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[nycphp-talk] Web browser quality

Darryle Steplight dsteplight at gmail.com
Fri May 11 16:06:27 EDT 2012


Speaking of FireFox, has anyone realized that youtube videos don't
play on the latest FF on a Mac, even after updating Adobe Flash?

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Hans Zaunere <bulk at zaunere.com> wrote:
>> Firefox is probably one of the better browser out there still.  If you
>> are experiencing crashes, this most likely indicates corrupted profile -
>> - this occurs often during upgrades, but there many factor why it would
>> go corrupt.  Try creating a new profile and see how this affects it.
>
> That's not a bad idea - though it still seems as though it's broken
> functionality (recently) with how it handle form reposts.  Anyone seeing
> this?
>
>> > So, in a mix of rant-and-feedback-gathering - is it just me, or have
>> > browsers largely gone downhill in the last few months?
>>
>> Big picture, things are great -- html5 / css3 support, much better
>> cross-browser rendering than we've ever had, developer tools in
>> consumer builds.
>
> I suppose, but at the same time it feels that the front-end functionality is
> bloating the browsers beyond the basics... we're all still talking HTTP
> here, folks - and for server-side development, it of the utmost importance.
>
> Maybe the developer tools in consumer builds is part of the problem.
> Browsers are trying to do too many things, and supporting too many different
> types of web developers.
>
> Where's the "developer's browser" or more specifically, the server-side
> developer's browser... maybe we should recommend that to the "big three" :)
> Or maybe there's a magic-soup of settings that can be applied to these
> browsers to turn off all the consumer stuff?
>
> H
>
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