Re:Ask HN: What Web Standards does Safari/WebKit not implement
by Jcowell on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:32AM
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Another good one , while iPadOS has support , iPhones , like the op said, does not. One can only speculate this is done as a measure for web apps to not compete against native apps. To me that’s very anticompetitive.
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Re:Ask HN: What Web Standards does Safari/WebKit not implement
by al_borland on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @03:11AM
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My first thought is wondering how you exit full screen on a touch device if the developer doesn't happen to add it into the UI? On the desktop it's easy, just hit the Esc key. How does the iPad handle it?
Re:Ask HN: What Web Standards does Safari/WebKit not implement
by EnigmaCurry on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @05:04AM
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A pinch gesture (Zoom out) cancels it. Very unhelpfully, it also places a hovering X in the top left corner that never goes away. It covers up an area of the screen that a lot of sites would use for a hamburger menu / home link.
Re:Ask HN: What Web Standards does Safari/WebKit not implement
by eurasiantiger on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:03PM
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iPhones also prevent background playback of videos (so no listening to YouTube) — as well as autoplaying a second track after a first, manually played one ends (so no web audio players which are not streaming).