Plenty of software ships with bugs. If you waited for the time you had zero bugs, you'd wait a long time.
my favourite example is here. trello.com/b/ZVrHV38P/apex-tracker
Respawn are open about bugs and you can see when they get fixed.
Perhaps number of users on autoupdate to chrome 81 on macs, who'd notice the font issue and complain was a small enough number to not delay the release by another day. Never know what the PM on the chrome team is arguing for/against.
Thanks for your comment, Matt. I agree that bugs are unavoidable and it's a part of the software. So I'm with you on that one. I'm super excited by the things being accomplished by the Chrome dev team and I think they're the main reason the web is so important today. Full credit to their ingenuity and hard work.
However, I'm sure you'd agree that some bugs/ aren't acceptable for publishing and should be 'blockers'. So now the question is, what is acceptable and what isn't?
Font rendering is a huge part of the browsing experience. Getting that right should be a priority. The Chrome team was aware of the bug before publishing (therefore it was avoidable). That fact alone makes this bug worth discussing because it wasn't found after publishing.
Since it was avoidable and I'd love to know the reasons why it wasn't considered as a blocker. From what I've seen. There has been no explanation. If there was I'd probably be happy and move on. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this doesn't affect accessibility and it fits within a margin of error. But I'd like to see that first before deciding.
I understand that there are pressures etc but Chrome is 65% + of the browser market share. That's a huge responsibility. All I'm asking is some clarity and openness on why that decision was made.
Yeah, I'm thinking about writing an article about it since it shouldn't go unanswered by the Chrome team. I doubt they'll read my silly little article but it is serious enough to talk about as a community.
I mean, what about accessibility? As a community we talk all the time about making text legible, this seems like the antithesis of that.
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I didn't know about this. I've since looked into it and found out that the Chrome team knew about the bug before shipping. How is this acceptable?
How can such an integral part of font rendering not be a blocker for a release? I'm shocked.
Plenty of software ships with bugs. If you waited for the time you had zero bugs, you'd wait a long time.
my favourite example is here. trello.com/b/ZVrHV38P/apex-tracker
Respawn are open about bugs and you can see when they get fixed.
Perhaps number of users on autoupdate to chrome 81 on macs, who'd notice the font issue and complain was a small enough number to not delay the release by another day. Never know what the PM on the chrome team is arguing for/against.
Thanks for your comment, Matt. I agree that bugs are unavoidable and it's a part of the software. So I'm with you on that one. I'm super excited by the things being accomplished by the Chrome dev team and I think they're the main reason the web is so important today. Full credit to their ingenuity and hard work.
However, I'm sure you'd agree that some bugs/ aren't acceptable for publishing and should be 'blockers'. So now the question is, what is acceptable and what isn't?
Font rendering is a huge part of the browsing experience. Getting that right should be a priority. The Chrome team was aware of the bug before publishing (therefore it was avoidable). That fact alone makes this bug worth discussing because it wasn't found after publishing.
Since it was avoidable and I'd love to know the reasons why it wasn't considered as a blocker. From what I've seen. There has been no explanation. If there was I'd probably be happy and move on. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this doesn't affect accessibility and it fits within a margin of error. But I'd like to see that first before deciding.
I understand that there are pressures etc but Chrome is 65% + of the browser market share. That's a huge responsibility. All I'm asking is some clarity and openness on why that decision was made.
Yeah, maybe I'm being too nice to them. This was an incredibly frustrating situation.
Yeah, I'm thinking about writing an article about it since it shouldn't go unanswered by the Chrome team. I doubt they'll read my silly little article but it is serious enough to talk about as a community.
I mean, what about accessibility? As a community we talk all the time about making text legible, this seems like the antithesis of that.