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Why is it restricted to Safari on iOS? I’m using Orion, which is Webkit-based too.

by Diti 2y ago

rasso 2y ago
It complains in Arc on iOS, too. It‘s such a bad joke that browsers on iOS are still only a wrapper around WebKit…
- shalanah 2y ago
  I'll take a look, thanks for the heads-up!
shalanah 2y ago
Hi Diti, are you talking about the inapp link to Safari? If so - it's the only reliable escape link for ios. It should work on other WebKit browsers as well but no reliable inapp escape link is available for the default browser on ios anymore. There use to be another ios workaround but they closed it. Basically downloads don't work on inapp browsers and I need some way to get you out of them.
- shalanah 2y ago
  I'll take a look. Perhaps my inapp detection is throwing false positives. I also detect for SFSafariViewController because of the bad UX downloading experience there. Maybe it is catching your browser as well.
shalanah 2y ago
Oh wow both Orion + Arc on iOS have the same UA as Safari and are testing positive for SFSafariViewController (an experimental test). I'll look into other ways to not confuse SFSVC with these browsers. Interestingly - downloads on Arc work really well but they are poorly done in Orion (open in a new window without clear option to download). I use inappdebugger.com for testing exit links, UA, downloads etc.
- monocularvision 2y ago
  I am curious: what about SFSVC interferes with the functionality of the site?
  - shalanah 2y ago
    Downloads are really clunky in SFSVC. You can do them, but it takes like 3 actions compared to iOS Safari. I've gotten lots of complaints on another site I have that does on-the-fly blob (Object URL) downloads that users don't understand it. Here's a snapshot: https://bsky.app/profile/shalanah.bsky.social/post/3las76tply22p https://bsky.app/profile/shalanah.bsky.social/post/3las76tpl...
    - monocularvision 2y ago
      Thanks for the response!
exoji2e 2y ago
Same problem with brave on ios! Cool app though
- shalanah 2y ago
  Thanks for the tip! Added it to an issue: https://github.com/shalanah/inapp-spy/issues/37 https://github.com/shalanah/inapp-spy/issues/37

Why is it restricted to Safari on iOS? I’m using Orion, which is Webkit-based too.

by Diti 2y ago

Why is it restricted to Safari on iOS? I’m using Orion, which is Webkit-based too.

rasso 2y ago

It complains in Arc on iOS, too. It‘s such a bad joke that browsers on iOS are still only a wrapper around WebKit…

shalanah 2y ago
I'll take a look, thanks for the heads-up!

shalanah 2y ago

Hi Diti, are you talking about the inapp link to Safari? If so - it's the only reliable escape link for ios. It should work on other WebKit browsers as well but no reliable inapp escape link is available for the default browser on ios anymore. There use to be another ios workaround but they closed it. Basically downloads don't work on inapp browsers and I need some way to get you out of them.

shalanah 2y ago
I'll take a look. Perhaps my inapp detection is throwing false positives. I also detect for SFSafariViewController because of the bad UX downloading experience there. Maybe it is catching your browser as well.

shalanah 2y ago

Oh wow both Orion + Arc on iOS have the same UA as Safari and are testing positive for SFSafariViewController (an experimental test). I'll look into other ways to not confuse SFSVC with these browsers. Interestingly - downloads on Arc work really well but they are poorly done in Orion (open in a new window without clear option to download). I use inappdebugger.com for testing exit links, UA, downloads etc.

monocularvision 2y ago
I am curious: what about SFSVC interferes with the functionality of the site?
- shalanah 2y ago
  Downloads are really clunky in SFSVC. You can do them, but it takes like 3 actions compared to iOS Safari. I've gotten lots of complaints on another site I have that does on-the-fly blob (Object URL) downloads that users don't understand it. Here's a snapshot: https://bsky.app/profile/shalanah.bsky.social/post/3las76tply22p https://bsky.app/profile/shalanah.bsky.social/post/3las76tpl...
  - monocularvision 2y ago
    Thanks for the response!

exoji2e 2y ago

Same problem with brave on ios! Cool app though

shalanah 2y ago
Thanks for the tip! Added it to an issue: https://github.com/shalanah/inapp-spy/issues/37 https://github.com/shalanah/inapp-spy/issues/37