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Questions tagged [safari]

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Is there anything wrong with targeting the alt attribute in css?

I tried targeting the the alt attribute in css. My solution worked in Firefox/Mozilla, but fails in Safari-Chrome/Webkit. Is there anything wrong with styling an alt tag? If not, how do you suppose I troubleshoot for Webkit. Here's an…
Ben Ackles
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What do I need to do to make my site compatible with Safari's iCloud Keychain so that it saves passwords?

I've noticed that a vendor's web application triggers Safari's "suggested password" feature at "create password" forms, but does not actually save this password when the form is submitted. That is, after submitting the form and logging back out…
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Making a web page 'safari reader' mode compatible?

I am trying to find some documentation that would indicate on how best to optimise a web page so that it is recognised by Safari's reader mode? I have found some old pages that suggested it was based on the amount of text, but I have one page with a…
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How is the scrolling in mobile browsers (touch) different from desktop browsers?

I know scrolling works differently on mobile devices since they don't fire the scroll event right away. What else is different? Where can I learn more about it? I want to know if it has any other limitations. Did anyone give a name to this kind of…
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Resized background images blurred in desktop Safari

The website I'm creating (test6.lazyfoxdesign.co.uk) is responsive and makes heavy use of images for the background. I use high resolution images and scale them down using CSS for smaller resolutions. In all web browsers, except desktop Safari…
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Why is Google Analytics reporting Safari users on Linux OS

I don't believe Safari can be installed on Linux, so why is Google Analytics reporting so many users with this Browser/OS combination? Here's the breakdown of Browser and OS. And here's the breakdown of Browser and Service Provider. So either this…
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When I access my Website with Safari, Google Analytics shows referrers as "Direct", why?

When I access my Website (website A) with Safari (v 10.1.1) via a link from another website (website B), the access (in the real-time section) is seen as direct access. With firefox, I can properly see the referrer (website B), why? A couple of…
Eugenio
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How do I specify the HEVC codec in the HTML5 video source type attribute?

(Originally posted on Stack Overflow) I'd like to load and play a smaller HEVC-encoded video on web browsers with support for it. I'm using this code on Safari 11 (macOS 10.13), which has support for the HEVC format.
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Getting "cannot verify server identity" on iPhone and iPad for Go Daddy SSL

Whenever people navigate to a particular site of ours on an iPhone or iPad they are getting a "cannot verify server identity" message. Our certificate was issued by Go Daddy. I ran this checker as suggested in another question and everything appears…
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How do you set Mac Safari's favorite icon

Some Site, when added to favorite, will show an icon here like github.com: How do you set the icon here? I've tried this code and it doesn't work:
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Should I use HTTP or HTTPS to reference resources on the Google CDN?

All the examples of accessing google's CDN use https:// in the URL (including on Google itself) - but this has caused a problem when testing in Safari (certificate problem and also different domain).