As web developers, we spend a lot of time in our browsers! Just looking at my CodeTime/RescueTime stats, I have well over 2500+ hrs looking at brow...
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What i would love to have in my browser:
A way to downgrade the JavaScript experience based on different browsers.
Lets say
Array.prototype.forEach()is not supported in IE 11. It would be awesome to tell my Google Chrome:"Hey, try this page with IE 11 Javascript Knowledge!"
I don't know if I can explain this correctly, but this way I could test fallbacks of functions on different browsers without leaving the browser.
That's a fantastic idea!
I have several use-cases off the top of my head I could think of that would benefit from this! Especially when testing graceful degradation.
You can kind of get away with this in Microsoft Edge when setting the IE Emulator version - but I don't know how extensive it goes.
What if I don't run Windows. It would be so much easier to do this in my browser without emulating.
Last time I run into such an occasion was, when I did some research for a Sorting method with different languages for my work.
I found
Intl.Collator.prototype.comparewhich doesn't support Android WebView but anything else. Since we wanted to use this in Cordova as well, I suggested a fallback to a slower sorting method.I found no way of telling my browser to disable
Intl.Collator.prototype.comparefor testing my fallback. That would be so nice to have.Fair point, I do make the OS assumption of Windows 10.
The majority of these browsers have a Mac/Linux version but I'm not exactly sure about Microsoft Edge... I think it is cross-compatible?
I think it's better forget about that and start using Babel
According to StatCounter, around 65-70% of all users at the end of 2019 used Chrome, tho lately its rarely getting included among fav dev browsers, there are reasons for that
Cough cough SameSite cough cough
It's today!! :O
They delayed it to the 17th actually because of backlash.
Figures... thanks for the info!
What reasons do you think contribute to this? For me, the bloat from add-ons was too much. I <3 my DDR4.
Just wondering why Chrome didn't make the list? The v8 engine it uses, being the impetus for Node.js.
I don't use Chrome daily so I didn't see fit to add it in. While I do have Chrome Canary installed for Development Testing I basically go to Vivaldi.
I've used chrome daily for 10 years now. It's dev experience is great!
In the beginning, I was all-in on Chrome and for a long time, it set the standard for what a browser experience should be for me. But once Firefox Quantum dropped, I switched over and had a hard time coming back - Developer Edition even more so.
Only recently, the last two years have I fallen head-over-heels for Vivaldi. It's everything I loved about Opera and Chrome, built with Chromium and contains wonderful power-user capabilities I have yet to see in any other browser.
Best. Tab. Management.
I also love my Phillips Hue Vivaldi theme sync so I can match the browser's theme colour to the lighting when I have my wall-mounted TV running as my secondary display. Very extra, but I like it. It's a nice touch.
Al, are these other browsers available on Windows? I'm pretty sure FireFox dev version is, but the rest? I want to at least try your suggestions. Tx...
Hey John,
All of the browsers mentioned, sans mobile versions, are available for Windows.
Let me know which one you enjoy using!
Brave is just a different flavor of capitalism, and Eich can sod off. Plus just chrome underneath
Vivaldi seems very nice and is huge help navigating and structuring everything easily yet powerfully!