Chrome and Edge are now at Version 100. This means some websites are now broken.
Why Is This An Issue?
There is a thing called a User Agent String. This is sent by your browser to the server and contains information such as your browser and version, Operating System and version, etc. Websites rely on this to check if your web browser is too old to run the site, and if it is, it will either use an simpler version of the site or refuse to load. Even though version 100 is the newest version of Chrome/Edge, some websites only look at the first 2 digits of the version, so they will think you're on Chrome/Edge 10. Chrome 10 was released in March of 2011, which is *obviously* too old for said website.
Why is this only an issue for OLD websites?
Google have given web developers months of time, ever since they warned that this would be a problem. Greater than 99% of websites have been updated to look at 3 digits now. However, there are some smaller, poorly maintained or straight up abandoned websites that have not been updated. These websites will, ironically enough, think your browser is too old for their incredibly lax requirements.
Where Can I See This?
Go to this website and you'll see this:
Should I Worry?
As a web developer? Yes. Patch your websites. As an end-user? No. Just remember why that old website thinks your browser is too old when in reality you updated it yesterday.
And, yes, the image *is* a teaser for a future article.