This patch updates the minimum supported browsers as follows:
- Safari 16.4, which was released on 2023-03-27; see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safari-release-notes/safari-16_4-release-notes
Nowadays we usually we try, where feasible and possible, to support browsers/environments that are about two years old. The reasons for limiting support to a slightly more recent Safari version include:
- Safari has always been slower, compared to other browsers, at implementing e.g. new JavaScript features.
- Trying to provide support for Safari is often difficult, and over the years we have seen *a lot* of bugs that are specific to Safari.
- Safari is, and has been for many years, only listed as "mostly" supported in the FAQ.
- This allows us to remove feature-testing, only relevant to Safari, from the main code-base.
By limiting support to only "recent" browsers we reduce the risk of holding back improvements of the built-in Firefox PDF Viewer, and also (significantly) reduce the maintenance/support burden for the PDF.js core contributors.
*Please note:* As always, the minimum supported browser version assumes that a `legacy`-build of the PDF.js library is being used; see https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#faq-support
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