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by radicaldreamer 1286 days ago
It literally takes a few extra minutes to test and fix minor issues on Firefox and Safari. A lot of this incompatibility is laziness or poor process.
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One issue that Chrome app developers run into is when Firefox and (especially) Safari don't contain Chrome's latest feature-of-the-week.
I don't understand how surprising gaps would even emerge if you are using some resource like MDN to guide your efforts.
There's really no excuse. When I started web development I had at least 3 browsers open at any given time and writing code that worked in all major browsers could be really difficult at times. In more recent years, I would just develop with one, quickly check if everything looks alright in the other ones, do some super-minor adjustments, and call it a day. Sure, some minor stuff may not be supported by Firefox, but it's never deal-breaking stuff. Safari is the only browser that regularly requires more work, but it's nowhere close to the troubles that every single IE caused.