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Safari Team Asks for Feedback Amid Accusations That 'Safari Is the Worst, It's the New IE'
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Build in the functionality of Cookie auto-delete from Firefox, or at least build an extension that does that. Now you can delete all cookies, or keep all cookies. Allow you to set a list of cookies to keep, and exterminate the rest when you close the browser.
Poor Apple just can’t afford staffing to figure out safari issues.
Maybe one day when they are more financially successful then can figure out how to pay for more staff to get this stuff ironed out.
Fingers crossed!
Maybe one day when they are more financially successful then can figure out how to pay for more staff to get this stuff ironed out.
Fingers crossed!
1Blocker added a feature a while back that uses a local VPN profile to block trackers in every app on iOS/iPadOS. Doesn’t catch all ads, but gets most of them.
Some websites just dont play well with safari. Udemy and the zbrush forums are the first to come to mind.
Then the adblock support isnt very good. I will use the same adblock+ on safari and firefox and the safari youtube still plays ads and some websites still display them too. Meanwhile on firefox they are gone.
I tried about 5-6 different ad blockers and none of them worked well
Then the adblock support isnt very good. I will use the same adblock+ on safari and firefox and the safari youtube still plays ads and some websites still display them too. Meanwhile on firefox they are gone.
I tried about 5-6 different ad blockers and none of them worked well
Thanks for pointing out, I will check that.
Edit: Sadly a subscription, no way.
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I use it as the default browser on both iOS and MacOS. On Mac it was primarily the focus on battery life that was the deciding factor.
The alternative for me would be Chrome. Been using it on PCs I own so it’d share/sync more stuff I suppose. But Chrome for Mac has not been the greatest and probably receives more flak than Safari.
Have no real issues with Safari, based on how I use a browser.
The alternative for me would be Chrome. Been using it on PCs I own so it’d share/sync more stuff I suppose. But Chrome for Mac has not been the greatest and probably receives more flak than Safari.
Have no real issues with Safari, based on how I use a browser.
They come across as real jerks.
Isn't it your job to make safari completely functional? Isn't it your job to fix issues that are publicly known and that you should know of in any case?
Hire a new Safari team. This one is obviously incompetent and arrogant.
Isn't it your job to make safari completely functional? Isn't it your job to fix issues that are publicly known and that you should know of in any case?
Hire a new Safari team. This one is obviously incompetent and arrogant.
What’s wrong? You don’t think developers are coding specifically for Chrome? I mean, they are, you just don’t think they are?
1. Apple took away the best feature— the ability to create your own default Safari home page with10-20 of you own favorite websites w/icons.
2. The replacement— most used sites— is not the same— an algorithm controls the selections and your own faves disappear.
2. The replacement— most used sites— is not the same— an algorithm controls the selections and your own faves disappear.
yep, some sites wont optimize their content for Safari14 but they work in safari 15.
They could start with letting pop up blockers work.
Firefox blocks everything for me with a add on.
Firefox blocks everything for me with a add on.
Also, the best workaround— bookmark icons— have a bug in that if you scroll it will automatically switch to a different bookmark, and you can’t block that “feature.”
I was just going to post asking how to improve the performance of Safari. I've been using it now for about a month, moving over from Edge. I really like the grouping experience and compact layout view, but it's so slow and buggy. For example, loading LinkedIn takes forever, often having to quite Safari and restart. Whereas, Edge is a lot more stable. Another bug is Safari constantly refreshing a page when I'm trying to load a new one. Other than that, I really like the experience and layout.
I'm glad that Firefox exists.
Hulu works well on Safari because of the lack of privacy/loose restrictions.
Hulu works well on Safari because of the lack of privacy/loose restrictions.
Safari should not be integrated with OS software releases.
It should be on its own separate entity that releases fixes way more often. Safari on iOS is great.
Secondly, when Safari decided that Instructure Canvas (the learning management system my college uses) had something go wrong and refreshed my page during a test before the auto-save kicked in, it caused me to lose my faith in Safari entirely. This particular question was a long-answer type of question and I lost most of it. The only thing that was saved was literally the first sentence.
The M1 Air lasts maybe an hour longer on Safari based on my usage versus Chrome, which is negligible because it's not like I won't have my charger handy.
Edit 1: Luckily I still had 25 minutes left during the test. I switched to Chrome middle of the quiz and didn't have the problem. Risky behaviour Safari was showing. If this happened any later in the quiz, I would have screamed from pure rage.
It should be on its own separate entity that releases fixes way more often. Safari on iOS is great.
Secondly, when Safari decided that Instructure Canvas (the learning management system my college uses) had something go wrong and refreshed my page during a test before the auto-save kicked in, it caused me to lose my faith in Safari entirely. This particular question was a long-answer type of question and I lost most of it. The only thing that was saved was literally the first sentence.
- This was the turning point from all the other inadequacies I've experienced. The icing on top you can say. I've had websites hanging. I type something on the address bar and it would take forever to load. I even had Google Search lagging on my 500 GB/s internet (tested on Chrome and Firefox and it works fine). Maybe it's the web developers to blame for certain websites, but having to constantly switch browsers is annoying.
- I've tolerated it for so long because I love the Reader View Safari has and integration, but ...
The M1 Air lasts maybe an hour longer on Safari based on my usage versus Chrome, which is negligible because it's not like I won't have my charger handy.
Edit 1: Luckily I still had 25 minutes left during the test. I switched to Chrome middle of the quiz and didn't have the problem. Risky behaviour Safari was showing. If this happened any later in the quiz, I would have screamed from pure rage.
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I use Wipr on macOS and iOS, it works very well in my experience.
I believe a big problem is coders depreciation of WebKit standards to bow to Google’s proprietary Chrome language. I’ve also noticed the most issues in Safari when I have Chrome on my computer run it’s server in the background doing who knows what.
Last time I checked, Safari still refused to put Google search result pages in History.
I'd also love to see an improved popup blocker. Sure, actual separate-window popups get blocked, but all the other 'in-page' popups that have invaded 'modern' sites are a constant annoyance, even with an ad blocker.
The other day I was trying to track my package on a courier site, on my phone. A full-screen "Your site options" or some such popped up over the top of the page. Way to be out of touch with your customers, who are there to track a package. They do not care one whit about site options at the moment; they just want to see where their package is. But it's not an ad, so the ad blocker doesn't stop it.
I'd also love to see an improved popup blocker. Sure, actual separate-window popups get blocked, but all the other 'in-page' popups that have invaded 'modern' sites are a constant annoyance, even with an ad blocker.
The other day I was trying to track my package on a courier site, on my phone. A full-screen "Your site options" or some such popped up over the top of the page. Way to be out of touch with your customers, who are there to track a package. They do not care one whit about site options at the moment; they just want to see where their package is. But it's not an ad, so the ad blocker doesn't stop it.
For me it has to do with the bad UX and UI that has severely degraded over the past few iterations. Also sites have gone the route of requiring Chrome to function properly, which isn't necessarily a Safari issue as much as it is a monopoly of Chrome :/
I don’t know. Firefox is my go to browser but I do use Safari quite often mainly because of iCloud Keychain Also I do use 1Password on both safari and Firefox. Now I am not a technical user by any means. So bugs (unless it is something obvious) really mean nothing to me.
I am not saying I am not saying that I am not obvious to bugs existing, I try to keep up on Mac centric sites and see if anyone has reported anything major.
As far as Safari being the new IE, I can see why people might think that but for me it is fine.
I am not saying I am not saying that I am not obvious to bugs existing, I try to keep up on Mac centric sites and see if anyone has reported anything major.
As far as Safari being the new IE, I can see why people might think that but for me it is fine.