Safari 9.1

A point release every n months is utterly useless for on-the-ground web developers. Safari needs to move to the Firefox/Chrome deployment model if it wants to remain at all relevant.

Re: Safari 9.1

#6

Post by schrodinger » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

grumblestumble wrote: post #5

A point release every n months is utterly useless for on-the-ground web developers. Safari needs to move to the Firefox/Chrome deployment model if it wants to remain at all relevant.

Or remain the only browser (at least rendering engine) on iOS…

Re: Safari 9.1

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Post by IBM » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

grumblestumble wrote: post #5

A point release every n months is utterly useless for on-the-ground web developers. Safari needs to move to the Firefox/Chrome deployment model if it wants to remain at all relevant.

I think it will remain relevant anyway as long as people keep using it.

Re: Safari 9.1

#8

Post by sksixk » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:53 PM UTC

t.co links will now open properly in safari

Re: Safari 9.1

#9

Post by lazyjones » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

sksixk wrote: post #8

t.co links will now open properly in safari

only a few days after I discovered that a simple /etc/hosts entry fixes this problem...

Re: Safari 9.1

#10

Post by 0x0 » Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

legulere wrote: post #3

I guess gesture events on OS X will be quite useful for online maps (openstreetmap, google maps)

I wonder if it will break sites that assume window.gestureStart => ios device