14 DAY TRIAL // Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are currently the world’s most popular browsers, but at the same time, users out there can also choose from a wide variety of alternatives, including Firefox, Vivaldi, and Brave.
Of course, Apple users most often stick with Safari given it’s the native offering, though some haven’t necessarily been impressed with the refinements the browser received lately.
This is why an Apple developer working on the Safari and WebKit team took to Twitter to call for users to send their feedback on the company’s browser. Jen Simmons explained that she’s getting messages from users claiming Safari is the new Internet Explorer, and this is why it’s critical to receive feedback, especially when it comes to bugs that need to be fixed ASAP.
“Everyone in my mentions saying Safari is the worst, it’s the new IE… Can you point to specific bugs & missing support that frustrate you, inhibit you making websites/apps. Bonus points for links to tickets. Specifics we can fix. Vague hate is honestly super counterproductive,” she tweeted.
The fight against Chromium
Simmons return the next day to reveal that an important part of the feedback suggested Apple should just kill off Safari. The Apple engineer emphasized the world is now dominated by Chromium browsers, and in the long term, this isn’t exactly the best way to go for obvious reasons.
“Catching up with tech Twitter this morning and there seems to be an angry pocket of men who really want Safari to just go away. Do we really want to live in a 95% Chromium browser world? That would be a horrible future for the web. We need more voices, not fewer,” she said.
Obviously, Apple has no intention to give up on Safari for the time being, but anyone on macOS is free to download any browser they want, no matter if it’s Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.