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So it's a new toolbar? Just what decade is Yahoo! living in? Edit: What strikes me is how this is being billed: "A Chrome killer" and even the demo and ad spot
by llambda 14y ago
So it's a new toolbar? Just what decade is Yahoo! living in?
Edit: What strikes me is how this is being billed: "A Chrome killer" and even the demo and ad spot use the phrasing "new browser": however this is not a browser. It may be a /browsing experience/ perhaps but it certainly doesn't stand to compete with Chrome mano-a-mano. Clearly the true target is search. But even then: has the world been waiting breathlessly to return to the days of toolbars?
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- mikeleeorg 14y ago"Chrome Killer" was just hyperbolic reporting. It doesn't look like Yahoo is billing this product as this.
- product50 14y agoOn iOS it is actually a browser. You are being dismissive without even knowing the facts. Additionally, Yahoo! has never called it Chrome killer.
- jeffehobbs 14y agoI bet you on iOS it's a UIWebView.
- drgath 14y agoCorrect.
- micmcg 14y agoI guarantee this is the case. If their desktop effort at a "new browser" is a chrome extension, no way is the IOS version anything more than a wrapper around UIWebView.
- GeneralMaximus 14y agoIt's going to perform terribly compared to Safari. As far as I know, Nitro is turned off for UIWebViews, which means JavaScript performance will be at 2006 levels. UIWebViews are for showing simple HTML content and maybe running some simple JS code, not for actual browsing.