A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
OWA (Open Web Advocacy) is a group of software engineers from all over the world who have come together to advocate for the future of the open web by providing regulators, legislators and policy makers the intricate technical details that they need to understand the major anti-competitive issues in our industry and how to solve …
Niels Leenheer also shares his views on the whole “all browsers on iOS are WebKit because Apple says it needs to be”-thing: Apple requires browsers to use WebKit. In fact, it must use the system-provided WebKit framework. Even though WebKit is open-source, you can’t modify or improve that version and use that in your app. …
Continue reading “Chrome is the new Safari. And so are Edge and Firefox.”
I you want to get the summary about browser choice on iOS, Stuart Langridge has got you covered: Last week I sat down with the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the regulator, to talk about browser choice on Apple devices, and whether the claims that limiting choice is good for security and privacy actually hold …
Perry Sun: Safari is very good web browser, delivering fast performance and solid privacy features. But at the same time, the lack of support for key web technologies and APIs has been both perplexing and annoying at the same time. The enormous popularity of iOS makes it all the more annoying that Apple continues to …
Continue reading ““For developers, Apple’s Safari is crap and outdated””
