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New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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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?

Speaking only for me, I'm OK with paying, but trusting browser extensions, as they currently exist, is hard.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

#22

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.

This is one of the main reasons we built Orion browser. Native app, with the same rendering engine and with native extensions support.

https://browser.kagi.com

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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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.

If you go back, you’ll see this highlighted by Apple when they’re first, which happens more often than the prevailing narrative would suggest.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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Wipr blocks them for me

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

Safari content blockers don’t get access to the website. They merely present a list of selectors to block, and Safari does the rest. So the lack of source code access is benign, by design.

Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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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.

This is one of the main reasons we built Orion browser. Native app, with the same rendering engine and with native extensions support. https://browser.kagi.com

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Re: New WebKit features in Safari 15.4

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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.

I want it so I can uninstall Facebook Messager.

On Android I can log into Facebook's website, and receive push notifications via the web-browser. On iOS my choices are either the native iOS app (which has substantially more data hooks) or nothing at all.

Essentially browser Push Notifications increase my privacy.

PS - I am sympathetic to complaints about push notification request spam, but that feels like a solvable issue without throwing the dishes out with the bathwater. You shouldn't need an "app" just for notifications.

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