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Keep in mind that on iOS you have no browser options AT ALL. You get Safari or skinned Safari. Per the Apple app store rules, no one may publish a browser or
by skrowl 6y ago
Keep in mind that on iOS you have no browser options AT ALL. You get Safari or skinned Safari.
Per the Apple app store rules, no one may publish a browser or javascript engine and any app that browses the web MUST use safari's webkit.
This is by design so that web feels very bad on iOS compared to native apps, so you'll keep using native apps and Apple will get their 30% of whatever you buy in app.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoI agree. Recently Safari on iOS has changed how the back button works so pressing back now takes me to the top of the previous page rather than the location I was at before I linked away. More recently Firefox on iOS also behaves this way.
- mike_d 6y ago> This is by design so that web feels very bad on iOS The reason is because the WebKit engine on iOS is heavily optimized for battery life and can make use of private APIs that further that goal. Safari and Chrome are essentially the same engine under the hood, the web wouldn't "feel" better if you had one over the other.
- int_19h 6y agoWhy are these APIs private, then?
- jamienicol 6y agoWebkit and blink have diverged significantly
- nuker 6y ago> The reason is because the WebKit engine on iOS is heavily optimized for battery life I'd add security too here. Also, if they allow native Chrome on iOS, Google domination in web standards would be complete and irreversible.