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10/05/2010 23:31:50
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
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It's not a matter of supporting the newest browser... it's a matter of adhering to web standards.

>I have criticized Michel at times but he is off the hook here. As a one man band he should not be expected to support the newest browser, even if it comes from Google.
>
>>And my point is that if you want to write to web standards (which IE8 still sucks at), then Chrome is a good target. Write to the standards first, and then fill in the exceptions.
>>
>>>That was not my point at all. My point was that if many sites do not support Firefox, it's not surprising that Chrome is not on the must-do list. And Michel is a one man shop. It's reasonable to give him a pass here.
>>>
>>>>Firefox usage has flatlined at 24% for the last 6 months. Chrome has risen from 3.9% to 6.7% in the same time period. Safari is stuck down around 4%.
>>>>
>>>>Chrome may be "fringe" in the sense that 6.7% isn't that much; but it's still #3 on the list, and has the best record of innovation and standards compatibility (with the possible exception of Opera) in the last 2 years.
>>>>
>>>>Hank
>>>>
>>>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Looks like I can not resize left and right frames in Google Chrome. I don't see a way to get to the handle to resize it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Related suggestion - in the right frame, is it possible to see threads' subjects in the tooltip / statusbar rather than link ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Has Michel said he supports Chrome? It's still a fringe browser at the moment. I use Firefox, which has a couple hundred million users, and it still isn't supported by a lot of sites.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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