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by rimliu 2631 days ago
“Being IE” has at least two meanings: a) having a market share so big that others do not care about the other browsers and b) being technically stagnant for years (though this may be looked at just as byproduct of #1).

So Chrome derivarives might fit first criteria but neither them nor Safari fits (yet) the second one. Yes, Safari development may be not as fast but it is still ongoing and the team is not disbanded.

The most evil thing Google is doong with their browser right now may be implementation of non-standard features which only help their business.