I think perhaps you may have to think a little more outside of the box. For example, you had to switch around between browsers to see if your project worked consistently across all of them. In an ideal world, there would be a browser that has all possible browsers in one place for testing, so you don't need to have 4 windows open at the same time, and a phone with another 3 apps open. Not feasible at all of course, but it does sound like a dream!
Even if we were to be more realistic, I can't say I agree with your assessment that we should only use the browsers used by consumers. There are plenty of possibilities with Chromium-based browsers and since these would all use Blink, the site's result is basically in line with Chrome's. However, beyond what the layout engine is capable of you can add as many features as you like to the browser itself.
For example, I personally use Vivaldi as my main browser for both work and personal use. Vivaldi is a Chromium-based browser making the sites themselves identical to what you would see on Chrome. However, Vivaldi has a few built-in features that can be useful for devs, such as a CSS debugger, a hover detector, a greyscale filter to test contrast and hierarchy, and so on. Polypane is a Chromium-based browser as well where I could say the exact same thing as Vivaldi (but with a ton more dev-oriented features of course, haha).
Thinking about it, perhaps my question was a little unclear? 😳 Just edited the article a little hoping that might clarify what I'm thinking of. I thought mentioning Polypane and the feature examples would be clear enough haha!
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I think perhaps you may have to think a little more outside of the box. For example, you had to switch around between browsers to see if your project worked consistently across all of them. In an ideal world, there would be a browser that has all possible browsers in one place for testing, so you don't need to have 4 windows open at the same time, and a phone with another 3 apps open. Not feasible at all of course, but it does sound like a dream!
Even if we were to be more realistic, I can't say I agree with your assessment that we should only use the browsers used by consumers. There are plenty of possibilities with Chromium-based browsers and since these would all use Blink, the site's result is basically in line with Chrome's. However, beyond what the layout engine is capable of you can add as many features as you like to the browser itself.
For example, I personally use Vivaldi as my main browser for both work and personal use. Vivaldi is a Chromium-based browser making the sites themselves identical to what you would see on Chrome. However, Vivaldi has a few built-in features that can be useful for devs, such as a CSS debugger, a hover detector, a greyscale filter to test contrast and hierarchy, and so on. Polypane is a Chromium-based browser as well where I could say the exact same thing as Vivaldi (but with a ton more dev-oriented features of course, haha).
Thinking about it, perhaps my question was a little unclear? 😳 Just edited the article a little hoping that might clarify what I'm thinking of. I thought mentioning Polypane and the feature examples would be clear enough haha!