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Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by dylan604 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @05:48PM (#37450628)
I recently was asked to evaluate a 3rd party package for possible use. With Firefox my default browser (I don't even have Chrome installed), I tried running their demo of the software but immediately received an alert like notification that it will not work at all with Firefox. And that's the end of evaluating that package. Next?

Spoke directly to the devs, and they are aware of the one specific method which nullifies Firefox's use. They are working to eliminate the use of that one method, so at least they are not complacent with just accepting Chrome or bust.

Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by andwomggazzz662 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @06:03PM (#37450735)
How much you wanna bet "that one specific method" winds up being one of Chromes adware tools.

Unless this is a very low level package, I find it hard to believe it just doesn't work with Firefox in 2023, at least if we are referring to the basic browser APIs for rendering, interpreting, sandboxing, etc.

In other words, if they aren't doing something systems level that exposes significant differences in the underlying browser APIs, then what's the cause of the issue?

Most application level differences (with the exception of the adware) are very very minor. That didn't used to be the case, but it certainly is today. I.e. you would have to put some effort in/intentionality is usually required to break something in Chrome but not Firefox and vice versa as a standard user program. Its not recommended, but I rarely see front end folks doing the same kind of browser tests that used to be industry standard these days, because it simply isn't an issue and if it is, it's because you are knowingly using a non-standard feature (which is usually adware related). The fact that they figured out the cause so quickly implies it's something like that. Systems level issues would require significant time to investigate and probably the involvement of experts in modern browser implementations.

Just my two cents as an ex front end guy.

Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by dylan604 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:08PM (#37451206)
it's some method for updating canvas data or some such. i have a distrust of Googs too, but maybe not as much as you

>Just my two cents as an ex front end guy.

There's no such thing as an ex, just one in recovery