Post #3400650

2026-06-25 17:18 UTC

Twenty five years ago today I started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple Computer. Which means Safari is now old enough to rent itself a car. But let's not speculate about my age. I'm still sad I can't use Safari on my Windows PC. Alas, I lost the battle to keep it there. But at least WebKit's DNA seeded or influenced most browsers we use today. And I'm proud of that impact. Along with the wonderful team I built who made it all happen. Here's to another 25, friends. Cheers. 🥂😊💖

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@gvenema@fairmove.net 2026-06-25 18:13

@lisamelton@mastodon.social Congrats. I had some gripes with Safari in the '10s. It always seemed to blocking powerful modern progressive web apps somewhere every time you tried. Very limited localstorage implementation, difficult manifest handling over online states, limited SVG support, very, very, very late support of webRTC. I always had the nagging suspicion this was by design to keep people paying the app store tax.

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@stux@mstdn.social 2026-06-25 19:38

@lisamelton@mastodon.social Thank you for that ♥️ That's one heck of a legacy!

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@TheEddieShow@beige.party 2026-06-25 17:19

@lisamelton@mastodon.social 🙌

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@boxofrain@mastodon.social 2026-06-25 17:20

@lisamelton@mastodon.social 🙏

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@janl@narrativ.es 2026-06-25 17:20

@lisamelton@mastodon.social happy anniversary, truly a story for the ages, thank you for it all and enjoy all the accolades! 💖

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@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net 2026-06-25 17:21

@lisamelton@mastodon.social I was a Safari for Windows user! Until I couldn't be, of course. (My main machine was a Mac, but we had a couple of windows boxen for specific tasks, you know how it was.)

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@vyr@princess.industries 2026-06-25 17:20

@lisamelton@mastodon.social it's a good browser, Lisa. cheers! 🥂

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