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Re:Safari 10.1 by soperj on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:57AM (#13479009)
That's only the newest version of Safari, before that it was pretty shit (on par with IE). Can't expect the mind share to change overnight, especially when it has lagged for years.
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Re:Safari 10.1 by threeseed on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:34AM (#13480021)
It's really weird to see this myth about Safari being the new IE6. At no point did Apple abandoned WebKit or add proprietary features to the extent that Microsoft did. They've continued to plug away adding new functionality and as has been mentioned they are ahead of Chrome/Edge in some areas and behind in others.

Some features in particular service workers Apple has deliberately chosen to take a firm position on because they value battery life and security.

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Re:Safari 10.1 by om2 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:25AM (#13479462)
All the things xenadu02 mentioned have shipped in previous Safari releases. In some cases last year, in other cases weveral years ago.
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Re:Safari 10.1 by mozumder on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:19AM (#13479958)
Still no CSS scroll snap points & CSS regions under Chrome.

Safari has always been ahead of Chrome for design & user experience. I'm not sure what the benefits of Chrome are?

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Re:Safari 10.1 by r00fus on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:59AM (#13479334)
[cite needed]
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