Jim Nielsen’s mother couldn’t open an internet site. Jim labored on confirming the problem and documented how he obtained to the underside of it:
“[…] nicely it might’t be a browser subject. It’s not like my Mother is utilizing Web Explorer! She has comparatively fashionable tech: an iPad (Safari) and a Chromebox (Google Chrome).”
However the extra I considered it—an internet site that works on some units however not on others—the extra I spotted this needed to be a browser subject.
So I seemed on the model of Chrome on my guardian’s laptop. Model 76! I knew we had been at ninety-something in 2022, so I figured that was the offender. “I’ll simply replace Chrome,” I assumed.
Seems, you possibly can’t.
I completely have fun the concept of evergreen browsers. It’s one of many absolute most essential issues that has occurred to the online in recent-ish years. It allows a a lot faster evolution for the online, and all browsers are making the most of it.
However even browsers that I consider as evergreen aren’t at all times. Finally, {hardware} limits the software program. The logic isn’t so simple as “if Chrome, then evergreeen,” for instance.
Safari usually updates by way of system updates, however on this case it was a first-generation iPad Air caught on iOS 12, and no extra updates had been doable for what Apple considers a “classic” machine. Identical deal with a Chromebook caught at Chrome 76.
A few little non-obligatory chaining query mark (?) characters borked the entire dang web site. Unlucky. That “serve two bundles, fashionable and legacy” concept continues to be fairly sensible.
Talking of mothers, I used to be reminded of an older episode of ShopTalk we did with Paul Irish’s mother that has loads of this “common individual utilizing the web” vibes.
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