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12mo ago

Google rolls back reCaptcha update to fix Firefox issues

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Google rolls back reCaptcha update to fix Firefox issues

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No conflict of interest going on here guys
- I mean, the fact they rolled it back and didn't just add an error message telling you to use Chrome is a little surprising.
  
  Not really. They need FF to exist to avert monopoly accusations.

God forbid they tested across the multiple common browsers out there other than Chrome. Every other software development company creating a web app does that, why doesn't one of the biggest?
- Sadly no, ever web app company definitely doesn't test under Firefox. I'm at the point where I use Firefox for general web browsing and Chromium for most web apps.
  
  In the last 5 years I've run across maybe 1 site that didn't work properly in Firefox. And another that MIGHT not have worked right, but I was only guessing it was related to FF.
  However, since FF dropped PWA support I do use Chrome for a handful of sites that either are PWAs or you can use Chrome's open as application feature, which is real nice for a few things. Is that what you mean by "Web Apps"?

they should roll back recaptcha off a cliff so i never have to use it again

I develop and test only on firefox
- Me too. But I mainly code for myself, nothing mainstream, so it doesn't usually matter if it works on other browsers. Usually it does anyway, though.
- Same, except I've been using whatever Tauri packages lately, which on Linux seems to be a webkit browser.
  We support only Chrome at work (B2B app), but I mostly use Firefox.
- c/foundthedevil ?
  Edit: These lemmings i swear look at the users name i replied to i was just making a joke .

I wish Firefox had an large enough market share where websites would work around it
- used to be

The script attempted to modify a div's background color using document.body.removeChild, but as the script was loaded in the HTML head, the DOM had not loaded
Isn't that how it works/always worked? When i was learning html/js ages ago i had to use some event listener (DOMContentLoaded i think) or put the script just before </body> (for any code that should run on load and interacts with the DOM).
And how do you change the background by removing a child?
- Yeah, they should be listening for an event, not just YOLOing it in the head, that's just racey...
- And how do you change the background by removing a child?
  The removed child could also have a background color, and it could span the entire area of the parent element.
  But it's weird because the quote says "modify a div's background color", and this way you don't actually modify that, but only it's appearance.
  Or maybe it's done with some CSS trickery, looking for a specific child in it's selector?

Warning shot fired!

Wait, is that, why PayPal didn't work and I nearly missed my train? Wow.
And I thought the PayPal devs were stupid, but apparently it was google themselves.

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