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As a web developer, some won't even get to the question 'in what sense does Safari differ?' because you can't even use it outside of macOS. Firefox, Chrome and
by smhg 9y ago
As a web developer, some won't even get to the question 'in what sense does Safari differ?' because you can't even use it outside of macOS.
Firefox, Chrome and Edge/IE can all be installed in one way or another on any of the 3 major platforms (if you include 3rd party tools). For free even.
- pilsetnieks 9y agoIn what way can IE be installed on any of the 3 platforms that Safari cannot? macOS is just as capable of running inside a VM than Windows, if that's what you mean.
- detaro 9y agoYou have to buy macOS, and you can't legally run macOS in a VM on non-Apple hardware. Microsoft on the other hand provides VM images with various IEs and Edge for free, regardless of you being a customer or not.
- pilsetnieks 9y agomacOS/OS X has been free for quite some time. And it's not illegal, it just violates the EULA - there is a distinction.
- smhg 9y agoI don't understand your point. Is it sarcasm? I would really like to know where Apple offers a way to install/use Safari (desktop) on Linux. It would be great for tests.
- smhg 9y agoI indeed meant they all offer an installation method on the 3 major platforms themselves. As far as I know, Apple doesn't provide a desktop macOS/Safari environment which you can install/use on Windows or Linux. As I understand, OS X Server could be considered in that light, but it differs and isn't free.