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We're already at the point where Chrome is the modern day IE 6. Infrequently (maybe 1-2 times a week), a website just will not work correctly on desktop Safari
by kevindong 6y ago
We're already at the point where Chrome is the modern day IE 6.
Infrequently (maybe 1-2 times a week), a website just will not work correctly on desktop Safari for me. As soon as I switch over to Chrome, it works perfectly. It's pretty common for websites to say something akin to "use Chrome for the best experience."
Safari is only relevant today due to iOS's popularity. If it weren't for the iPhone, Safari would just be another specialty browser for a tiny slice of consumers.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoAs I've said before, the only thing worse than Apple forcing people to use Safari is Apple not forcing people to use Safari.
- pseudalopex 6y agoiOS browsers still have to use WebKit.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoYou're right, that hasn't changed. Edited.
- severino 6y ago> We're already at the point where Chrome is the modern day IE 6. [...] As soon as I switch over to Chrome, it works perfectly Well, at least you can switch... for free. In order to install IE6, you had to pay for an operating system license first, and it was only compatible with that OS. Not that I'm saying that I like the browser monoculture we're heading into. But I think there're still some differences. You can look into Chrome's engine source code. I've yet to see Microsoft releasing the source for Trident or EdgeHTML.
- davidwparker 6y agoI think you have it backwards. Safari is IE 6 (in that things don't work as you'd expect them to). https://caniuse.com/ https://caniuse.com/ shows Safari as missing many standard features. (unless you meant IE 6, in that Chrome ships with "ActiveX"-like features no one else is implementing).