Chrome Vs Safari on iPhone and iPad The Safari vs Chrome story doesn't look quite different on iPhone and iPad either. While Apple's offering boasts seamless integration coupled with the more optimized interface, Google's browser provides way more customization along with the power of G-Suite. Despite the stiff competition, Safari edges out Chrome on iOS and iPadOS on three crucial fronts: Performance, Security and Privacy, and Less Resource-Hogging. Considering people love smooth browsing on mobile devices Apple's browser gets the cake as far as performance is concerned. Safari has long been the go-to browser on the iPhone, but after Apple finally opened up the secret speed enhancements in Safari to other browsers way back in iOS 8, it's now possible to ditch.
What is one of the best computer hacks you can integrate? Uninstall Chrome and start using Safari instead. Why? Some reasons:
1. Benefits of Safari
- Safari is faster, cleaner, simpler, more lightweight, and more beautiful. Safari is like a beautiful Braun appliance, Chrome is like a Pez Dispenser.
- If you use a MacBook, Safari is optimized for it. Superior battery life on Safari vs Chrome.
- Safari is optimized for the best web-browsing experience. You have the EXTREMELY useful 'Reader' mode, which strips websites of clutter, crap, annoying advertisements, etc. Google Chrome's ultimate goal is to collect the maximum amount of browsing behavior from you in order to deliver you the most accurate advertisements.
- Google Chrome is optimized for you to have a billion tabs open. Very bad for focus.
- If you use Google Chrome on your phone, there isn't a good way to block advertisements. Safari on iPhone allows for ‘content blockers', which gives you a more beautiful web-browsing experience.
2. Why did I ditch Chrome?
I ditched Google Chrome because this is what I started to notice:
When using Google Chrome, I couldn't focus.
Whereas when using Safari I could focus.
I'm not sure the difference, but my theory is that Google Chrome is colored like candy, in order to have you use the internet as much as possible [The more you use Google and browse the internet, the more money Google makes]. Safari doesn't really care [Apple makes money by selling you more devices].
For myself, I would rather be addicted to buying more devices than being addicted to the internet.
3. Increasing skepticism in technology
I tested the Google Pixel and really liked it. In-fact, I think the Google Pixel has a superior camera (in terms of image quality, low-light) to the iPhone. But why am I very suspicious about owning a Google Pixel? I've already given Google insane amounts of personal data. I'm concerned that if I had a Google Pixel, my everyday behavior will slowly be modified, distracted, with less focus.
For example, if you have a Google Pixel [or any Android phone], Chrome comes pre-installed. When you open Google Chrome on a mobile phone, there is the extremely distracting 'suggested articles' on the home page. While you can hide this, there is always a nagging distraction at the back of your mind:
I really want to click this to check my suggested articles.
Even using that tiny bit of brainpower to PREVENT yourself from opening it will deplete some of your focus and willpower.
4. A new digital caste system
This is what I notice:
If you are poor, or from a developing country, you are more likely to buy an Android phone or Windows computer.
But the problem is that with Android, Windows (Chrome is the best browser on Windows), you have a more cluttered, distracting, and ad-ridden existence.
5. The new technological elite
This is my practical view on the future of humanity (at least from a technological perspective):
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- The rich will be privileged with a cleaner, simpler, more beautiful existence. More focus, concentration, and ability to pursue philosophical and artistic aims.
- The poor will have access to all these 'tools of mass distraction' (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Video, smartphone games, video games, VR games), and they will live a happy yet extremely fragmented, distracted, and 'basic' existence.
6. Questions to ask yourself
Essentially, before purchasing any digital tools, or by using any services, ask yourself:
- Who is the company who built this?
- What does the company want you to use this?
- What are the upsides/downsides of this service I'm going to use?
- What do I personally value in my life? Will using this service hinder or promote my own personal interests?
7. Experiments
As of right now, some things I am experimenting with:
- Stop using Google Maps, and start using Apple Maps instead: Google Maps is the superior product, but is starting to get extremely slow and cluttered. I simply prefer Apple Maps for the speed, simplicity, and more beautiful UI.
- Stop using YouTube as much as possible: The sidebar is the worst distraction known to mankind. If I want to listen to new music, I will try to go directly to Spotify instead. If I want entertainment, I prefer to read ancient literature, watch a John Wick film, or go lift weights.
- Transition away from Gmail: I think Gmail is the superior email web-based/cloud client, but once again, I am a little worried about long-term 'lock-in' with gmail.
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SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019 supports several commonly used web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge. However, certain web browsers can cause some SharePoint Servers 2016 or 2019 functionality to be downgraded, limited, or available only through alternative steps.
As you plan your deployment of SharePoint Servers 2016 or 2019, we recommend that you review the browsers used in your organization to guarantee optimal performance with SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019.
Key planning phase of browser support
Browser support is an important part of your SharePoint Servers 2016 or 2019 implementation. Before you install SharePoint Server, make sure that you know the browsers that SharePoint Server supports. The information in this article describes browser support in the following sections:
Browser support levels
Browser details
Browser support levels in SharePoint Server 2016
The following table summarizes the support levels of typically used web browsers.
| Browser | Supported | Not supported |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Edge (Chromium) | X | |
| Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML - Legacy) | X | |
| Internet Explorer 11 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 10 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 9 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 8 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 7 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 6 | X | |
| Google Chrome (latest released version) | X | |
| Mozilla Firefox (latest released version plus immediate previous version) | X | |
| Apple Safari (latest released version) | X |
Browser support levels in SharePoint Server 2019
The following table summarizes the support levels of typically used web browsers.
| Browser | Supported | Not supported |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Edge (Chromium) | X | |
| Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML - Legacy) | X | |
| Internet Explorer 11 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 10 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 9 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 8 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 7 | X | |
| Internet Explorer 6 | X | |
| Google Chrome (latest released version) | X | |
| Mozilla Firefox (latest released version plus immediate previous version) | X | |
| Apple Safari (latest released version) | X |
Browser details
Review the details of the web browser that you have or plan to use in your organization to make sure that the web browser works with SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019, and according to your business needs.
Internet Explorer and older functionality
Note
Some older SharePoint functionality that relies on NPAPI or ActiveX will not work on browsers other than Internet Explorer. You can work around each of these issues by using Internet Explorer to perform these tasks.
Using ActiveX controls in SharePoint Server
Some functionality in SharePoint Server requires ActiveX controls. This produces limitations on browsers which do not support ActiveX. Currently only 32-bit versions of Internet Explorer support this functionality. In SharePoint Server 2016, all other supported browsers, including Microsoft Edge and the Immersive mode of Internet Explorer 10 have the following limitations.
For SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019, browsers other than Internet Explorer 11 have the following limitations.
| Plugin name | DLL file name | What it does | Known limitations | |
| Digital Signature | Dsigctrl.dll, dsigres.dll | Digital signing takes place in both the InfoPath client and on the InfoPath Forms Services server. Make sure that the following conditions exist: Forms that are signed on the client can be verified on the server. Forms that are signed on the server can be verified on the client. | An inability to verify a form produces an error that states that the form cannot be signed. | |
| NameCtrl | Name.dll | Enables a webpage to display a contact card and presence status for people. Integrates through client-side APIs with Office client and Skype for Business client. | ||
| TaskLauncher | Nameext.dll | Used to export items in a task list to Project Server if Project client is installed on the client computer. | If software requirements are not met, an error message states that you need to install Project client. | |
| SpreadSheetLauncher | Owssupp.dll | Used to verify whether Excel is installed for Export to Excel feature. | If Excel is not installed, the user may be prompted to download the file 'query.iqy' which can then be opened in Excel. | |
| StssyncHandler | Owssupp.dll | Enables synchronization of lists of events and lists of contacts in SharePoint with a messaging application such as Outlook. Non-IE clients may have an additional prompt to open the calendar in Outlook. | ||
| ExportDatabase | Owssupp.dll | Enables a user to use an application such as Access to create or open a database that contains SharePoint list data. | To export a list, the client computer must have a SharePoint compatible application. | |
| OpenDocuments | Owssupp.dll | Starts Office client applications so that a user can create a or edit a document. Enables users to create documents that are based on a specified template, open documents as read-only, or open documents as read/write. | If a compatible Office application or browser is not installed on a client, an error message states that the feature requires a SharePoint compatible application and web browser. | |
| CopyCtl | Stsupld.dll | Enables a user to copy a document on a SharePoint site to one or more locations on a server. | In Firefox, Google Chrome, and immersive mode of Internet Explorer version 10, the copy progress dialog is not displayed. | |
| PPActiveX | PPSLAX.dll | Starts PowerPoint to open presentations from a slide library or publish individual slides to a slide library. | Does not work on Click-to-Run installations of Office and version of Office that run on Windows for ARM. | |
| BCSLauncher | BCSLaunch.dll | Starts the Visual Studio Tools for Office installer to install a Visual Studio Tools for Office package that has been generated on the server. |
Other functionality, such as Form settings in List settings only function with Internet Explorer.
Mobile browser support
Safari Vs Google Chrome
SharePoint Server 2016 supports the following versions:
Safari Vs Chrome 2019 Mac
Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge on Windows Phone 8.1 or later.
Latest version of Chrome on Android 4.4 or later.
Latest versions of Safari and Chrome on iOS 8 or later.
For SharePoint Server 2019, Chrome or Safari on iOS10 or later
