Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr. Developer

Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by behnamoh on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:29PM (#39252911)

> See Microsoft in the 2000s, and Apple now.

This. Apple's Safari (on iOS and macOS) is the Microsoft IE of 2020s. It's unbelievably behind the more sophisticated browsers (Firefox, Chrome) and yet, Apple couldn't care less.

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Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by troupo on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:40PM (#39253014)

It's not IE by any imaginable standard. And it's only "unbelievably behind" if you count all the non-standard APIs that Chrome ships by default and calls them standard.

As for why Safari isn't the new IE, I recommend Breaking the Web Forward https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2021/08/breaking_th...

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Re:Write code for the web - Apple doesn't care about you, Mr... by behnamoh on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:43PM (#39253052)

A browser that doesn't support extensions unless they're installed as separate apps on the platform is not worthy of the name "browser"; it's a lock-in mechanism.

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