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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by joshuaissac on Thursday August 03, 2023 @07:47AM (#36984474)
> The JS and CSS and HTML box model worked differently

This was required for compatibility with Netscape. Developers coded for the Netscape box model when it was dominant, so Microsoft had to follow the same model to prevent the pages from breaking when viewed in Internet Explorer.

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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by cubefox on Thursday August 03, 2023 @08:30AM (#36984944)
Neither Mozilla nor Opera did that, so apparently they didn't have to.
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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by joshuaissac on Thursday August 03, 2023 @08:53AM (#36985211)
> Neither Mozilla nor Opera did that, so apparently they didn't have to.

Both of them did that. The box model in question was invented by Mozilla (internal code name for Netscape), and Opera 7 also implemented it.

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