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> 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
by 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.