Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone
www.theverge.com
The EU browser wars are about to take off in a big way.
    • hperrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Mostly in everything that has to do with PWAs. It’s gotten better since they introduced Web Push last year, but there’s still a lot of things it doesn’t support, like Web Bluetooth, AV1 (except for devices with hardware decoders like the 15th gen Pro iPhones), and things like mobile sensor inputs.

      But also in how bad its rendering engine is. Things that work on every other platform render super weird in WebKit.

      • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Thanks. Do you have an example of the super weird rendering? Also are none of what you’re saying here togglable in the WebKit Feature Flags to mess around with bleeding edge features?

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Every time I want to use a new feature of web browsers, if support stops me from doing so, it’s always safari to blame.

          • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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            10 months ago

            What was that last or current feature you’re missing out on and what’s the use case?

            • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              10 months ago

              I really can’t remember an example off the top of my head. Over the last 5 years it’s probably been an issue more than 20 times.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If safari was a great browser, I don’t think apple would fear competition to the point of fully banning it wherever possible

      • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I haven’t had problems. I would just like to be educated on what I’m missing out on.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Well web developers are the ones typically suffering since are the ones papering over the mess that is safari

      • the_nightman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Safari is a great browser, especially in terms of performance and energy efficiency. Aside from adblockers what exactly does chrome/ff do better?

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Every other browser except IE has supported web standards more quickly and more fully. Safari is trash.