pziecina wrote The problem isn't can one use newer features with Safari, it is one of testing in Safari. Even though like Rob, i think that svg's are part of the problem with his pages, the inability to test in Safari on windows makes it an impossible browser to develop for. If it was not for iOS devices i think many developers would ignore Safari completely. |
Its no different on a Mac. If you don't have the latest OS you can't test the latest Safari. You can only test in the version of Safari that is compatible with your OS, in my case Yosemite/Safari-v8 and it will be v8 for the next 2-3 years as I dont intend to update the OS. How does that make me want to use newer techniques like Grids, etc. Thankfully Flexbox is fully supported in Safari v8, or the bits of it that I find useful otherwise, quite possibly, I would not be using Flexbox.
Its like Firefox/Chrome bringing out a new browser which is not compatible with Yosemite. If all browser developers were as short sighted as the devlopers of Apples Safari we would be pitched right back into the 90s where browsers were an ass to deal with and test anything.
Whats with the plonkers at Apple anyway if Firefox and Chrome can develop browsers which are compatible with older versions of its OS then WTF cant they, after all it is their machine......it just doesnt add up, crazy, mental.
Fortuantely Safari only has 3.6 per cent of the market and its not rising. Hopefully it will be dead in a few years, its on life support now so maybe that is why Apple dont really give a toss about supporting its older OS's.
Id tell my client to stop monkeying around and get a decent browser if they have paid out a premium rate for a premium machine/mobile device or go get a cheap PC
Maybe I'll just start putting a label on my websites 'This website is only compatible with Android devices' - seems if Apple can do it why cant I.
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