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Chrome for iOS

188 points by yottabyte47 14y ago

srik 14y ago
Thanks. Chrome doesn't show up on Appstore search. The Appstore could really use an overhaul in my opinion.
- msrpotus 14y ago
  Search in general on the Appstore isn't very good; not just for this.
- jimdanz 14y ago
  +1. Many thanks.
- nc 14y ago
  There's usually a few hours delay before new apps show up in the search index.
- swang 14y ago
  You have to search, "Google Chrome" and it's the last result (of 25). At least when searching through App Store on the iPhone.
  - culturestate 14y ago
    As of now, it's #1 when searching for "Chrome."
- melvinmt 14y ago
  Just navigate to this page on iOS and click on the iTunes link. It will open up the App Store and redirect you to the app.
- cmelbye 14y ago
  Luckily, it does get an overhaul in iOS 6.
- ojbyrne 14y ago
  It did for me a couple of minutes ago.
bri3d 14y ago
Chrome for iOS doesn't use V8 or the Chromium fork of WebKit, just UIWebView. [0] Because it's using WebViews, it's about 3x slower than the OS's Safari browser [1], because WebViews in sandboxed apps don't get the "Nitro" JavaScript JIT from iOS 5 onwards (presumably for mark-executable security reasons). Unless the tab-sharing feature is crucial to more people than I thought, I don't think this app is going to be a runaway hit. 0: https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648 https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648 1: https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/218434462751539200 https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/21843446275153920...
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- jonny_eh 14y ago
  Well that's a bummer. The UI in the Chrome app is really slick!
  - wlesieutre 14y ago
    Don't worry too much about that, it's only slower for javascript execution. The other features, including Chrome sync, unlimited tabs, "Request desktop site", more than make up for it. The real stumbling block, IMO, is that without jailbreaking, links from other apps will always open in Safari.
    - dunham 14y ago
      That is something I really hope Apple fixes. They have a generic mechanism to send files to other apps, but not for URLs, making it painful to pass a URL to Twitter or an instant messaging app.
      - hboon 14y ago
        Are you not thinking of custom URL schemes, which you can switch to another app and optionally pass small bits of data to it?
toddn 14y ago
I'm excited to use this, but wow, the sign in flow for people using 2-factor authentication is awful.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  Are you using [application authorization](https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=en https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=e...)?
- smackfu 14y ago
  It's bizarre. Why is a Google app using an application specific password instead of your authentication code? The only reason an app should not use the two factors is if it's some legacy protocol that only takes a single userid/password pair. WTF.
- notJim 14y ago
  Google's own apps should really support 2-factor auth, and they should improve the flow for app-specific passwords. The flow for getting an app-specifc password is awful. It takes a large number of clicks (I think 7, but I lost count), and several of the pages are confusing. Not only that, but you have to enter your password and a name of the app. Ideally, it would be a reduced number of clicks (like 2–3), entering your password, and that's it. Adding a name for the app should be optional. My apps all have names like “alsjdlajshd” or “9”, because I'm impatient, and the likelihood that I'll ever need to invalidate one is low enough that I would be okay with just invalidating them all.
mtgx 14y ago
This could be a nice "trojan horse" into the iOS ecosystem. Get Apple users hooked enough on Chrome, that they will want to switch to Android for the "real Chrome experience". I know a lot of people are not using iPhones because they can't live without the Gmail app for Android.
- k-mcgrady 14y ago
  It's possible but I seriously doubt users would switch to Android because of a browser. Especially when they've already spent a lot of money on iOS apps and are familiar with the iOS ecosystem. I also doubt any mainstream user will understand that Chrome on iOS is slower than it could be because of Apple's rules.
  - azakai 14y ago
    > It's possible but I seriously doubt users would switch to Android because of a browser. [..] I also doubt any mainstream user will understand that Chrome on iOS is slower than it could be because of Apple's rules. Yes, it seems more likely that the opposite of what GP said will happen: iOS users will try Chrome, and seeing it is 3-4x slower than the default Safari, will assume that Chrome would be slow on Android too - it has the exact same name after all - so they'll stick with iOS.
- e_proxus 14y ago
  I'm more curious to see if Google, or users, will try to use the Chrome launch on iOS as a wedge into getting Apple to open up the OS to allow alternative defaults than Apple's own.
dewiz 14y ago
just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?
- fabianhoward 14y ago
  I can't install it either.
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- dansingerman 14y ago
  Yes, just got "The item you tried to buy is no longer available"...hmmmm...https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzS7TgKtYRE/T-zQMcuxLXI/AAAAAAAAAE0/BbZDTzExC-M/w497-h373/2012-06-28 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzS7TgKtYRE/T-zQMcuxLXI/A...
- acidblue 14y ago
  It has not been removed. I just installed it. Use an actual link for the store, try this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823
- cmelbye 14y ago
  Took me a few tries. For me, it said that the app couldn't be downloaded a couple times. I just hit "Retry".
- jimeh 14y ago
  Same issue here too.
- objclxt 14y ago
  Unlike on Android, where pushing an app live is almost instantaneous, on iTunes it takes 24 hours for apps to propagate through all the various content distribution nodes. It's much more likely it's this, since knowing Apple's review teams I would strongly suspect when they saw the "Google Chrome" app in the review queue they raised it up the management chain. There is no rhyme or reason to this, it's just how it goes in the crazy world of iTunes Connect and the app store.
AlexMuir 14y ago
"the item you tried to buy is no longer available." That was brief.
abcd_f 14y ago
Can't imagine the amount of arm twisting that was involved in getting this into the App Store. Must've really come down to the ultimate "No Google for you" argument.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Eh, I doubt Apple would reject it. IIRC Mozilla already did something similar.
  - drgath 14y ago
    Same thing as Y! Axis as well.
  - gcp 14y ago
    Care to explain?
    - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
      They did a similar tab sync app skinned like a different browser. Of course, WebKit, not Gecko.
      - gcp 14y ago
        Do you mean this? http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/home/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/home/ It doesn't even pretend to be a browser AFAIK.
        TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
        Yeah, Yahoo! Axis would be a better comparison.
webwright 14y ago
The bummer here for Google (and anyone else who'd like to provide an alternative to Apple's apps on the iOS platform) is that there's no way to set your default browser. Or email client. Or calendar. It'll be hard to use chrome if Safari opens up every time I click a link in email or any other app.
- cloudwalking 14y ago
  It is a bummer you can't make Chrome your default browser. However, if you move Safari to a folder and put Chrome in your launch bar, Safari being default won't bother you too much.
  - brntn 14y ago
    Until you click a link in an email or app.
- BruceIV 14y ago
  I wonder if Apple is ever going to run into legal trouble for this - it can't be much different than Microsoft's troubles with bundling IE, WMP, etc. on the desktop.
- nathan_f77 14y ago
  I'm sure it's possible to do with a jailbreak tweak, and I'll look into that. I've always wondered, are many HN readers jailbreakers? EDIT: This looks like it should do the job - http://www.redmondpie.com/change-default-browser-on-iphone-with-browser-changer/ http://www.redmondpie.com/change-default-browser-on-iphone-w... Just have to wait for an update.
draz 14y ago
I downloaded it, and I like it. I wish they also had the swipe-to-right to see the browsing history.
- knes 14y ago
  This. Drive me nuts that I can swipe left & right on my mac touchpad but can't on my iPad?! I don't want to tap those tiny arrows anymore :(
dakimov 14y ago
Somewhy I could not find it with the search in the app store on iPad itself. Just installed it. Sweet. Finally I've got the same browsing experience on my iPad as on a desktop.
sirn 14y ago
I have high hope for Chrome for iOS to be like the Google Search app[1] which is simply fun to use. Instead, on an iPad, what we got is just a desktop UI slab on top of touch interface… and seems to trash old tab faster than Mobile Safari. It's kind of sad. Edit: I was wrong about tab trashing, seems like old tab reloads when you come back from Incognito mode. [1]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-search/id284815942?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-search/id284815942?mt=...
danvk 14y ago
Autocompletion in the omnibox is way more aggressive than in Safari. You typically only need to type one or two characters to get to the sites you visit most frequently. In a lot of cases, this will more than make up for any JS performance differences between Chrome and Safari.
JBiserkov 14y ago
After a few hours of heavy usage: -I had forgotten how AWESOME omnibox is. You can speak to it!! -Safari habits die hard -The only thing I'm missing is the 'Reader' feature.
- e_proxus 14y ago
  The lack of an OmniBox is what disturbs me the most about Safari on iOS right now. The most common use case being entering one of the boxes, realizing I don't have the URL in my head and need to search (or vice versa). Also, Chrome's OmniBox let's you search your history at the same time as you search the web and enter URLs... priceless.
nathan_f77 14y ago
If this lets me have my passwords and bookmarks on my iPhone, I'm definitely saying goodbye to Xmarks and Lastpass.
10dpd 14y ago
Chrome now tops the iOS App Store charts http://itunes.apple.com/us/rss/topfreeapplications/limit=10/xml http://itunes.apple.com/us/rss/topfreeapplications/limit=10/...
MarkMc 14y ago
Several problems: 1. Not very robust - it keeps forgetting the Google passwords I've typed in 2. Why do I need to enter two Google passwords - my 'main' password AND an application-specific password? 3. Not very easy to use. For example, where's the option to see my browsing history on Chrome for iPhone?
- icarus_drowning 14y ago
  2. Do you use 2-factor authentication? I do, and so I'm used to seeing this on applications that don't fully support the 2-factor authentication, which is, I assume why it was asking.
- sixcorners 14y ago
  If you encrypt your stuff using your Google password, that might be why it is needed.
forbes 14y ago
I love that it opens tabs behind, unlike Safari. Only thing I don't like is the address bar using up too much room (not disappearing).
- sgrytoyr 14y ago
  Yes, it’s very strange (and annoying) that it doesn’t disappear. With the swipe-to-switch-tabs gesture, there’s even less reason to show it permanently than in Mobile Safari.
adiM 14y ago
How does it compare with Opera Mini browser?
- rplnt 14y ago
  Not an answer, just an elaboration on differences: Apple doesn't allow "duplicating functionality" or something along those lines and as other comment already mentioned, Chrome is a stock browser with different UI. That's also why there is no Opera Mobile on iOS. Opera Mini on the other hand bypasses this rule by being application which shows already preprocessed web (similar to Turbo function on Desktop or Mobile).
zanny 14y ago
On my 3gs Chrome is showing some significant slowdown over Safari, in JS, page loads, and scrolling - all are delayed. The reasons have already been explained, but it is still sad. The omnibar makes it worth it though, gosh I have missed thee.
dewiz 14y ago
finally a solution to open more than 10 tabs. I was quite excited to have a way to open those 30+ news to read while traveling on the underground.... sad news, when I switch tab the browser reload the page and lose the content... wtf! back to safari :(
- e_proxus 14y ago
  Safari does that all the time as well.
jfhollingworth 14y ago
Unless I'm mistaken Nitro is actually enabled as of iOS 5.
- Synaesthesia 14y ago
  No, sorry it's not, for security reasons. Thus it probably won't be enabled in the future either.
chris_engel 14y ago
It doesnt have the reader feature that i like in safari. Fine, I thought - lets get the readability bookmarklet. Turns out Google Chrome doesn't support bookmarklets... What the hell, Google!
- chris_engel 14y ago
  Just found out: the bookmarklet works if you manually copy and paste it into the url bar, but not, if you selct it from the bookmarks list...
mofle 14y ago
Add this as a bookmark in Mobile Safari to be able to quickly open pages in Chrome: javascript:location.protocol='googlechrome'
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
yalooze 14y ago
After using it for a while now it's made me realise there's a ton of features I've been missing when using mobile Safari: -New tab with Most Visited and Recently Closed -Google Sync for bookmarks but more importantly it instantly empowers my Omnibox -the keyboard has an extra character row at the top that includes hyphens (simple but nice) -Swipe between tabs -find in page -Open in new tab defaults to opening in the background (I've missed this a lot) -unlimited tabs I realise some of these aren't unique to mobile Chrome but as far as I'm aware they are missing from mobile Safari and they're the reasons I'll be sticking with Chrome.
dvdhsu 14y ago
Chrome doesn't support blocking of third party cookies. You either have them, or you don't. http://db.tt/ldZUNuJo http://db.tt/ldZUNuJo
username3 14y ago
Reopen closed tab? Google Chrome for iOS.
- username3 14y ago
  Recently closed on New Tab page
thethimble 14y ago
Can someone please explain Apple and Microsoft's insistence to push Safari and IE respectively? It seems that they have little to gain. In this case, why does Apple mandate the use of UIWebView instead of allowing a native implementation of Webkit+V8? It just seems like Apple is being stubborn as usual.

Chrome for iOS

188 points by yottabyte47 14y ago

srik 14y ago

Thanks. Chrome doesn't show up on Appstore search. The Appstore could really use an overhaul in my opinion.

msrpotus 14y ago
Search in general on the Appstore isn't very good; not just for this.
jimdanz 14y ago
+1. Many thanks.
nc 14y ago
There's usually a few hours delay before new apps show up in the search index.
swang 14y ago
You have to search, "Google Chrome" and it's the last result (of 25). At least when searching through App Store on the iPhone.
- culturestate 14y ago
  As of now, it's #1 when searching for "Chrome."
melvinmt 14y ago
Just navigate to this page on iOS and click on the iTunes link. It will open up the App Store and redirect you to the app.
cmelbye 14y ago
Luckily, it does get an overhaul in iOS 6.
ojbyrne 14y ago
It did for me a couple of minutes ago.

bri3d 14y ago

Chrome for iOS doesn't use V8 or the Chromium fork of WebKit, just UIWebView. [0] Because it's using WebViews, it's about 3x slower than the OS's Safari browser [1], because WebViews in sandboxed apps don't get the "Nitro" JavaScript JIT from iOS 5 onwards (presumably for mark-executable security reasons). Unless the tab-sharing feature is crucial to more people than I thought, I don't think this app is going to be a runaway hit. 0: https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648 https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648 1: https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/218434462751539200 https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/21843446275153920...

deleted 14y ago
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jonny_eh 14y ago
Well that's a bummer. The UI in the Chrome app is really slick!
- wlesieutre 14y ago
  Don't worry too much about that, it's only slower for javascript execution. The other features, including Chrome sync, unlimited tabs, "Request desktop site", more than make up for it. The real stumbling block, IMO, is that without jailbreaking, links from other apps will always open in Safari.
  - dunham 14y ago
    That is something I really hope Apple fixes. They have a generic mechanism to send files to other apps, but not for URLs, making it painful to pass a URL to Twitter or an instant messaging app.
    - hboon 14y ago
      Are you not thinking of custom URL schemes, which you can switch to another app and optionally pass small bits of data to it?

toddn 14y ago

I'm excited to use this, but wow, the sign in flow for people using 2-factor authentication is awful.

kmfrk 14y ago
Are you using [application authorization](https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=en https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=e...)?
smackfu 14y ago
It's bizarre. Why is a Google app using an application specific password instead of your authentication code? The only reason an app should not use the two factors is if it's some legacy protocol that only takes a single userid/password pair. WTF.
notJim 14y ago
Google's own apps should really support 2-factor auth, and they should improve the flow for app-specific passwords. The flow for getting an app-specifc password is awful. It takes a large number of clicks (I think 7, but I lost count), and several of the pages are confusing. Not only that, but you have to enter your password and a name of the app. Ideally, it would be a reduced number of clicks (like 2–3), entering your password, and that's it. Adding a name for the app should be optional. My apps all have names like “alsjdlajshd” or “9”, because I'm impatient, and the likelihood that I'll ever need to invalidate one is low enough that I would be okay with just invalidating them all.

mtgx 14y ago

This could be a nice "trojan horse" into the iOS ecosystem. Get Apple users hooked enough on Chrome, that they will want to switch to Android for the "real Chrome experience". I know a lot of people are not using iPhones because they can't live without the Gmail app for Android.

k-mcgrady 14y ago
It's possible but I seriously doubt users would switch to Android because of a browser. Especially when they've already spent a lot of money on iOS apps and are familiar with the iOS ecosystem. I also doubt any mainstream user will understand that Chrome on iOS is slower than it could be because of Apple's rules.
- azakai 14y ago
  > It's possible but I seriously doubt users would switch to Android because of a browser. [..] I also doubt any mainstream user will understand that Chrome on iOS is slower than it could be because of Apple's rules. Yes, it seems more likely that the opposite of what GP said will happen: iOS users will try Chrome, and seeing it is 3-4x slower than the default Safari, will assume that Chrome would be slow on Android too - it has the exact same name after all - so they'll stick with iOS.
e_proxus 14y ago
I'm more curious to see if Google, or users, will try to use the Chrome launch on iOS as a wedge into getting Apple to open up the OS to allow alternative defaults than Apple's own.

dewiz 14y ago

just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?

fabianhoward 14y ago
I can't install it either.
deleted 14y ago
[deleted]
dansingerman 14y ago
Yes, just got "The item you tried to buy is no longer available"...hmmmm...https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzS7TgKtYRE/T-zQMcuxLXI/AAAAAAAAAE0/BbZDTzExC-M/w497-h373/2012-06-28 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzS7TgKtYRE/T-zQMcuxLXI/A...
acidblue 14y ago
It has not been removed. I just installed it. Use an actual link for the store, try this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823
cmelbye 14y ago
Took me a few tries. For me, it said that the app couldn't be downloaded a couple times. I just hit "Retry".
jimeh 14y ago
Same issue here too.
objclxt 14y ago
Unlike on Android, where pushing an app live is almost instantaneous, on iTunes it takes 24 hours for apps to propagate through all the various content distribution nodes. It's much more likely it's this, since knowing Apple's review teams I would strongly suspect when they saw the "Google Chrome" app in the review queue they raised it up the management chain. There is no rhyme or reason to this, it's just how it goes in the crazy world of iTunes Connect and the app store.

AlexMuir 14y ago

"the item you tried to buy is no longer available." That was brief.

abcd_f 14y ago

Can't imagine the amount of arm twisting that was involved in getting this into the App Store. Must've really come down to the ultimate "No Google for you" argument.

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
Eh, I doubt Apple would reject it. IIRC Mozilla already did something similar.
- drgath 14y ago
  Same thing as Y! Axis as well.
- gcp 14y ago
  Care to explain?
  - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
    They did a similar tab sync app skinned like a different browser. Of course, WebKit, not Gecko.
    - gcp 14y ago
      Do you mean this? http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/home/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/home/ It doesn't even pretend to be a browser AFAIK.
      - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
        Yeah, Yahoo! Axis would be a better comparison.

webwright 14y ago

The bummer here for Google (and anyone else who'd like to provide an alternative to Apple's apps on the iOS platform) is that there's no way to set your default browser. Or email client. Or calendar. It'll be hard to use chrome if Safari opens up every time I click a link in email or any other app.

cloudwalking 14y ago
It is a bummer you can't make Chrome your default browser. However, if you move Safari to a folder and put Chrome in your launch bar, Safari being default won't bother you too much.
- brntn 14y ago
  Until you click a link in an email or app.
BruceIV 14y ago
I wonder if Apple is ever going to run into legal trouble for this - it can't be much different than Microsoft's troubles with bundling IE, WMP, etc. on the desktop.
nathan_f77 14y ago
I'm sure it's possible to do with a jailbreak tweak, and I'll look into that. I've always wondered, are many HN readers jailbreakers? EDIT: This looks like it should do the job - http://www.redmondpie.com/change-default-browser-on-iphone-with-browser-changer/ http://www.redmondpie.com/change-default-browser-on-iphone-w... Just have to wait for an update.

draz 14y ago

I downloaded it, and I like it. I wish they also had the swipe-to-right to see the browsing history.

knes 14y ago
This. Drive me nuts that I can swipe left & right on my mac touchpad but can't on my iPad?! I don't want to tap those tiny arrows anymore :(

dakimov 14y ago

Somewhy I could not find it with the search in the app store on iPad itself. Just installed it. Sweet. Finally I've got the same browsing experience on my iPad as on a desktop.

sirn 14y ago

I have high hope for Chrome for iOS to be like the Google Search app[1] which is simply fun to use. Instead, on an iPad, what we got is just a desktop UI slab on top of touch interface… and seems to trash old tab faster than Mobile Safari. It's kind of sad. Edit: I was wrong about tab trashing, seems like old tab reloads when you come back from Incognito mode. [1]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-search/id284815942?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-search/id284815942?mt=...

danvk 14y ago

Autocompletion in the omnibox is way more aggressive than in Safari. You typically only need to type one or two characters to get to the sites you visit most frequently. In a lot of cases, this will more than make up for any JS performance differences between Chrome and Safari.

JBiserkov 14y ago

After a few hours of heavy usage: -I had forgotten how AWESOME omnibox is. You can speak to it!! -Safari habits die hard -The only thing I'm missing is the 'Reader' feature.

e_proxus 14y ago
The lack of an OmniBox is what disturbs me the most about Safari on iOS right now. The most common use case being entering one of the boxes, realizing I don't have the URL in my head and need to search (or vice versa). Also, Chrome's OmniBox let's you search your history at the same time as you search the web and enter URLs... priceless.

nathan_f77 14y ago

If this lets me have my passwords and bookmarks on my iPhone, I'm definitely saying goodbye to Xmarks and Lastpass.

10dpd 14y ago

Chrome now tops the iOS App Store charts http://itunes.apple.com/us/rss/topfreeapplications/limit=10/xml http://itunes.apple.com/us/rss/topfreeapplications/limit=10/...

MarkMc 14y ago

Several problems: 1. Not very robust - it keeps forgetting the Google passwords I've typed in 2. Why do I need to enter two Google passwords - my 'main' password AND an application-specific password? 3. Not very easy to use. For example, where's the option to see my browsing history on Chrome for iPhone?

icarus_drowning 14y ago
2. Do you use 2-factor authentication? I do, and so I'm used to seeing this on applications that don't fully support the 2-factor authentication, which is, I assume why it was asking.
sixcorners 14y ago
If you encrypt your stuff using your Google password, that might be why it is needed.

forbes 14y ago

I love that it opens tabs behind, unlike Safari. Only thing I don't like is the address bar using up too much room (not disappearing).

sgrytoyr 14y ago
Yes, it’s very strange (and annoying) that it doesn’t disappear. With the swipe-to-switch-tabs gesture, there’s even less reason to show it permanently than in Mobile Safari.

adiM 14y ago

How does it compare with Opera Mini browser?

rplnt 14y ago
Not an answer, just an elaboration on differences: Apple doesn't allow "duplicating functionality" or something along those lines and as other comment already mentioned, Chrome is a stock browser with different UI. That's also why there is no Opera Mobile on iOS. Opera Mini on the other hand bypasses this rule by being application which shows already preprocessed web (similar to Turbo function on Desktop or Mobile).

zanny 14y ago

On my 3gs Chrome is showing some significant slowdown over Safari, in JS, page loads, and scrolling - all are delayed. The reasons have already been explained, but it is still sad. The omnibar makes it worth it though, gosh I have missed thee.

dewiz 14y ago

finally a solution to open more than 10 tabs. I was quite excited to have a way to open those 30+ news to read while traveling on the underground.... sad news, when I switch tab the browser reload the page and lose the content... wtf! back to safari :(

e_proxus 14y ago
Safari does that all the time as well.

jfhollingworth 14y ago

Unless I'm mistaken Nitro is actually enabled as of iOS 5.

Synaesthesia 14y ago
No, sorry it's not, for security reasons. Thus it probably won't be enabled in the future either.

chris_engel 14y ago

It doesnt have the reader feature that i like in safari. Fine, I thought - lets get the readability bookmarklet. Turns out Google Chrome doesn't support bookmarklets... What the hell, Google!

chris_engel 14y ago
Just found out: the bookmarklet works if you manually copy and paste it into the url bar, but not, if you selct it from the bookmarks list...

mofle 14y ago

Add this as a bookmark in Mobile Safari to be able to quickly open pages in Chrome: javascript:location.protocol='googlechrome'

deleted 14y ago
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yalooze 14y ago

After using it for a while now it's made me realise there's a ton of features I've been missing when using mobile Safari: -New tab with Most Visited and Recently Closed -Google Sync for bookmarks but more importantly it instantly empowers my Omnibox -the keyboard has an extra character row at the top that includes hyphens (simple but nice) -Swipe between tabs -find in page -Open in new tab defaults to opening in the background (I've missed this a lot) -unlimited tabs I realise some of these aren't unique to mobile Chrome but as far as I'm aware they are missing from mobile Safari and they're the reasons I'll be sticking with Chrome.

dvdhsu 14y ago

Chrome doesn't support blocking of third party cookies. You either have them, or you don't. http://db.tt/ldZUNuJo http://db.tt/ldZUNuJo

username3 14y ago

Reopen closed tab? Google Chrome for iOS.

username3 14y ago
Recently closed on New Tab page

thethimble 14y ago

Can someone please explain Apple and Microsoft's insistence to push Safari and IE respectively? It seems that they have little to gain. In this case, why does Apple mandate the use of UIWebView instead of allowing a native implementation of Webkit+V8? It just seems like Apple is being stubborn as usual.