Safari [was: Most "universal" type of video file?]

[Daniel Sabsay]

I do a lot of "Ajax" programming, and it works just fine on Safari.   
However, I only use "Jason" techniques (Javascript fragments), without  
any of the XML junk.

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On May 14, 2008, at 2:37 AM, Mark Smith wrote:

>
> On 14.05.2008, at 08:54, Hacker Scot wrote:
>
>> I'm not trying to trash on Safari - I'd use it too for its speed  
>> and elegance and fantastic CSS support if it just had a  plugin  
>> ecosystem like FireFox and if its JavaScript/Ajax support didn't  
>> suck.
>
> But we already have an extensible browser that bends over backwards  
> in attempt to accommodate everything that JS might toss at it. This  
> browser is Firefox and I think that one such beast is sufficient.
>
> In any case, most mac users use Safari.
>
> OK, its the installed default, but I hardly think that is the reason  
> why (if I'm guessing correctly) most people here use Safari as their  
> main browser. Perhaps it has to do with the following:
>
> Speed
> Stability
> By far the best CSS support of any browser
> Easy to maintain
> Better interaction with the OS and other apps
>
> Some of these things are, at least in part, a consequence of the  
> absence of a "firefox-like plugin ecosystem"
>
> Some other aspects:
>
> color support
> font rendering
>
> In my use, the JS issues are minimal and for the handful of worthy  
> sites where this is significant I either - look for an alternative  
> site and/or fire up Camino.
>
>
>
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