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> IE only worked on windows and made linux/osx developers suffer just like Safari makes linux/windows developers suffer today. Safari is worse than IE. With I
by depressedpanda 4y ago
> IE only worked on windows and made linux/osx developers suffer just like Safari makes linux/windows developers suffer today.
Safari is worse than IE.
With IE, Microsoft at least provided a VM I could test with.
With Safari, Apple expects me to buy their hardware. And both a phone and laptop, since iOS/Safari supports even less stuff than desktop Safari.
No thanks.
- sokoloff 4y agoHackintosh VMs are readily available (admittedly not provided by Apple, but that’s hardly a significant hurdle).
- yakak 4y agoI'm going to commit crimes to make sure Apple customers get the best experience?
- sofixa 4y agoIsn't that breaking Apple's ToS, so basically a non-starter for work?
- watermelon0 4y agoLicense prohibits running macOS on non-Apple hardware. I'm not sure if EULA is legally binding in EU (and if it can prevent you from using a product), but I think companies would rather avoid this if possible.
- password4321 4y agoWindows builds of WebKit exist, though "better than nothing" would be very generous. https://build.webkit.org/#/builders/67 https://build.webkit.org/#/builders/67 (give it a sec) They require "Apple Application Support", which is installed with iTunes; you can crack open the installer and only install the support library.