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by dbllxr 2756 days ago
Sometimes I wish there were only one browser. At lease we don't have to write as much CSS and code to support different rendering mechanisms.

Whenever someone complains about having to support different browsers, or a page says "this feature is best viewed / only available in browser X", I don't blame them! Would it be really bad if all browsers adopted the same engine and built their features on top of it? I also believe collectively we can make that engine even better.

(off topic) This made me think of logs.. there are so many different standards/formats out there, making log collection and parsing a nightmare. I think logging is something that's truly been cursed by its diversity, and something, if we worked together to standardize, would make this world a better place.

I think we could all benefit from more things being standardized, such as a social network protocol, a standard for self-driving cars so they are able to communicate and coordinate among each other, a browser engine like Chromium etc. Wishful thinking?