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This just sounds like a great reason to not use Safari. I switched to iOS recently, but I’m a dedicated Firefox user, so I personally don’t touch it except when
by 40four 7y ago
This just sounds like a great reason to not use Safari. I switched to iOS recently, but I’m a dedicated Firefox user, so I personally don’t touch it except when I’m forced to by other apps opening links. (I was honestly REALLY disappointed in Apple when I realized that you’re not allowed to set a default browser besides safari, but that’s another story)
Forgive me, I’m a long time Android user, but do a lot of people choose to use safari as their main iOS browser, or are the usage numbers inflated because of the vendor lock in?
- hoten 7y agoAll browsers on iOS are webkit (read: safari) under the hood. Firefox and Chrome are just skins.
- 40four 7y agoThanks for correcting my ignorance :) that makes more sense.
- hoten 7y agonp! It's quite a frustrating state of things. To be clear, only the rendering engine is fixed on iOS. Chrome, FF get some leeway to build other bits of the browser themselves on iOS, such as the netstack and the UI. But all new web features are limited to what webkit supports bc, well, it's webkit.
- sequoia 7y ago"do a lot of people chose to use safari" No. On iOS, www = safari to almost all users.
- 40four 7y agoThanks for pointing this out. Always had Android before, now I see.