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Thing that really kills iPad for me is the web browsing experience. I just find iOS Safari so limiting. It's also needlessly slow (considering M1). I suspect t

Thing that really kills iPad for me is the web browsing experience. I just find iOS Safari so limiting. It's also needlessly slow (considering M1). I suspect they have some optimisations designed for memory constrained devices like iPhone tuned in the same way for iPad. Also ad blocker support is limited. Oh and in a lot of video calling apps, if I try and browse something in Safari while the meeting is happening, then I'll suddenly stop sending video. Though that isn't strictly a Safari issue, more a Apple holding back features from third-party developer issue.

Terretta 4y ago
> Also ad blocker support is limited. Try 1Blocker or AdGuard Pro. And similar limits (for similar "this shouldn't run that there" reasons) just arrived for the Chromium family. > needlessly slow I tend to find that when I notice slowness, I have several hundred tabs open, approaching the 500 tab limit. Save all tabs to bookmarks, close all tabs, and I find it's as "snappy" as the new iOS meme. (Related? New device, no tabs? Hmmm...) Super annoying this hasn't been resolved since introduction of cloud synced tabs.
- anhner 4y ago
  > And similar limits (for similar "this shouldn't run that there" reasons) just arrived for the Chromium family. If only there were another browser other than Safari and Chromium that didn't have those limitations...
THENATHE 4y ago
Orion let’s you run full chrome and Firefox addons in iOS and iPadOS. No joke
- johnfernow 4y ago
  That's incredible, thanks for sharing! Looks like it's still working on supporting some APIs (claims to currently support about 70% of Web Extensions APIs), and so far both the Firefox and Chrome NoScript extension don't appear to work for me on iOS, but that's awesome that they're working on adding support for Chrome and Firefox addons. I'll definitely keep an eye on this project.
  - THENATHE 4y ago
    Currently the ublock origin and dark reader I have tried with the Firefox extensions work very well, but I haven’t tried any others so it is good to know. As it stands right now, there is essentially no windows support or support for the various browser sync plugins, but both of those are on the way. The main developer seems like a nice dude, and I’ve had a chat with him on Reddit a couple times so it is definitely a VERY active project.
    - lbotos 4y ago
      If you want to be my hero, can you try to install this extension on Orion on iPad https://github.com/WaldiPL/playbackSpeed https://github.com/WaldiPL/playbackSpeed https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/playback-speed/?src=external-github https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/playback-spee... And let me know if it works on say a youtube video with speeds above 3x?
      - THENATHE 4y ago
        I don’t actually have an iPad, only iPhone. But if you give me a couple of hours I will do so and reply to your comment with my results
        lbotos 4y ago
        I did try on my iPhone and it didn't appear to work :(
        THENATHE 4y ago
        I tried it on mine as well and it didn't work. The API is at the same state across all versions of Orion as far as I can tell, which means that at the point it works on your iPhone it will also work on iPad. I would guess that it will be quite soon considering even a couple of weeks ago uBlock didn't work 100% and now it is fully functional.
nomel 4y ago
> then I'll suddenly stop sending video Does this happen to be with low power mode enabled?
alistairSH 4y ago
AdGuard Pro seems to block ads well on iOS/iPadOS. I haven't noticed the browsing experience to be any slower on my iPad Pro M1 than on my 13" Intel MBP.
lotsofpulp 4y ago
I prefer Safari on iOS and macOS because it is so limiting that I assume it is helping conserve battery. With Wipr content blocker, I never see ads and it is generally pretty fast.

Terretta 4y ago

> Also ad blocker support is limited. Try 1Blocker or AdGuard Pro. And similar limits (for similar "this shouldn't run that there" reasons) just arrived for the Chromium family. > needlessly slow I tend to find that when I notice slowness, I have several hundred tabs open, approaching the 500 tab limit. Save all tabs to bookmarks, close all tabs, and I find it's as "snappy" as the new iOS meme. (Related? New device, no tabs? Hmmm...) Super annoying this hasn't been resolved since introduction of cloud synced tabs.

anhner 4y ago
> And similar limits (for similar "this shouldn't run that there" reasons) just arrived for the Chromium family. If only there were another browser other than Safari and Chromium that didn't have those limitations...

THENATHE 4y ago

Orion let’s you run full chrome and Firefox addons in iOS and iPadOS. No joke

johnfernow 4y ago
That's incredible, thanks for sharing! Looks like it's still working on supporting some APIs (claims to currently support about 70% of Web Extensions APIs), and so far both the Firefox and Chrome NoScript extension don't appear to work for me on iOS, but that's awesome that they're working on adding support for Chrome and Firefox addons. I'll definitely keep an eye on this project.
- THENATHE 4y ago
  Currently the ublock origin and dark reader I have tried with the Firefox extensions work very well, but I haven’t tried any others so it is good to know. As it stands right now, there is essentially no windows support or support for the various browser sync plugins, but both of those are on the way. The main developer seems like a nice dude, and I’ve had a chat with him on Reddit a couple times so it is definitely a VERY active project.
  - lbotos 4y ago
    If you want to be my hero, can you try to install this extension on Orion on iPad https://github.com/WaldiPL/playbackSpeed https://github.com/WaldiPL/playbackSpeed https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/playback-speed/?src=external-github https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/playback-spee... And let me know if it works on say a youtube video with speeds above 3x?
    - THENATHE 4y ago
      I don’t actually have an iPad, only iPhone. But if you give me a couple of hours I will do so and reply to your comment with my results
      - lbotos 4y ago
        I did try on my iPhone and it didn't appear to work :(
        THENATHE 4y ago
        I tried it on mine as well and it didn't work. The API is at the same state across all versions of Orion as far as I can tell, which means that at the point it works on your iPhone it will also work on iPad. I would guess that it will be quite soon considering even a couple of weeks ago uBlock didn't work 100% and now it is fully functional.

nomel 4y ago

> then I'll suddenly stop sending video Does this happen to be with low power mode enabled?

alistairSH 4y ago

AdGuard Pro seems to block ads well on iOS/iPadOS. I haven't noticed the browsing experience to be any slower on my iPad Pro M1 than on my 13" Intel MBP.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

I prefer Safari on iOS and macOS because it is so limiting that I assume it is helping conserve battery. With Wipr content blocker, I never see ads and it is generally pretty fast.