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m-p-3 · 2019-09-12 11:44:53+00:00

You know that Chrome is also planning a similar switch?

https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/browser/google-chrome-do...

gcp | karma 5363 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2013-04-29 13:35:23+00:00

What does that have to do with anything? They already admitted the switch to Chrome in past announcements.

bootlooped | karma 2451 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2018-09-23 23:10:25+00:00

This seems like one of the most difficult solutions to the problem of switching to a browser that's not Chrome.

Not only are there other browsers like Firefox and Safari, but there are other Chromium-based browsers like Vivaldi and Opera.

I would have liked to read about some expected use-cases in the readme.

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HiddenCanary | karma 35 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2020-06-14 12:04:12+00:00

Presumably, this is going to mean developers, QA and security testers move away from Chrome as the URL bar is pretty key in many aspects of their job?

WoodenKatana | karma 443 | avg karma 14.77 · | 2020-01-12 08:13:22+00:00

It's a good move by google.

Link to their original announcement: https://blog.chromium.org/2019/11/moving-towards-faster-web....

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kevin_thibedeau | karma 19088 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2022-06-01 12:41:20

They'll just add DoH to Chrome.

bcherny | karma 1835 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2015-11-02 21:14:45+00:00

maybe chrome will support this soon...

lghh | karma 2295 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2022-10-19 10:28:05

I imagine they would not suggest moving to Chrome and instead would suggest moving to Firefox.

kylec | karma 6605 | avg karma 5.0 · | 2009-07-08 05:11:12+00:00

Let's hope this also means that a Linux version of Chrome is around the corner.

jakozaur | karma 5027 | avg karma 6.2 · | 2017-07-26 11:55:30+00:00

Chrome made similar announcement yesterday: https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/saying-goodbye-flash...

krapp | karma 17552 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2015-03-10 22:26:12

I've already encountered a number of sites which appear to only work in Chrome, so arguably that ship has already sailed.

dingdingdang | karma 1015 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2017-08-19 16:29:42+00:00

Additionally - it's being build to only work on Google Chrome, slimming down their market arbitrarily.

sitkack | karma 14538 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2018-07-05 19:47:58+00:00

Pretty soon we will be running Chrome on Firefox.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2013-11-12 18:45:11+00:00

This was communicated already at Google IO 2013, that it was on their plans to make it so.

It was in one of the Chrome sessions if I am not mistaken.

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gpm | karma 17771 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2019-05-18 16:52:56

Chrome is planning on dropping Linux support!? That seems exceedingly unlikely so I'd appreciate a source.

nicce | karma 3077 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2023-09-22 07:45:28

I think there have been already notifications in Google's services that this will fully work only in Chrome.

kensai | karma 2664 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2017-04-18 08:38:07

The fact that it was designed to be used only with Chrome is troubling. Of course it was the right of Google to decide on whatever platform they wanted.

Anyone knows if there is a parallel "open" version in the works (in WebAssembly or similar)?

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SeanAnderson | karma 3514 | avg karma 5.01 · | 2023-11-23 11:18:50

I've used Chrome for a decade and there's no way I pick it up if they actually commit to this.

That said, they already announced plans to do this once and then backed down for a year due to pushback around MV3.

Guess we'll see what happens.

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tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2020-08-05 14:30:10+00:00

Chrome announced this change a year ago.

sonotmyname | karma 281 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2020-12-31 15:49:37+00:00

> Chrome already supports it.

Chrome supports it on windows.

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