Can't connect to local node in Safari when using deployed app

use-ink / contracts-ui

Web application for deploying wasm smart contracts on Substrate chains that include the FRAME contracts pallet

https://contracts-ui.substrate.io/

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Can't connect to local node in Safari when using deployed app #400

Closed cmichi closed 5 months ago

cmichi commented 1 year ago

Describe the bug Opening https://contracts-ui.substrate.io/ in Safari 16.2 and selecting "Local Node" results in a JavaScript error and the site not loading:

Expected behavior The site should either load or display a note that it doesn't work in Safari.

Desktop:

OS: macOS Ventura 13.1
Browser Safari
Version 16.2

statictype commented 1 year ago

We don't really support Safari indeed. It goes out of its way to block insecure content so connecting to a non-secure WebSocket endpoint from a secure origin is not really possible plus there are no signer extensions available (to my knowledge) making live chain interaction impossible. If you really need to use Safari with a dev node I suggest running Contracts UI locally as described here Will add a user warning asap.

athei commented 1 year ago

Safari sticks closer to the WebSocket standard which disallows this behaviour. There is no way for contracts ui to fix this.