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Re:Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications (2009) by ryandrake on Friday July 12, 2024 @12:46PM (#40947201)
> It is hard justifying extra effort for those 2.2% marketshare, unless you count in idealism. And most companies are there for profit.

To me, this attitude always sounds like a local business owner choosing to randomly kick 1 out of every 45 customers out of his store. Is it really that much time/cost/effort to test one more browser?

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Re:Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications (2009) by lukan on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:16PM (#40948537)
"Is it really that much time/cost/effort to test one more browser?"

As someone who has over the years all in all spend months of work on catering to FF, I say yes.

It is not the testing. But the fixing of bugs that costs time. Time most buisnesses apparently rather invest elsewhere.

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