavaScript Interpreter... by hawkice on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:26PM (#20843632)
This... is more fraught than you might guess. Really fiddly details can make things look goofy if you don't check.
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