Chrome 36 beta came out half a year ago. It's unreasonable to expect web developers to support very old versions of a browser that silently auto-updates. Most popular frameworks and libraries, such as jQuery (see https://jquery.com/browser-support/), only officially support the latest stable Chrome and one version prior.
Right. So it eas pretty new in July, then?
Re:Vim.js – JavaScript port of Vim
by deathanatos on Sunday November 30, 2014 @04:05PM
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(Edit: strike point about Chrome release date; had the release-release date, parent probably means when beta started.)
I'll also note that in the past, I've purposefully not upgraded due to serious bugs in the present version of Chrome. (There was a great one a while ago where entire websites — notably Wikipedia — were rendering in the wrong font, for example.)
> a browser that silently auto-updates
While I'll grant that this is true for the majority of users:
1. It requires a user to restart their browser. For me, this usually means the next weekend or Chrome/OS X crash, since during the week I'm usually busy with things other than restarting the browser…
2. Not all OS's auto-update, though this is a very small minority.
Re:Vim.js – JavaScript port of Vim
by markus2012 on Sunday November 30, 2014 @04:26PM
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It's unreasonable and unfair for you to assume I have any expectation for Vim.js to work with the version of Chrome I listed.
I was merely providing feedback / datapoint.
This doesn't work for me either. However, I am using the Vimium plugin for Chrome which may also cause issues.
I then gave it a shot in Firefox nightly and it seemed to work really well. This brings me joy.
I don't like to edit forms/documents on the web; it's a constant struggle against my muscle memory. Vim.js could be the start of something that could change that. Well done!