Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by panzerboiler on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @08:12AM
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Can you describe the issue with copy/pasting in Safari? What is not supported exactly?
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by miohtama on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:46AM
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- Terminal copy-paste
- File tree copy-paste
Other issues include
- Scrolling Jupyter notebooks
It does not help to install as a Progressive Web App, as bugs are still present.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by panzerboiler on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:08AM
(#40501443)
I am not interested in the issues you have with those webapps. I am asking what are the bugs of Safari's implementation of the Clipboard API, since in my experience there are none (except maybe https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222262 if you want to consider it a bug and not a different interpretation of the specs).
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by miohtama on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @08:54AM
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I am not interested in what ticket numbers Safari has. I am interested for the fact that I have $1000+ device and the basic web stuff does not work that works in the other browsers. With the premium price I am paying for Apple, I expect them to produce working software, as much smaller companies like Firefox can do it as well.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by reactordev on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:56AM
(#40501330)
I just tested copy-paste in terminal and file tree, on an iPad, using Github Code spaces, in safari, and it worked fine.
Usually these complainer types have some eccentric setup, e.g. custom keyboard app, content blockers, etc going on then blame the browser.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by eyelidlessness on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:51AM
(#40500768)
Safari does properly support the clipboard. I used it, right here on my phone to copy and paste:
> if Safari would care more about web standards
Which web standard or standards are you referring to exactly?
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by DrammBA on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:00AM
(#40501361)
> Which web standard or standards are you referring to exactly?
To the standard of Safari being considered the new Internet Explorer by the general public, so anything that goes wrong online is automatically Safari's fault
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by shepherdjerred on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:12PM
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Isn't Chrome closer to IE considering it nearly has unilateral control over web standards?
The last hope for web standards is WebKit on iOS. Or, it was. Now that, for better or worse, Apple is being forced to allow other engines on iOS I expect that'll change quickly.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by hamandcheese on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @06:30PM
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There was a long period of the where IE was far from dominant, but was used in enough places that supporting it was non-optional for many businesses. It was holding the web back.
I think it's that period of IE that people are referring to when they say Safari is the new IE.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by boxed on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @09:27AM
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Which is hilarious as that period was only possible due to the previous embrace-extend-extinguish period that preceded it. Which is the state Chrome is in now.
Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by hamandcheese on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:11PM
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Perhaps, but I think Google still has a much stronger incentive than Apple (or Microsoft) for the web to be a viable platform. I don't think they would allow Chrome to languish the same way IE did. Instead it's more subtle moves like nerfing ad blockers.
Google has been nerfing the entire web and their search engine for many years. The AI slop flood is their doing in many layers.
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Re:Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device
by eyelidlessness on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:45PM
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I see two mentions of the clipboard on that page and they both indicate full support in Safari. They don’t indicate that for all other browsers. What are you trying to say here?
It works very well, in theory. There is only a slight deal breaker bug. Safari does not properly support clipboard. So copy-paste does not work. It should be very simple to fix as Chrome, Firefox, do on desktop if Safari would care more about web standards. Also you cannot install any other browser in iPad that would have the required support to use copy-paste.