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by autoconfig 1389 days ago
Same here. Depending on the type of application being built, this can be a huge downside. E.g., if you want to store data locally using IndexedDB getting it to work properly on Safari (and to some extent Firefox) can be a soul destroying experience. See here for some examples: https://gist.github.com/pesterhazy/4de96193af89a6dd5ce682ce2...

Unless I'm building an app that also needs to work on the web, I'm choosing Electron.

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And here you have proof for part of the reason Chrome dominates the web now.

No matter the values and benefits, testing on another browser is to much of a hassle for most web devs.