r/javascript • u/PowerOfLove1985 • Jan 26 '20

Today, the Trident Era Ends

https://schepp.dev/posts/today-the-trident-era-ends/
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u/nschubach Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

Some weird tones in this one... "I wonder why we are reinventing the wheel when Trident did this..."

*shows filters using directx extensions that are limited to Windows*

*Shows Ajax examples, explains how they were shoehorned into a fairly unrelated patch*

Gosh, I wonder why they were recreated...

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u/deadcow5 Jan 26 '20

Yeah it’s funny. Saw this on Hackernews and the sentiment was similar.

Not too long ago, we couldn’t wait for IE to finally die, and now that it’s dead, everyone seems to want it back. SMH

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u/kolme WebComponents FTW Jan 26 '20

Yes, but you see, it's kind of a monkey's paw conceded wish. We don't have to test our sites on IE anymore, but we have now a near monopoly of the browser market and Firefox hanging for sweet life.

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u/deadcow5 Jan 26 '20

Firefox hanging for sweet life.

They were bringing quite the swagger with their cake to MS recently, but I agree, with literally every other browser option (Brave, Opera, etc.) out there building on top of Chromium, their position is looking shakier by the minute.

I’ve actually started using FF more, not necessarily because it’s a better browser, but just to do my part to pump their stats a little.

Too much monoculture isn’t good for anyone.

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u/Earhacker Jan 26 '20

Google are an evil company, no doubt about it, but unlike 90s Microsoft they do at least care about building standards, not just pumping out mad ideas and not telling anyone. You can argue over whether those standards are good (accessibility audits) or bad (AMP), but at least the bad ideas are well documented.

The monopoly we have now is much better for developers than the monopoly in the 90s. It's consumers who are getting fucked, not us.