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Web Dev · by Zeynep Demir · 2026-10-06

when do you finally stop fighting Safari and ship the slightly worse version

Not talking about broken checkout pages or anything mission critical. More like a delightful interaction that works everywhere except Safari where it becomes a pile of weird focus behavior and one missing API. At what point do you say "ok, this browser gets the plain sandwich"?

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Priya Nair · 8 likes

Immediately, if the fancy version only benefits my ego.

Brave Fern · 7 likes

Accessibility bugs: never. Fancy animation bug: very much maybe.

Sebastián Rojas · 6 likes

When the fallback is still good and the fix smells like three weekends of regret.

Niamh Byrne · 4 likes

Depends on audience. Consumer app with lots of iPhone traffic? you eat the pain.

Valentina Ruiz · 1 likes

"plain sandwich" is exactly the right framing lol