WebRTC in Safari?

Great news! Not because I use WebRTC at all, but because I use Safari.<p>Why would you do that?? It integrates nicely with the OS. Spell checking, keychain, services, keyboard shortcuts, right-click dictionary lookup, easy link sharing. Little things.<p>I have recently noticed more and more sites are starting to break on Safari. Ever since Chrome forked webkit, it has started to lag behind. Since Safari has a small marketshare and a different engine from the major players, some sites dropped support for it.<p>A prime example is file-upload to Github issues. You&#x27;d think that uploading files is as old as the web itself, but when you try to do this in Safari, it says something like &quot;Sorry, Safari does not support file attachments. Please use a modern browser like Firefox or Chrome.&quot;

Great news, but sad news. Obviously this isn&#x27;t coming in iOS9, so we&#x27;ve got to wait at least another year before we get to use it.<p>Apple: please, please decouple Safari from the OS, and use App Store updates to update your browser more frequently.

UPDATE: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bloggeek.me&#x2F;webrtc-plugin-free-world-is-almost-here-apple-and-microsoft-joining-the-crowd&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bloggeek.me&#x2F;webrtc-plugin-free-world-is-almost-here-...</a>

What bothers me about WebRTC is that it can be used to penetrate privacy measures. More specifically, for IP address discovery. Other than that, full speed ahead!

Post updated to reflect all the comments. cheers.

So now I have to find out how to disable WebRTC or just STUN to avoid my true public ip address leaking (while on VPN).

So, will Apple support Opus now?

Why would I want any of this in a web browser?

This is awesome news! I had begun to lose hope that this would happen anytime soon. I&#x27;m building my business on using this api to help podcasters record in high quality (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zencastr.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zencastr.com</a>). Currently I can only support Chrome and Firefox. Adding Safari to the list is most welcome and will open up the possibility for iOS users as well.

As someone who doesn&#x27;t know what WebRTC is, I can only guess after reading the article that it has something to do with video.<p>The article goes through an effort to explai WebKit and Safari but never makes a single mention about WebRTC. Title of the blog doesn&#x27;t help either.