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Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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I am not sure what I am looking at. I see a big yellow rectangle. Should I be looking at the code only? Should I press a button?

I think the old "Best Viewed With Internet Explorer" is back (only ... with chrome as the new ie)

Except chrome is open source and actually improves multiple times a year...

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Edit: Major correction: it appears Firefox only supports clip-path behind a flag. Enabling this flag makes the experiment appear in Firefox. --- It's Webkit/Blink-only - no support for other browsers. It says it uses clip-path and variables, both supported in Firefox, so I see no compelling reason for this. Also viewing it in Chrome, I don't see anything that would actually require the use of clip-path or variables -…

Seems to work for me in mobile safari

Edited, cheers.

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Edit: Major correction: it appears Firefox only supports clip-path behind a flag. Enabling this flag makes the experiment appear in Firefox. --- It's Webkit/Blink-only - no support for other browsers. It says it uses clip-path and variables, both supported in Firefox, so I see no compelling reason for this. Also viewing it in Chrome, I don't see anything that would actually require the use of clip-path or variables -…

It seems to me that nowadays Webkit/Blink has replaced IE for developers not caring about interoperability – with some even going so far as to claim „IE? but nobody uses that!“.

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the old "Best Viewed With Internet Explorer" is back (only ... with chrome as the new ie)

Except chrome is open source and actually improves multiple times a year...

Chrome is closed-source (though based on the open-source Chromium project so it can nicely claim the associated kudos of an open-source project).

IE also "improved" rapidly back in the IE4/5/6 days, adding features such as CSS filters and AJAX. These "improvements" were considered much needed progress by developers at the time; later, with the wisdom of hindsight, rightly seen as proprietary extensions with little to no consideration for interoperability.

And if you think the Blink team's membership of, and contributions to, WHATWG/W3C/&c. automatically ticks all the friendly interoperability boxes, you've clearly never encountered monstrosities such as https://compat.spec.whatwg.org/ (created and maintained by Mozilla)

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Edit: Major correction: it appears Firefox only supports clip-path behind a flag. Enabling this flag makes the experiment appear in Firefox. --- It's Webkit/Blink-only - no support for other browsers. It says it uses clip-path and variables, both supported in Firefox, so I see no compelling reason for this. Also viewing it in Chrome, I don't see anything that would actually require the use of clip-path or variables -…

Seems to work for me in mobile safari

Safari is webkit.

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Edit: Major correction: it appears Firefox only supports clip-path behind a flag. Enabling this flag makes the experiment appear in Firefox. --- It's Webkit/Blink-only - no support for other browsers. It says it uses clip-path and variables, both supported in Firefox, so I see no compelling reason for this. Also viewing it in Chrome, I don't see anything that would actually require the use of clip-path or variables -…

  Why is this currently #6 on the HN front page?
Because someone took time to make this, and we tend to approach Show HN projects with an open mind.

If it doesn't work on your browser, then try another one. The OP isn't asking you to buy anything or force anything down your throat.

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except chrome is open source and actually improves multiple times a year...

Chrome is closed-source (though based on the open-source Chromium project so it can nicely claim the associated kudos of an open-source project). IE also "improved" rapidly back in the IE4/5/6 days, adding features such as CSS filters and AJAX. These "improvements" were considered much needed progress by developers at the time; later, with the wisdom of hindsight, rightly seen as proprietary extensions with little to…

IE 6 did not improve for many years (7?) until Firefox got them to do IE7- also comparing the parts of chrome to the parts of IE6.... I'm not sure I buy your quick dismal of the open source difference between the two engines. I can download and compile chromium which is almost identical to chrome. What equivalent did we have with IE from 2000 until today I still can't download IE and compile from source?

Re: Show HN: CSS Pokemon – created with clip-path and CSS variables

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except chrome is open source and actually improves multiple times a year...

Chrome is closed-source (though based on the open-source Chromium project so it can nicely claim the associated kudos of an open-source project). IE also "improved" rapidly back in the IE4/5/6 days, adding features such as CSS filters and AJAX. These "improvements" were considered much needed progress by developers at the time; later, with the wisdom of hindsight, rightly seen as proprietary extensions with little to…

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