Goodbye, EdgeHTML • Hacker News Board

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#31

Post by nashashmi » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

So much wasted energy: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

RIP!

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#32

Post by chrisfinazzo » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

Do the Mozilla folks not realize that WebKit still exists? Even as a fork of WebKit, I'd have to imagine they've diverged significantly in the last 4 years.

Fears of a monoculture are legitimate, but still overblown at this point.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#33

Post by jrochkind1 » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

In case you hadn't yet seen the (4-hour-old) news this is responding to, like i hadn't:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-edge-to-morph-into-...

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#34

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:01 PM UTC

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Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#35

Post by trevyn » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:02 PM UTC

mtrpcic wrote: post #21

trevyn wrote: post #13

I still see zero benefit to me, today , to use Firefox.

What are the benefits, _today_, to use Chrome?

It’s a known quantity — it’s what I’m currently using, and it works.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#36

Post by Quekid5 » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

cududa wrote: post #28

Quekid5 wrote: post #12

Well, I'm kind of saddened that even more control is going to Google, but realistically Edge was never really competitive in terms of support for standards[1]. EDIT: typo: Microsoft -> Google. Not sure what happened there :). [1] Yes, this is a very vague concept these days. Google has, what 80%+ market share? They have a lot of people who can influence standards, and the cognitive biases of those people could mean t…

What do you mean “even more control” what part of tech does Microsoft realistically control now, given the prevalence of cross platform apps and the web being the dominant platform. This seems like some late 90’s derived sentiment

Yeah, sorry that was a disastrous typo -- see my edit :/

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#37

Post by untog » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

epx wrote: post #2

IE deserves to die. It was responsible by the Middle Ages of Internet in the 2000s. Many corp systems still work solely on IE8 or IE6.

Eh, it was also responsible for a lot of innovation at one point too. AJAX was an IE innovation, no less!

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#38

Post by nashashmi » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

trevyn wrote: post #13

I still see zero benefit to me, today , to use Firefox.

They keep breaking extensions.

I am sick of Firefox now.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#39

Post by kanon » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

davidp wrote: post #19

Seriously, switch to Firefox. It's good again, and prioritizes privacy.[0] After Chrome's forced-sign-in debacle [1] I switched away from Chrome on all my platforms (Windows, Linux, Android) and haven't missed a thing. [0]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/ [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18055161

What about Chromium?

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

#40

Post by bithavoc » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:04 PM UTC

With Edge using Chromium, is data still going to Google like this blog posts says?

Chromium is the open source version minus the proprietary services and codecs[0].

What am I missing?

[0] https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what’s-the-difference-betwe...