Why is it always iPhones ?

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martyyn

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#3393151 11-Jul-2025 10:22

This is why I don't bother posting any more.

Unless you add /s to a comment it's taken literally, often with those commenting not having read the whole post.

Do you really think I could run as successful business in this space for nearly 15 years by ignoring iPhones?

Forget I said anything, shut this it the, delete it, whatevs.

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#3393202 11-Jul-2025 10:53

martyyn:

This is why I don't bother posting any more.

Unless you add /s to a comment it's taken literally, often with those commenting not having read the whole post.

Do you really think I could run as successful business in this space for nearly 15 years by ignoring iPhones?

Forget I said anything, shut this it the, delete it, whatevs.

Done!

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#3393268 11-Jul-2025 13:23

Yep agree with everyone else. iOS is a big market so you can’t really exclude safari. If you’re already developing for chrome and edge you should be doing it for safari too.

I remember a while back a web dev was cursing about firefox not working on some video function until I pointed out to them that firefox was actually properly using web standards and that chromium browsers were doing something else thanks to Google. Perspective was different because 90+% of clients were coming in with a chromium browser so it was assumed that chrome was the standard

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#3393280 11-Jul-2025 14:06

I'm not really sure what you were trying to get out of this thread. People buy what suits their needs, and people with advanced technology skills will buy different equipment from people who are less confident. If your web sites are targeted at a broad audience then they are going to have to work with a broad range of equipment.

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#3393315 11-Jul-2025 15:16

A lot of issues with mobile come from users that have cranked the text size up massively so they can read the settings and messages where zooming doesn't work.

That goes into defaults for web and then some overrides don't happen . It can be a real crap show

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#3393317 11-Jul-2025 15:23

Do you attract a certain type of clientele that may be more likely to be iPhone users?

I have the opposite problem where it’s always Android phones that have issues. iPhones have only been a problem when there’s a new and radically different screen size

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#3393373 11-Jul-2025 20:45

martyyn:

This is why I don't bother posting any more.

Unless you add /s to a comment it's taken literally, often with those commenting not having read the whole post.

Do you really think I could run as successful business in this space for nearly 15 years by ignoring iPhones?

Forget I said anything, shut this it the, delete it, whatevs.

I read through your original post a second time to make sure I didn't miss the joke. Still don't see it.

If you can't handle the responses you get to your posts, then you should probably stop posting on the internet completely. That will help you and anyone reading your posts at the same time.

No need to announce your departure btw.

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#3393539 12-Jul-2025 16:18

It's common practice to support major browsers from the current version +2 previous versions. iOS users tend to update their devices more frequently, so Safari support may be current version +1 previous. It all depends on your users and analytics as to how far back to go.

Example page showing a company's Supported Browsers page:
https://docs.helpscout.com/article/1292-supported-browsers-and-system-requirements

MDN has a good page with pragmatic info on handling browser differences, and older browsers:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/CSS_layout/Supporting_Older_Browsers

Sometimes you'll have to accept that browsers behave differently and move on.

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#3393550 12-Jul-2025 17:53

Chrome will end support for Android 8 and 9 in August. It will stick on the last version available at that time, as did Android versions before that. Chrome makes similar decisions for iOS around the time when Apple ends updates for Safari on each.

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#3398578 31-Jul-2025 01:13

richms:

A lot of issues with mobile come from users that have cranked the text size up massively so they can read the settings and messages where zooming doesn't work.

The Wise App (V8.114) was hanging when tapping [Log in]. The underlying cause was that I had accessibility text size cranked up on an iPhone SE.

The first support reply was AI crud, and they couldn't view a screenshotted video I attached, but their support finally asked the right questions (Physically shake your iOS device while on the Wise app login page and Copy guest ID). I'm guessing they checked logs and diagnosed the problem (phew).

Support that actually solved a software issue - great!

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