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Re:Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony by isodev on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:16AM (#29380778)
The Safari/WebKit team has made a great deal of improvements over the last couple of versions. I think "compatible enough" has turned into a good "basically the same as Firefox" when it comes to web standards with the release of Safari 15 and 15.1.

I also support the stance that certain features should remain focused where they belong e.g. natively installed apps. But who can decide what should be a web standard and what shouldn't... it's hard to say. I think having a healthy governance and enforcement body is a prerequisite before we look at technical specifics.

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Re:Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony by ksec on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:18PM (#29385413)
Exactly. Not much of an Apple or Safari supporter but credit where credit's due Safari 13-15 has made more improvement each version than previous Safari. If they keep up the pace Safari 16 should be very close to current Chrome and Firefox.

https://developer.apple.com/safari/technology-preview/releas...

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Re:Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony by dmitriid on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:58AM (#29390568)
Safari and Firefox have always been close: https://web-confluence.appspot.com/#!/confluence

The vocal minority is a very tiny percentage of web developers who believe that whatever Chrome spits out is the bees knees, the modern standard, and all browsers must immediately have that.

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