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I, on the other hand, appreciate Safari not being an utter resource-hog and a battery drainer. I don't need all these shiny features. I'm ok with "dumbed down"

I, on the other hand, appreciate Safari not being an utter resource-hog and a battery drainer. I don't need all these shiny features. I'm ok with "dumbed down" static sites.

Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
Exactly this. I've tried Chromium, I've tried Firefox. Safari is simply much faster. From TFA: > I'll add a banner asking the user to switch to a more modern browser, like Chrome or Firefox, if he's on a Mac. I believe the phrase is "good luck with that". Is the author's site genuinely more compelling than the user's choice of browser?
- swagasaurus-rex 5y ago
  Safari on osx makes requests to URLs you type in but before you actually hit enter. No doubt this makes it feel faster
  - Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
    I've got that turned off. Still much, much faster than anything Chromium-based.
- jkmcf 5y ago
  Wait until you try the new Safari Tech Preview. It seems significantly faster. So far, I don't hate the new UI, but I need to add more tabs.
- kcplate 5y ago
  Exactly. If the site doesn’t work in Safari, I don’t need it. If you are designing a site for my consumption, you damn well better be designing it to be usable on my devices. Especially my iOS and iPadOS devices which account for about 70% of my tech use.
  - andyana 5y ago
    How odd to demand anything of a free content producer, no?
    - kcplate 5y ago
      There was a free concert in a park of my city recently. I wouldn’t mind hearing it, but traffic and parking was too much of a pain in the ass so I stayed away. How odd that I would let things that irritate me get in the way of hearing a free concert.
      - andyana 5y ago
        I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but I think it would be a more apt comparison to complain about the songs performed at the free concert rather than all the externalities of it. If that's your complaint, then I stand by my observation: how odd...
nightski 5y ago
Is it really an issue for you? I have an android phone and run Firefox and I get 2-3 days of battery life.

I, on the other hand, appreciate Safari not being an utter resource-hog and a battery drainer. I don't need all these shiny features. I'm ok with "dumbed down" static sites.

Doctor_Fegg 5y ago

Exactly this. I've tried Chromium, I've tried Firefox. Safari is simply much faster. From TFA: > I'll add a banner asking the user to switch to a more modern browser, like Chrome or Firefox, if he's on a Mac. I believe the phrase is "good luck with that". Is the author's site genuinely more compelling than the user's choice of browser?

swagasaurus-rex 5y ago
Safari on osx makes requests to URLs you type in but before you actually hit enter. No doubt this makes it feel faster
- Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
  I've got that turned off. Still much, much faster than anything Chromium-based.
jkmcf 5y ago
Wait until you try the new Safari Tech Preview. It seems significantly faster. So far, I don't hate the new UI, but I need to add more tabs.
kcplate 5y ago
Exactly. If the site doesn’t work in Safari, I don’t need it. If you are designing a site for my consumption, you damn well better be designing it to be usable on my devices. Especially my iOS and iPadOS devices which account for about 70% of my tech use.
- andyana 5y ago
  How odd to demand anything of a free content producer, no?
  - kcplate 5y ago
    There was a free concert in a park of my city recently. I wouldn’t mind hearing it, but traffic and parking was too much of a pain in the ass so I stayed away. How odd that I would let things that irritate me get in the way of hearing a free concert.
    - andyana 5y ago
      I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but I think it would be a more apt comparison to complain about the songs performed at the free concert rather than all the externalities of it. If that's your complaint, then I stand by my observation: how odd...

nightski 5y ago

Is it really an issue for you? I have an android phone and run Firefox and I get 2-3 days of battery life.