>"With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and a major platform that web developers must consider. "
Chrome is a browser (and, unfortunately a platform), that, due to replacing most everything except Firefox, web developers are enabling it to become the new IE. Sure, it might be fast and supposedly sexy, but that isn't the issue. That monoculture is starting to break the web [again]. Yes, there are now sites and services that are essentially "Chrome only" because they do not render correctly
Still waiting for one to link to whenever a company release their next version with 'dark mode' features as if it were the next giant leap forward for mankind. Maybe we should do a Kickstarter for it....
"There's a new Native File System API that lets developers build web apps that interact with files on the user's local device"
Seriously? What are they thinking with this one?
I'm sure Chrome will ask permission from the user before this is allowed. I'm also sure that bad actors are already in the process of crafting pages designed to trick people into granting that access for their attacks.
It saves battery and can reduce eye strain for some people. I'm not sure why you're so angry about it, as I've always seen it implemented as an opt-in.
>"With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and a major platform that web developers must consider. "
Chrome is a browser (and, unfortunately a platform), that, due to replacing most everything except Firefox, web developers are enabling it to become the new IE. Sure, it might be fast and supposedly sexy, but that isn't the issue. That monoculture is starting to break the web [again]. Yes, there are now sites and services that are essentially "Chrome only" because they do not render correctly
Yes, there are now sites and services that are essentially "Chrome only" because they do not render correctly on "competing" standards-based browsers.
In the case Google sites and services, the incompatibility begins with... if( !chrome ) break stuff;
Still waiting for one to link to whenever a company release their next version with 'dark mode' features as if it were the next giant leap forward for mankind.
Maybe we should do a Kickstarter for it....
"There's a new Native File System API that lets developers build web apps that interact with files on the user's local device"
Seriously? What are they thinking with this one?
I'm sure Chrome will ask permission from the user before this is allowed. I'm also sure that bad actors are already in the process of crafting pages designed to trick people into granting that access for their attacks.