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Re:Modern Browsers Ship by nlogn on Friday February 18, 2011 @11:35AM (#2236069)
And Android for that matter. I really don't see podperson's point; what Android builds have broken backwards compatibility?
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Re:Modern Browsers Ship by qeorge on Friday February 18, 2011 @12:13PM (#2236264)
IIRC, carriers not updating their customers to the most recent Android build has been a big problem.

Not really Google's fault, but perhaps Android isn't a great example.

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Re:Modern Browsers Ship by jokermatt999 on Friday February 18, 2011 @01:13PM (#2236536)
That causes issues for being able to use the latest features, which is somewhat of a problem, but should not affect backwards compatibility. It means you have to possibly be aware of the OS features you use in your apps, but you don't have to worry about updating them due to some API being deprecated.
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Re:Modern Browsers Ship by podperson on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @11:11AM (#2254552)
It's not necessarily a question of backwards compatibility. Just being forced/pestered to update constantly is an anti-feature.
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