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The iOS version of Chrome is a wrapper around a UIWebView. You get the Chrome UI and syncing, but not Chrome's out of process rendering or the V8 Javascript en
by United857 14y ago
The iOS version of Chrome is a wrapper around a UIWebView. You get the Chrome UI and syncing, but not Chrome's out of process rendering or the V8 Javascript engine (not allowed by the App Store).
- kogir 14y agoIf only they would create a version with those features I'd be delighted to build it, sign it, and install it myself. Though I understand why they don't.
- adgar 14y agoCompare the amount of effort it would take to create such a port against the number of users who would build, sign, and install it themselves.
- kennywinker 14y agoAnd then re-do the process every three months when their provisioning profile expires. I've had a couple apps that were dev-install only because they were banned from the app store. They didn't last long. The friction for keeping them on my phone was too high when compared with the benefit the app brought.