Chrome and Safari are both missing, even though they're the two most modern browsers available today. All the browsers they're suggesting are way behind WebKit-powered Chrome & Safari in terms of HTML5 support.
I can see why they wouldn't include Safari--it's not very good for Windows and anybody on Mac OS has it already (and probably up to date?).
Chrome, on the other hand, is a great browser on every platform (including Linux!) and automatically updates itself (which means that you only need to get somebody to switch to Chrome once rather than repeatedly like with newer versions of IE).
Also, I'm not sure Firefox is actually behind Webkit-based browsers in features and certainly not significantly. I suspect Opera is pretty good as well although I don't use it.
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Don't forget, they're also pulling this on Apple.
Chrome and Safari are both missing, even though they're the two most modern browsers available today. All the browsers they're suggesting are way behind WebKit-powered Chrome & Safari in terms of HTML5 support.
I can see why they wouldn't include Safari--it's not very good for Windows and anybody on Mac OS has it already (and probably up to date?).
Chrome, on the other hand, is a great browser on every platform (including Linux!) and automatically updates itself (which means that you only need to get somebody to switch to Chrome once rather than repeatedly like with newer versions of IE).
Also, I'm not sure Firefox is actually behind Webkit-based browsers in features and certainly not significantly. I suspect Opera is pretty good as well although I don't use it.
Arguably, IE isn't very good for my Mac, though.
That's an interesting euphemism for "hasn't been available for over a decade".
"All" meaning "one, maybe". Firefox has excellent (and often better than webkit) html5 support, so does Opera. Even IE10 is passable.
So, how much of the Google kool-aid have you ingested lately?
I think if you drink Google kool-aid and Apple kool-aid at the same time, it balances out.
With the single side effect that you become a WebKit nut, as evidenced above.
Wouldn't that mean you're drinking Konqueror kool-aid?
This is HN. If you have evidence to the contrary, present it rather than just making a snarky remark.