New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#1

Post by ezfe » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 7:12 PM UTC

New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
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Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#2

Post by yohannparis » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:44 PM UTC

Funny how the test button does not work on Safari 15.3, if it's not backward compatible, it might not be worth implementing.

But kudos on the gradiant and CSS improvements.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#3

Post by selectodude » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:45 PM UTC

Until Apple fixes the mess they made with ad-blocking and allows full-fat ublock origin to work on Safari again, it could be 100x better than any other browser and it would still be worthless compared to Firefox.

Shame, because I really do like Safari.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#4

Post by lotsofpulp » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:47 PM UTC

selectodude wrote: post #3

Until Apple fixes the mess they made with ad-blocking and allows full-fat ublock origin to work on Safari again, it could be 100x better than any other browser and it would still be worthless compared to Firefox. Shame, because I really do like Safari.

Are there any comparisons of where content blockers fail and ublock origin is better for a casual user?

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#5

Post by crooked-v » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:49 PM UTC

yohannparis wrote: post #2

Funny how the test button does not work on Safari 15.3, if it's not backward compatible, it might not be worth implementing. But kudos on the gradiant and CSS improvements.

It seems fairly straightforward functionality to polyfill, though.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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Post by bobbylarrybobby » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:52 PM UTC

A lot of good (if long-awaited) changes in there, like smooth scrolling. Interesting to see how hard they're pushing the fact that they are the first browser to implement a bunch of features.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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Post by nathanasmith » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:57 PM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #4

selectodude wrote: post #3

Until Apple fixes the mess they made with ad-blocking and allows full-fat ublock origin to work on Safari again, it could be 100x better than any other browser and it would still be worthless compared to Firefox. Shame, because I really do like Safari.

Are there any comparisons of where content blockers fail and ublock origin is better for a casual user?

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked I couldn't find any content blocker for MacOS Safari that would block pre-roll Youtube ads whereas uBlock Origin in Chrome, Firefox, etc. does not have this problem.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#8

Post by ezfe » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 9:00 PM UTC

selectodude wrote: post #3

Until Apple fixes the mess they made with ad-blocking and allows full-fat ublock origin to work on Safari again, it could be 100x better than any other browser and it would still be worthless compared to Firefox. Shame, because I really do like Safari.

I use Wipr and it doesn't seem to have any trouble keeping my viewing experience ad free, including on Youtube

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#9

Post by ezfe » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 9:01 PM UTC

nathanasmith wrote: post #7

lotsofpulp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any comparisons of where content blockers fail and ublock origin is better for a casual user?

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked I couldn't find any content blocker for MacOS Safari that would block pre-roll Youtube ads whereas uBlock Origin in Chrome, Firefox, etc. does not have this problem.

Wipr blocks them for me

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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Post by smoldesu » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 9:01 PM UTC

ezfe wrote: post #9

nathanasmith wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked I couldn't find any content blocker for MacOS Safari that would block pre-roll Youtube ads whereas uBlock Origin in Chrome, Firefox, etc. does not have this problem.

Wipr blocks them for me

Right, for $2 and no access to the source code.