Chrome gets updates though

True, the reality we are entering is that Firefox must play catch-up with Chrome as it dictates what most of the web can/should do. So must Edge.

And the current trend seems to be, don't use compatibility libraries like jQuery or even shims, but write "modern web apps" that require the latest features, because most users are on evergreen browsers. As Firefox's market share continues to shrink, concern for what it supports also shrinks. At least cross-compilers like Babel should support it for the foreseeable future.

i am by no means a google sympathizer, but if google owns a browser AND the apps that run on them, why wouldn't they make it work better on chrome, especially if they want you to use both? yes it sucks, but sounds pretty pathetic to say "hey google not fair, your app shouldn't run better on your browser" boohoo

FUCK their apps and FUCK chrome.. problem solved

EDIT: and to be fair, i doubt chrome breaks standards. they provide additional non-standard ways of doing things that are almost always better then the standard, it's developers who choose how to implement.

they provide additional non-standard ways of doing things that are almost always better then the standard

Which is exactly what Microsoft was doing with IE 6.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Google purposely use non-standard web APIs on some of their services like Google Hangouts, thus making them essentially "Chrome exclusive" for some time?

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Chrome, in other words, is being used in the same way that Internet Explorer 6 was back in the day - with web developers primarily optimizing for Chrome and tweaking for rivals later.

Developers flocked to Chrome because it enabled them to build better websites based on web standards, and it started a consumer war of market share between Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome.

Microsoft might have celebrated the death of Internet Explorer 6, but if Google isn't careful then it might just resurrect an ugly era of the internet where "Works best with Chrome" is a modern nightmare.

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