[Therion] Mapiah, again

[Rodrigo Severo]

On Thursday, June 12th, 2025 at 8:51 AM, Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion <therion at speleo.sk> wrote:

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> > Flutter web apps are expected to run on a list of browsers available at https://docs.flutter.dev/platform-integration/web/faq#which-web-browsers-are-supported-by-flutter
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> I had a feeling this would be their fault not yours.
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> Aside;
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> It strikes me as ludicrous that in this day and age, people still go
> with the idea that they have to support a browser make/version instead
> of supporting an engine. Unless there is something extremely browser
> centric that they are relying on (such as demanding that the browser
> build behavioural profiles about the user for advertising purposes,
> which should be internationally banned), there is absolutely no reason
> to "support a browser". Just follow a spec. If a browser engine fails to
> follow a spec, detect that difference and code for that in a branch.
> Don't detect one vendor and assume you can predict the future.
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> Anyone who makes a project that "supports Chrome" but needlessly sniffs
> and disables itself or does something stupid in other browsers that use
> the same engine, should not be writing code for public consumption. They
> are stuck in the 1990s browser wars, and need to learn how to code
> properly. Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, Edge, and well over 100 other browser
> apps, all use Chromium. They would all work perfectly well with
> something like this, if they were allowed to do so.
> 
> /rant

I feel your pain. I will see if there already is an issue open in Flutter about it and will open it otherwise.