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Not in Google maps on iOS though.

lstamour 5y ago
Data sample of 1, here, but I tapped a link in Google Maps on iOS 15 and it opened using regular embedded Safari, not Chrome or anything remotely Chrome-like. It uses SFSafariViewController and there’s a button at the top to go back to Chrome (Done), it animates in from the bottom, and you can tap an icon in the lower right corner to open in Safari or another browser. Safari is set as my default browser. I changed by default browser to Chrome and the same thing happened, Google Maps still used SFSafariViewController. I like it. :)
- wayneftw 5y ago
  It's an embedded browser. When I click a web link in an app, I want my browser app to open it. There's no option in Google maps to do this.
  - fragmede 5y ago
    The button, bottom right, opens the page in Safari, and is standard across all iOS apps implementing that webview. In what way(s) is that not what you are looking for?
    - wayneftw 5y ago
      I just want it to open my default browser on the first click. There's a setting for that now. Otherwise the history is lost, among other things.
      - lstamour 5y ago
        It’s a usability trade off in some ways. Some people will find it confusing that a link opens their web browser. They might ask how to go back to Google Maps. This way there’s a balance. They can quickly preview the link, and if they want to keep it, they can open it intentionally in their browser or share/copy the link with one tap. Users who don’t understand how tabs work won’t find their browsing interrupted by every webpage an app throws their way. But indeed, that doesn’t prevent an app maker such as Google Maps from making it a preference. Technically if Apple made it a preference it might break the expected UI for apps using the control. And as I noted before, there are advantages to previewing links this way, it encourages users to stay within the app. There is no technical reason why it doesn’t log history events when loaded. It could send a message to the default browser or keep a log in the background and let the browser know when it next launches, and arguably for consistency Apple should design such a feature.
        wayneftw 5y ago
        > They might ask how to go back to Google Maps. This way there’s a balance. In iOS when an app opens another app, there is a back button specifically to go back to the original app. It's right there at the top left where the standard back button for most app navigation normally is. > it encourages users to stay within the app. This is one of the main reasons why they do it in my opinion. Another reason is because they can track your activity in the embedded webview.

Data sample of 1, here, but I tapped a link in Google Maps on iOS 15 and it opened using regular embedded Safari, not Chrome or anything remotely Chrome-like. It uses SFSafariViewController and there’s a button at the top to go back to Chrome (Done), it animates in from the bottom, and you can tap an icon in the lower right corner to open in Safari or another browser. Safari is set as my default browser. I changed by default browser to Chrome and the same thing happened, Google Maps still used SFSafariViewController. I like it. :)

wayneftw 5y ago
It's an embedded browser. When I click a web link in an app, I want my browser app to open it. There's no option in Google maps to do this.
- fragmede 5y ago
  The button, bottom right, opens the page in Safari, and is standard across all iOS apps implementing that webview. In what way(s) is that not what you are looking for?
  - wayneftw 5y ago
    I just want it to open my default browser on the first click. There's a setting for that now. Otherwise the history is lost, among other things.
    - lstamour 5y ago
      It’s a usability trade off in some ways. Some people will find it confusing that a link opens their web browser. They might ask how to go back to Google Maps. This way there’s a balance. They can quickly preview the link, and if they want to keep it, they can open it intentionally in their browser or share/copy the link with one tap. Users who don’t understand how tabs work won’t find their browsing interrupted by every webpage an app throws their way. But indeed, that doesn’t prevent an app maker such as Google Maps from making it a preference. Technically if Apple made it a preference it might break the expected UI for apps using the control. And as I noted before, there are advantages to previewing links this way, it encourages users to stay within the app. There is no technical reason why it doesn’t log history events when loaded. It could send a message to the default browser or keep a log in the background and let the browser know when it next launches, and arguably for consistency Apple should design such a feature.
      - wayneftw 5y ago
        > They might ask how to go back to Google Maps. This way there’s a balance. In iOS when an app opens another app, there is a back button specifically to go back to the original app. It's right there at the top left where the standard back button for most app navigation normally is. > it encourages users to stay within the app. This is one of the main reasons why they do it in my opinion. Another reason is because they can track your activity in the embedded webview.