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by haburka 3187 days ago
Imo if you are using safari and you are playing a demo, you should expect the demo not to work. Safari is the new IE and most demos use advanced browser APIs that safari doesn't support. You shouldn't need an error message to understand that.
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The list of APIs which Webkit doesn't support(at least in the preview version) is surprisingly small[1]

Chrome is a lot closer to IE in that it incorrectly implements standards to encourage developers and users to priorities it's platform(like a certain company[2])

[1] https://webkit.org/status/#?status=under%20consideration,in%...

[2] https://brattahlid.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/is-docx-really-a...

And at the same time it seems that Chrome is also the new IE in that developers write applications that only work in Chrome. Not so different than web apps using ActiveX back in day.

  Safari is the new IE
Is that meant as praise or criticism?