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Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by rimliu » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:50 AM UTC

realusername wrote: post #8

HatchedLake721 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Such as?

Like SVG background issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40986798/repeated-svg-ba... clicking issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24077725/mobile-safari-s... (yeah even clicks are broken) background jank https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9983520/webkit-animation... (not sure it's exactly this bug but I do have fixes in the codebase for that) round corners https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50995411/ca…

There is a browser without bugs?

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by bryanrasmussen » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:50 AM UTC

I just imagine the scenario of someone getting nostalgic for Welcome Back, Kotter, firing up Safari and having this happen on every fan page they try to surf.

On the other hand I guess it must also happen on every page that mentions this bug.

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by brandrick » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:50 AM UTC

The assumption here that this is being triggered because Safari assumes any page with this phrase must be a login page sounds plausible (if odd) to me.

However, anecdotally I imagine there will be an uptick in sites using similars phrases — as following easing of Covid restrictions around the world even little brick and mortar stores will be making such welcoming statements on/across their homepages. :D

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by realusername » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:52 AM UTC

rimliu wrote: post #11

realusername wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like SVG background issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40986798/repeated-svg-ba... clicking issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24077725/mobile-safari-s... (yeah even clicks are broken) background jank https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9983520/webkit-animation... (not sure it's exactly this bug but I do have fixes in the codebase for that) round corners https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50995411/ca…

There is a browser without bugs?

Not really no but there's a very large tech gap between both Chrome (plus associated) and Firefox and on the other hand Safari which feels like it's in "maintenance mode".

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by onion2k » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:53 AM UTC

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #10

pdenton wrote: post #6

Welcome back! Please leave a comment

hunter2

> ********

I don't get it?

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by atian » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:53 AM UTC

pdenton wrote: post #6

Welcome back! Please leave a comment

Welcome back!

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by rashil2000 » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:53 AM UTC

rimliu wrote: post #11

realusername wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like SVG background issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40986798/repeated-svg-ba... clicking issues https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24077725/mobile-safari-s... (yeah even clicks are broken) background jank https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9983520/webkit-animation... (not sure it's exactly this bug but I do have fixes in the codebase for that) round corners https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50995411/ca…

There is a browser without bugs?

No, but Safari routinely causes many problems that seem utterly basic for Firefox/Chrome.

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by yvoschaap » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:53 AM UTC

WayToDoor wrote: post #7

Related, there is a "bug" in chrome that disabled autocomplete="off" on input elements, marked as won't fix https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=587466

Yes. The Chrome devs refuse to accept there are viable cases for not allowing autocomplete.

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by rini17 » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:54 AM UTC

Tokelin wrote: post #3

realusername wrote: post #2

Just another day in web development with Safari, I'm not even surprised anymore. I've encountered so many of those "total nonsense" moments.

Looks more and more like Safari is the "modern" IE

In the IE days the standards were manageable and relatively fixed, it was possible to have a test suite and point fingers "not compliant!".

Now we have "Living Standard"...

Re: Safari tries to fill username

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Post by raverbashing » Fri, May 28, 2021, 9:55 AM UTC

I can see the PM with this story "As a user I want to feel welcome back to my websites hence my login information will be auto-filled if the sites welcome me back"

(Though the real issue here seems to be field identification, not the auto-fill)