Comment on Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years (2019)parentComments−scarface_742yThere was never that time.1. At first it was “works best with Netscape Navigator”2. Then it was the same with IE3. Now it’s Chrome.−plorkyeran2yThere was a step in between #2 and #3 where web developers all used FF while non-technical users used IE6, so supporting both was unavoidable. Chrome didn't become dominant until a decade later.−scarface_742yAnd web developers then ignored Safari from 2001-2007 before the iPhone came out…−glenstein2yI'm with you on 2 and 3, but was Netscape Navigator similarly anti-competitive in a way that is analogous to Chrome or IE?−scarface_742yYes. They added all sorts of proprietary extensions that didn’t go through a standards body. Thad’s how we got the “navigator” object in all browsers.
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There was never that time.
1. At first it was “works best with Netscape Navigator”
2. Then it was the same with IE
3. Now it’s Chrome.
There was a step in between #2 and #3 where web developers all used FF while non-technical users used IE6, so supporting both was unavoidable. Chrome didn't become dominant until a decade later.
And web developers then ignored Safari from 2001-2007 before the iPhone came out…
I'm with you on 2 and 3, but was Netscape Navigator similarly anti-competitive in a way that is analogous to Chrome or IE?
Yes. They added all sorts of proprietary extensions that didn’t go through a standards body. Thad’s how we got the “navigator” object in all browsers.