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Re:From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial sp... by realusername on Monday December 30, 2024 @03:15AM (#42547501)
Safari mobile has different bugs than WebKit. And even different bugs than desktop Safari itself.

As a web developer, I'm also not bothering to test anything on iOS, it's just so much pain that it's not worth it. You need to buy a dedicated device with a specific iOS version and never update it (since you can't even change the browser version on iOS) and as for the debugging tools, they suck so much that I had to resort to Firebug.js a few times in the past.

Yeah no thanks, I just test on Android and hope it's good enough on iOS.

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Re:From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial sp... by szundi on Monday December 30, 2024 @03:39AM (#42547617)
What would your clients react after reading this?
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Re:From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial sp... by realusername on Monday December 30, 2024 @04:04AM (#42547729)
Not sure, most end users aren't really aware on how it works on their mobile and it's not like Apple will advertise it either.

Personally I can't really do much about the sad state of the web on iOS myself anyways, I'm not a regulator. The problem goes beyond just the tech side.

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