Live data from Hacker News

New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

webkit.org

11–20 of 311 posts

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#11

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.

Probably the best use for a Touch Bar is scrubbing through Youtube ads.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#12

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.

This does not make sense. Of course new functionality won't work on old browsers.

is easy to polyfill well: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/dialog-polyfill

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#13
Edit: removing the snark/sarcasm I put into it.

I was really hoping this announcement would include support for push notifications for PWAs. I've been trying to build a few Discourse forums and they work very well as PWAs except for the fact that iOS doesn't support PWAs sending push notifications.

So here's to hoping the next iteration will.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#14

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 1Blocker and have no issues with ads, so I'm unsure what you're after?

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#15

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.

1Blocker works for me and has good support

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#16
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wipr blocks them for me

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

Ah, so you mean you want a free solution, because why should the devs of an extension that you obviously value earn anything from their work?

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#18

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.

Vinegar

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#19
post #9

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

I use Wipr too, but it seems like a couple months ago, Google figured out how to get past it since I see shippable ads 50% or more of the time. I used to never see them.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#20
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Ah, so you mean you want a free solution, because why should the devs of an extension that you obviously value earn anything from their work?

Well that’s why they’re adblocking to begin with - to prevent monetization
Post reply on HN