Re:Ask HN: Is Safari the New Internet Explorer?
by mrzimmerman on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @07:46PM
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In what way? It doesn't have a fast release cycle but it is routinely kept up to date with modern standards and Apple often forces the update making sure old version die off.
Re:Ask HN: Is Safari the New Internet Explorer?
by azabraao on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @08:20PM
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Well, yesterday for example a friend had to remove the use of webp images of their web application because of Safari compatibility. Often I have to try workarounds for some already so common thing like display flex because Safari has his own behavior on handling flexbox.
Re:Ask HN: Is Safari the New Internet Explorer?
by azabraao on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @08:28PM
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I do not disagree. By the point of view of privacy for sure Chrome is the worst.
But in terms of evolving the web, Chrome is the lead and Chromium, I believe, was a breaking change for web when talking about adding new possibilities to it.
I don't think the comparison makes any sense.
This is the problem that we had with IE, so...
But in terms of evolving the web, Chrome is the lead and Chromium, I believe, was a breaking change for web when talking about adding new possibilities to it.