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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Are you sure you want to quit Safari? Post 303032397 by Neo on Saturday 16th of March 2019 01:10:25 AM

03-16-2019

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Yeah, thanks.

I had a similar issue recently when my automatic 2AM scheduled shutdown of the MacPro happens with the Terminal app open. I would wake up and see the Mac was in "do you really want to quit the terminal" mode and not shut down (man, I hate that .. LOL), but I found a preferences option to avoid this problem.

Now, when testing web dev apps in Safari, especially on login and registration pages where there are passwords to save, Safari will also stop an automatic shutdown. That's annoying for sure.

This 12 core MacPro uses so much electricity and generates a lot of heat. I don't like it when it runs all night when sleeping, so auto shutdown is a great feature; but now Safari is blocking.

It's not a big deal.

The reason I am using Safari so much these days is that Safari always clears the Javascript cache out "completely" (when I quit and restart the browser) when I am testing live versions of the new CP. I noticed that Opera and Firefox are really troublesome at clearing out the JS cache, even when I quit the browser completely; and Chrome is better but not much. Safari is really great about this. FF and Opera the worst. Chrome is in between. I don't have time to figure out why; but I guess it's some user configuration switch in Chrome I am missing.

So, I develop on Chrome and test live on the web site with Safari to save time, and that is why I'm noticing all these Safari quirks.

After I get past this major Vue.js UserCP project, I'll use Safari less and I will not notice it again.

For those interested, all the Vue.js Javascript development in done on MacOS using node.js and node package manager (npm)).. and node.js is built on the amazing Google Chrome V8 Javascript engine; and so I think this is one reason why Chrome works so great with modern web apps, since almost all current state-of-the-art web apps are built using node.js and V8 is core.

Frankly as a developer, If I tried to develop (anything state-of-the-art) on Firefox or Opera, I would get very little done and be miserable, LOL. Those browsers are really falling behind in 2019 and I am quite sure their downward spiral will continue because Chrome is focused on modern web apps and Firefox is focused on "privacy" and seeming trying to block modern web apps. This is fight which FF will lose for sure with developers. Safari works fine. Opera, well, I open it from time to time, but never use it for anything "useful" from a web dev perspective.

Drifting off topic again......

Cheers.

Neo

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firefox

firefox(1)							   User Commands							firefox(1)

NAME

       firefox - Firefox for Sun Java Desktop System

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [options ... ] [url]

DESCRIPTION

       Firefox	is  a  free, open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase.  It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages
       over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -height value	       Set the height of startup window to value.

       -h or -help	       Display the help message.

       -width value	       Set the width of startup window to value.

       -v or -version	       Display the version message.

       -P profile	       Start with the profile named: profile.

       -ProfileManager	       Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale locale        Start with the UI Locale listed: locale.

       -safe-mode	       Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       -jsconsole	       Open the JavaScript console.

       -browser 	       Open a browser window.

       -setDefaultBrowser      Set this app as the default browser.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Firefox

       example% firefox

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/firefox

	   Executable for Firefox application

       $HOME/.mozilla/firefox

	   User configuration files for Firefox

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWfirefox		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       For more information about firefox, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox

       Refer to Help->Help Contents for more information.

NOTES

       Updated by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    10 Jul 2008 							firefox(1)