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Re:The Browser Monopoly by mcv on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:22AM (#20757445)
I recently ditched Chrome and switched back to Firefox, at home and on my mobile, only to discover that a surprising number of sites don't work in Firefox. In particular: Twitter doesn't work on Firefox Mobile.

Most work fine, but still, I ended up switching to Safari, to discover that it's just not quite as good an experience as Firefox or Chrome.

Re:The Browser Monopoly by darklion on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:28AM (#20757515)
> I ended up switching to Safari, to discover that it's just not quite as good an experience as Firefox or Chrome.

IMO, I find it to be just the opposite--neither Firefox nor Chrome are as good an experience as Safari.

Maybe the difference is that when a particular site does not work in a given browser, I don't blame the browser, I blame the website.

Re:The Browser Monopoly by mcv on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:02PM (#20762330)
That's a bit presumptuous. My issue with Safari isn't that sites don't work; its seems comparable to Chrome in that regard. But using it doesn't feel as nice as Firefox or Chrome. It's harder to find features I need. Though to be honest, I find all browsers a bit lacking. I want more granular control over which cookies to accept and for how long, and how exactly to treat various sites.

And I certainly don't blame browsers for badly written sites, but blaming the site doesn't magically make it work either. Having less sites work for me is still a worse experience, no matter whose fault it is.

Re:The Browser Monopoly by __dawid__ on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:30AM (#20758162)
Safari seems to lag a lot in features. In compatibility it's a modern IE
Re:The Browser Monopoly by robertoandred on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:55PM (#20759596)
Hardly. It took how long for Chrome and FF to support position sticky, or backdrop filter?
Re:The Browser Monopoly by s_y_n_t_a_x on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @12:27PM (#20758787)
This is my experience as well. They are much slower to meet standards.
Re:The Browser Monopoly by Medicalidiot on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:14AM (#20757987)
Spotify and some video sites do not work on Safari, which is mind blowing to me.
Re:The Browser Monopoly by IggleSniggle on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:34AM (#20757578)
I just tried Twitter on iOS in Firefox where I have the strict privacy settings enabled including with Safari Firefox Focus content blocking turned on, and Twitter worked fine. In what way does it not work for you?
Re:The Browser Monopoly by majewsky on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:35AM (#20757600)
Firefox on iOS uses Safari's rendering engine. Maybe mcv is referring to Gecko-powered Firefox on Android?
Re:The Browser Monopoly by marc3842h on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:05PM (#20759111)
I've been using Mobile Twitter on Firefox for Android and it works just fine.
Re:The Browser Monopoly by mcv on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:04PM (#20762354)
I'm using Firefox on Android refusing third-party cookies, and for whatever reason Twitter doesn't work.
Re:The Browser Monopoly by pitaj on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @12:39PM (#20758903)
Twitter does work, just never the first time. After a reload it works.