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Chrome probably has the benefit of being updated frequently rather than more of an annual cycle. But Safari still isn't anywhere near IE6 levels of awfulness.
by robertjpayne 10mo ago
Chrome probably has the benefit of being updated frequently rather than more of an annual cycle. But Safari still isn't anywhere near IE6 levels of awfulness.
- mxey 10mo agoSafari adds support for new web features in point releases throughout the year.
- stefanfisk 10mo agoBut only for the latest major iOS version.
- raw_anon_1111 10mo agoThe latest version of iOS supports the iPhone 11 introduced in 2019.
- pixl97 10mo agoAnd I use PCs way older than that with no issue. 6 years isn't that long
- raw_anon_1111 10mo agoAnd what Android phones from 2019 are still getting updates?
- recursive 10mo agoBrowser updates? Most of them.
- raw_anon_1111 10mo agoThe latest version of Android Google Chrome requires Android 10. But to keep getting updates you need Android 11. Running a browser on an OS that doesn’t get security updates doesn’t sound like a winning combination.
- recursive 10mo agoMore winning than updating neither
- cosmic_cheese 10mo agoWebKit also isn’t trying to push a proprietary OS-locked runtime for interactivity, doesn’t wildly diverge in most rendering behavior, and handles most basics correctly. As much as IE6 was a menace for not keeping up with standards, what made it really bad was crap like ActiveX, radially different layout/rendering behaviors, and shortcomings like inability to render transparency in PNGs and some of the most illegible italic text rendering I’ve ever seen.