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"What we don't know is if Chrome on iOS is still using the system-provided WebKit and JavaScript engine, or is using Google's own fork of WebKit and its V8 Java

"What we don't know is if Chrome on iOS is still using the system-provided WebKit and JavaScript engine, or is using Google's own fork of WebKit and its V8 JavaScript engine." It's definitely NOT using V8 or Google's fork of webkit. This is still really cool though. I'm waiting for Internet Explorer for iOS now.

apike 14y ago
It also can't use iOS' JIT compiler nor can it be set as the default browser. The Chrome UI will need to be pretty excellent to compensate for those limitations.
- zzzmarcus 14y ago
  For what it's worth, if you jailbreak you can change the default browser. Though having done that and used Atomic Browser for awhile as the default, I can say that the performance hit isn't compensated for by the nicer tabs, user agent switching etc.
- shinratdr 14y ago
  > It also can't use iOS' JIT compiler Last I heard this wasn't true as of iOS 5 I believe. They didn't initially open the JIT to UIWebView apps but they have by now. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
  - mbrubeck 14y ago
    Nope. iOS 5 enabled the JIT for web apps saved to the home screen from Safari (which then open in a full-screen browser app), but not for third-party native apps that use UIWebView: "One caveat, though, is that third-party apps that load webpages in a WebKit view still won't take advantage of Nitro's fast JIT execution." http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/06/ios-5-brings-nitro-speed-to-home-screen-web-apps/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/06/ios-5-brings-nitro-spee...
kombine 14y ago
That's why I hate where the industry is going. The modern mobile devices have so powerful hardware, yet are so limiting for doing any real hacking because of the so called "security concerns". The apps go through reviewing in the app stores anyway, which makes me think that restrictions come from the political/marketing considerations rather than worrying about security.

apike 14y ago

It also can't use iOS' JIT compiler nor can it be set as the default browser. The Chrome UI will need to be pretty excellent to compensate for those limitations.

zzzmarcus 14y ago
For what it's worth, if you jailbreak you can change the default browser. Though having done that and used Atomic Browser for awhile as the default, I can say that the performance hit isn't compensated for by the nicer tabs, user agent switching etc.
shinratdr 14y ago
> It also can't use iOS' JIT compiler Last I heard this wasn't true as of iOS 5 I believe. They didn't initially open the JIT to UIWebView apps but they have by now. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
- mbrubeck 14y ago
  Nope. iOS 5 enabled the JIT for web apps saved to the home screen from Safari (which then open in a full-screen browser app), but not for third-party native apps that use UIWebView: "One caveat, though, is that third-party apps that load webpages in a WebKit view still won't take advantage of Nitro's fast JIT execution." http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/06/ios-5-brings-nitro-speed-to-home-screen-web-apps/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/06/ios-5-brings-nitro-spee...

kombine 14y ago

That's why I hate where the industry is going. The modern mobile devices have so powerful hardware, yet are so limiting for doing any real hacking because of the so called "security concerns". The apps go through reviewing in the app stores anyway, which makes me think that restrictions come from the political/marketing considerations rather than worrying about security.