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[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

Somebody here is going to have a reason: why shouldn’t I use Safari?

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago

As a developer, Safari is the browser that supports the least standards and is holding the browser ecosystem back.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

IE died, and Safari took up the mantle as the asshole of the internet.

[-] 56_@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

It should be held back. Although I dislike the company, I believe safari's market share and use of an alternative browser engine is important in keeping google from closing the web.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Now that’s a reason I can get behind.

[-] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

furthermore, they add nonstandard features to their browser(along with chrome), which makes it difficult to make websites look the same across browsers.
fortunately, I can test those websites beforehand since we have webkit-based epiphany on GNU/Linux(the engine which safari uses).
but other developers, especially those who are on windows can't, since safari is mac-only.

I have a special stylesheet to fix safari(and chrome) styling.
otherwise it's a fine lightweight browser(blessed be KHTML).

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