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> Safari is still the best mobile browser available How much of it is because Safari is good, and how much is because Safari is the only option? iPhone has a

> Safari is still the best mobile browser available How much of it is because Safari is good, and how much is because Safari is the only option? iPhone has a huge market share. It is not possible for web companies to ignore or deprioritize it. Safari is the only web browser available on iOS. So all website owners make damn sure their website works well on Safari. They may even omit features that Safari does not support for all browsers, because it is easier than graceful degradation. Back in IE6 days, for best web experience, you would want to use IE6. It's not that it was so awesome and so far ahead of Netscape. It's just that all websites were designed for and tested on (objectively terrible) IE6. You could use the (objectively superior) Opera or Netscape, and you would have a worse experience, because websites were created with IE6 in mind. Safari is not the best mobile browser. It is the browser everyone writes for and tests one. Chrome is not superior to Firefox. The reason so many web apps (e.g. Skype Web) do not work on Firefox or Google Maps is slow on it is not that Firefox is bad. It is that they only target Chrome when designing the website. Everything else is an afterthought, if even that.

pilsetnieks 7y ago
Safari is not the best browser. Neither is Chrome, and neither is Firefox. Each of them have their strengths and weaknesses. Safari is the best at low power consumption and integration in its environment. Firefox is the best at customizability and openness, and standards adherence. Chrome is the best at, well, popularity, I guess; innovating new web standards, maybe.
- JDiculous 7y ago
  I've never used mobile Safari, but where mobile Chrome shines vs. Firefox is 1. speed. 2. easier to navigate through your tabs when you have many open. If not for those, I'd just be using Firefox because the ability to add plugins (eg. Adblock) and have Youtube not stop playing when you minimize it are obviously huge advantages.
  - pilsetnieks 7y ago
    I think you should specify which platform you're using (I suspect Android.) On iOS all the different browsers are just different UIs for the same engine.
    - JDiculous 7y ago
      Yes Android on a Galaxy Note 5

pilsetnieks 7y ago

Safari is not the best browser. Neither is Chrome, and neither is Firefox. Each of them have their strengths and weaknesses. Safari is the best at low power consumption and integration in its environment. Firefox is the best at customizability and openness, and standards adherence. Chrome is the best at, well, popularity, I guess; innovating new web standards, maybe.

JDiculous 7y ago
I've never used mobile Safari, but where mobile Chrome shines vs. Firefox is 1. speed. 2. easier to navigate through your tabs when you have many open. If not for those, I'd just be using Firefox because the ability to add plugins (eg. Adblock) and have Youtube not stop playing when you minimize it are obviously huge advantages.
- pilsetnieks 7y ago
  I think you should specify which platform you're using (I suspect Android.) On iOS all the different browsers are just different UIs for the same engine.
  - JDiculous 7y ago
    Yes Android on a Galaxy Note 5