Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
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Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#2>Many didn't know that Chrome engineers could run experiments on their tightly-controlled Chrome installations, let alone that Google engineers could just ship changes to everyone's browsers without any prior approval.
Uhm, isn't that the entire auto-update feature, that google ships changes without you even being aware?
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#3>Many didn't know that Chrome engineers could run experiments on their tightly-controlled Chrome installations, let alone that Google engineers could just ship changes to everyone's browsers without any prior approval. Uhm, isn't that the entire auto-update feature, that google ships changes without you even being aware?
Strange indeed that "tightly controlled enterprise environments" are so blissfully unaware of the functionality of chrome.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#4>Many didn't know that Chrome engineers could run experiments on their tightly-controlled Chrome installations, let alone that Google engineers could just ship changes to everyone's browsers without any prior approval. Uhm, isn't that the entire auto-update feature, that google ships changes without you even being aware?
The experiments released to the general public should be stable. Unstable experiments are released in their canary builds.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#5>Many didn't know that Chrome engineers could run experiments on their tightly-controlled Chrome installations, let alone that Google engineers could just ship changes to everyone's browsers without any prior approval. Uhm, isn't that the entire auto-update feature, that google ships changes without you even being aware?
Strange indeed that "tightly controlled enterprise environments" are so blissfully unaware of the functionality of chrome.
There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#6>Many didn't know that Chrome engineers could run experiments on their tightly-controlled Chrome installations, let alone that Google engineers could just ship changes to everyone's browsers without any prior approval. Uhm, isn't that the entire auto-update feature, that google ships changes without you even being aware?
The experiments released to the general public should be stable. Unstable experiments are released in their canary builds.
Article said they already ran it in beta and even experimented in stable!
>"The experiment/flag has been on in beta for ~5 months," said David Bienvenu, a Google Chrome engineer. "It was turned on for stable (e.g., M77, M78) via an experiment that was pushed to released Chrome Tuesday morning."
>"Prior to that, it had been on for about 1% of M77 and M78 users for a month with no reports of issues, unfortunately," he added.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#7I’ve seen Chrome in so many corporate environments and never understood why. Native browsers work fine and are crafted to work reliably in the environment they’re used in. My guess is some admins simply like Chrome and thus decided everyone should. I like Firefox but I keep it at home, at work I use Microsoft Edge.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strange indeed that "tightly controlled enterprise environments" are so blissfully unaware of the functionality of chrome.
There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious.
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#9I’ve seen Chrome in so many corporate environments and never understood why. Native browsers work fine and are crafted to work reliably in the environment they’re used in. My guess is some admins simply like Chrome and thus decided everyone should. I like Firefox but I keep it at home, at work I use Microsoft Edge.
Perhaps easier to manage Chrome than managing a different browser for each operating system?
Re: Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide
#10I’ve seen Chrome in so many corporate environments and never understood why. Native browsers work fine and are crafted to work reliably in the environment they’re used in. My guess is some admins simply like Chrome and thus decided everyone should. I like Firefox but I keep it at home, at work I use Microsoft Edge.
People are using Chrome at home and demanding it at work is ome reason, many developers exclusively testing on Chrome the other.