| > But even back then, practically no-one else cared, even amongst our early adopter userbase This reminds me of chapter support in podcast players. For a very long time the every player dev was arguing that nobody cares. And it took years for the tune to become "nobody cares except germans". Then it was implemented for a "vocal ninority", and now everyone gets chapter support and I don't think any user is lamenting about the evolution. This is one of the worst aspect of the "nobody I know cares about it" mindset (I don't think we can really work around it, but it should be acknowledged and kept in mind). The other path is to push for many more places building their own tools and services, so they don;t even have to ask for these changes and do it themselves, with everyone else getting to enjoy the result. Basically, while Google was the reason Chrome existed in the first place, I think it's also the main liability to have a product designed with a global audience in mind. PS: the issue with chrome extensions for core behaviors is they'll always be second class citizens. I'm still happy there's an escape hatch though. And also thank you for your work on the browser, I don't want the tone of this to be overly negative when it's really about side points. |