Is Chrome the New IE?

Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by sureIy on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:38PM (#42180131)

Safari was late until a couple of years ago when they started implementing new features more aggressively. Now it's always Firefox. Just check how long it took them to add support for the :has() selector and RegEx Lookbehind. We're years into "manifest v3" and background workers are nowhere to be found.

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Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by troupo on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @01:39AM (#42180605)

Funnily enough it was Firefox who figured out a workable algorithm for :has IIRC

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Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by sureIy on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:45PM (#42186175)

Absolutely not.

Firefox has mindbogglingly bad performance with :has() even if their superficial tests tell you otherwise. I experienced minute-long lockups just because I used :has() on a large element like body. Chrome and Safari had no issues with those selectors.

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Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by troupo on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:57PM (#42188972)

I stand corrected. It was the absolute legends at Igalia. See links and explainer here: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/528

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