Pyodide: Python for the browser

Posted May 17, 2021 22:37 UTC (Mon) by rodgerd (guest, #58896)
In reply to: Pyodide: Python for the browser by rgmoore
Parent article: Pyodide: Python for the browser

Now we have a Chrome monopoly. Hurray!

Pyodide: Python for the browser

Posted May 18, 2021 4:26 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582) [Link] (1 responses)

But Chrome's engine (Blink) is open source and used by various other browsers, including Edge. And we have at least one independent browser (Firefox) which, in my experience, works with nearly everything out there including all Google services. (For some reason, it doesn't work with MS Teams. On the other hand, Cisco Webex works with Firefox and not with Chrome, at least on Linux.)

Chrome's monopoly isn't ideal but it's a lot better than IE's monopoly.

Pyodide: Python for the browser

Posted May 18, 2021 16:14 UTC (Tue) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

I have had problems using Firefox with Google Meet, but other than that it seems to work fine with Google's services. And even in the rare cases where there are problems using web apps on Firefox, at least I can run Chrome on numerous operating systems. It's miles better than the situation in 2000, where ActiveX plugins worked only with IE and only on Windows.