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The new Google Search app for iPad

• jyrkesh 15y ago
  Unless I'm misinterpreting this, it looks like Google has managed to write what is essentially a third-party iPad browser and get it accepted into the App Store. They've even got a Chrome OS like page for apps. Am I missing something here, or is Google trying to usurp Apple's control?
  • al_james 15y ago
    As far as I am aware, you can submit third party browsers as long as they use the supplied webkit framework.
  • krmmalik 15y ago
    i was just going to say the same thing. personally i think this is brilliant.
  • darrellsilver 15y ago
    Add multiple tabs and I'd never use Safari again. Think Safari on iOS 5 got worse... the top nav bar takes up more room now.
    • jyrkesh 15y ago
      From the video in this link, it looks like they might start going for the tabbed thing. That window that the search results are pulled up in looks a lot like a tab to me. Just a matter of time, Google...
    • sjs 15y ago
      You might want to take a look at iCab.
• obilgic 15y ago
  This is basically google chrome on Ipad nice...
• RandallBrown 15y ago
  This looks really great. There are some awesome new interactions that might actually work really well. I'm happy to see Google didn't try to pull what they did with their Gmail app.
  • jyrkesh 15y ago
    Excuse my ignorance (I'm follow Android much more closely than iOS), but what did they pull with their Gmail app?
• sanderson1 15y ago
  Nice. This looks awesome. Maybe it's just me, but it's a little ironic that Google has obviously spent a lot of time making a really cool app for iOS while neglecting their very own OS, Android. I use both and would love a tool like this for Android. Props to Google.
• blinkingled 15y ago
  The app is indeed very nice to use but while minimizing (five finger gesture) I get a red (Recording) bar on top - not sure what is going on. Anyone else get this? I have already denied location permission to the app.