Title: Mac Attack?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Mac Attack?

 *  Resolved [ronchicago](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronchicago/)
 * (@ronchicago)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/)
 * I don’t want to start a platform war here, please. I am been having issues and
   have been working at arms length the theme designer. I have fixed some issues
   by migrating from a server using Plesk to one using cPanel – mostly permissions
   things. But there are still problems to solve. I asked the theme designer where
   he sees issues and I am told that the Mac platform and the fact that I am using
   Safari is mainly the problem. He said to your OE and it does not work for me.
 * So the simple question might be: Is v2.1 more or less compatible with certain
   platform/browser? Is WP or the theme the platform/browser sensitive piece of 
   the pie? Any insight here? Thanks. R

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/#post-532553)
 * Get a new designer.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/#post-532555)
 * your confusing style with structure. structure, that which WordPress takes care
   of isnt going to change from browser to browser. style, what is taken care of
   by a particular theme is going to be affected by he idiosyncracies of the user’s
   browser.
 * In other words:
 * Is v2.1 more or less compatible with certain platform/browser? No.
 * Is WP or the theme the platform/browser sensitive piece of the pie? The theme.
 * WordPress itself doesn’t care what browser you use. Core functions aren’t typically
   affected except perhaps when dealing with the newer Ajax stuff in the backend.
 *  [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/)
 * (@spencerp)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/#post-532556)
 * I have to agree with Root on this one. WP shouldn’t be the culprit here. Most,
   if not all themes can be made to handle all types of browsers, including Safari.
 * IMHO, I’d suggest getting another designer…?
 *  [holly2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holly2000/)
 * (@holly2000)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/#post-532587)
 * …but at the same time Safari has problems. It was just recently that WordPress
   fixed the post editor for Safari…. I’m on a Mac and have switched to Firefox.
   It IS a different experience.
 * Ronchicago, some advise: if your site has been running for a while be sure to
   check your stats to see what percentage of your visitors are viewing with Safari—
   it would be good to know. For me it is under 10%, but I am in an arts industry.
   I would guess most sites would be lower?
 * It is fair for you to expect your designer to work around Safari’s quirks, but
   it would also be fair for him to charge extra for the time and experimenting 
   needed to create those workarounds.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mac-attack/#post-532664)
 * From the question as posed I understod the issue to be confined to the theme.
   Hence our answers that:
 * 1. This has nothing to do with WordPress.
 * And 2. Our proposition that any competent designer can write a theme which runs
   in Safari. If his client is using Safari – as he is – to do otherwise is not 
   only negligent – its madness.
 * 3. No experimentation is necessary. Safari’s variations are well known.
 * 4. Whether any designer should charge *extra* would properly be a matter for 
   the browser specification stated in the contract. I would hazard a guess there
   isn’t one.

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