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Apple Planning Fix for Broken Twitter Links in Safari on OS X

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For the past couple of months, Twitter users who click shortened "t.co" links with an HTTPS URL have noticed a frequent, irritating bug that prevents content from loading. Oftentimes, when a "t.co" link is clicked, it opens up a blank web page and hangs at a loading screen for several minutes before giving an error message.

There are threads about this issue on the MacRumors forums and the Apple Support Communities, with most people complaining that the problem started around the beginning of November.

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Aside from reloading the t.co URL several times, removing the "https" from the URL, or switching to a different browser, there's no way to fix the link loading issue. Clearing Safari's cached files also helps, but only temporarily. Chrome and Firefox aren't affected, nor are links that do not use HTTPS.

In a recent post on the issue, The Verge uncovered a January 14 tweet from Timothy Hatcher, a WebKit Developer Experience Manager at Apple. Hatcher says the problem is lower level than WebKit (Safari is built on WebKit) and that Apple has a fix identified.

Hatcher did not specify when the fix might be implemented, and it is unclear if it could come in a standalone Safari update or if a full OS X update will be required.

Article Link: Apple Planning Fix for Broken Twitter Links in Safari on OS X
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2016/01/22/apple-safari-broken-twitter-links/
They should also fix the fun bug that prevents me from seeing my Google notifications in Safari. I have to open Chrome for that.
 
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This is honestly the biggest advantage that Android has over iOS ... is that system applications and whatnot are updated like regular apps frequently without the need to update the entire OS. Apple really needs to do something like that. Bug fixes to the OS are one thing, but there's no reason you should have to wait months and months (or longer) for a bug with an app. It just makes no sense.
 
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It's not just me! Woo!

I've actually had to switch to Chrome, this got so bad. Weird it hasn't received more press. I looked around for people reporting this issue, didn't find much,
 
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\-V-/ said:
This is honestly the biggest advantage that Android has over iOS ... is that system applications and whatnot are updated like regular apps frequently without the need to update the entire OS. Apple really needs to do something like that. Bug fixes to the OS are one thing, but there's no reason you should have to wait months and months (or longer) for a bug with an app. It just makes no sense.
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This is a bug with Safari on Mac OS X (comparable to Windows, not Android).
 
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JaJaWa said:
This is a bug with Safari on Mac OS X (comparable to Windows, not Android).
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Although my point still remains valid, my reading comprehension is apparently nonexistent today. There's just been so many iOS articles lately my brain instinctively read everything as iOS. >_>


zorinlynx said:
I'm surprised this isn't something that Twitter can fix on their end.

How hard can it be to redirect a browser?
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When every browser works but Safari ...
 
I'm having an issue with video content not playing in Safari. Just recently went back to an iphone 5S and I'm trying to play nice in Apples sandbox but I'm still finding Chrome a better option.
 
\-V-/ said:
This is honestly the biggest advantage that Android has over iOS ... is that system applications and whatnot are updated like regular apps frequently without the need to update the entire OS. Apple really needs to do something like that. Bug fixes to the OS are one thing, but there's no reason you should have to wait months and months (or longer) for a bug with an app. It just makes no sense.
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That's a valid complaint on iOS, but in OS X, Safari can be updated or deleted as a separate app whenever you like. The only thing special is that it gets listed under System Software or something like that in the App Store updates tab instead of mixed in with all the other apps you've gotten from the App Store.
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
That's a valid complaint on iOS, but in OS X, Safari can be updated or deleted as a separate app whenever you like. The only thing special is that it gets listed under System Software or something like that in the App Store updates tab instead of mixed in with all the other apps you've gotten from the App Store.
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Yes, I know. I responded to someone else already pointing out my stupidity by telling me this is an OS X article. :)
 
Hi, does anybody have a similar issue on iOS?

Most of the time, if I tap a Twitter notification in Notification Centre on my iPhone, it will just launch the Twitter app, rather than actually taking me to the tweet. Can be quite annoying, especially when I forget which tweet I wanted to see more of...

I'm hoping it's known bug, that I just don't know about it!...couldn't find anything about it anywhere though...
 
jasong-69 said:
Hi, does anybody have a similar issue on iOS?

Most of the time, if I tap a Twitter notification in Notification Centre on my iPhone, it will just launch the Twitter app, rather than actually taking me to the tweet. Can be quite annoying, especially when I forget which tweet I wanted to see more of...

I'm hoping it's known bug, that I just don't know about it!...couldn't find anything about it anywhere though...
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That seems to be more or less the design in iOS--launch the related app if it's installed (with the option to go to the web page from there as well), or go to the web page directly if not.
 
The same happens lot of times with youtube or google search not loading (from safari not links from tweetbot)....
 
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That seems to be more or less the design in iOS--launch the related app if it's installed (with the option to go to the web page from there as well), or go to the web page directly if not.
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No it definitely does more in general. For example, sometimes those notifications do take you into the tweet itself. WhatsApp notifications take you into the conversation etc..
 
Finally haha been bugging me for ages, thought it might have been fixed in 10.11.3 but apparently not :(
 
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