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> Chrome on iOS is rubbish. What makes it rubbish? I remember using it when it was released and I switched to it as my main browser instantly. At the time I fe

> Chrome on iOS is rubbish. What makes it rubbish? I remember using it when it was released and I switched to it as my main browser instantly. At the time I felt it was better than Safari, if not only for the top bar being smaller and/or hidden, something Safari did not do at the time. It also had the "request desktop" which is invaluable at times. Currently I use Safari but it's because I haven't bothered since I use the iPhone browser for almost nothing.

eyko 12y ago
Because it's basically Safari with a Chrome skin.
crucialfelix 12y ago
its much much slower. scrolling down a page often chokes. changing tabs can take 5 or 6 seconds to re-render. I might have low disk space issues on my iPad, but Safari performs flawlessly. and its not Chrome's fault. Apple do not allow any other web browser on iOS, so Chrome is just WebKit except you don't get the same javascript engine as Safari does. I stubbornly continue to use it because I want my history and bookmarks to match my desktop.
- davydka 12y ago
  iOS has recently opened it's advanced javascript engine to developers which should put App web page rendering speed on par with Safari.
  - vhbit 12y ago
    I believe because of other limitations Chrome can't use it anyway and it might take a couple of iOS versions before everything will be solved. For details see https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444
  - kayamon 12y ago
    If they opened their platform up properly, then Chrome could simply use the advanced javascript engine it already has.
- wingerlang 12y ago
  I had none of those issues. I also use my devices jailbroken, and there are fixes for the Javascript engine. That being said, I mostly used it without them, and even when I did I noticed no difference. Again, probably because I use the iOS browsers very little.

eyko 12y ago

Because it's basically Safari with a Chrome skin.

crucialfelix 12y ago

its much much slower. scrolling down a page often chokes. changing tabs can take 5 or 6 seconds to re-render. I might have low disk space issues on my iPad, but Safari performs flawlessly. and its not Chrome's fault. Apple do not allow any other web browser on iOS, so Chrome is just WebKit except you don't get the same javascript engine as Safari does. I stubbornly continue to use it because I want my history and bookmarks to match my desktop.

davydka 12y ago
iOS has recently opened it's advanced javascript engine to developers which should put App web page rendering speed on par with Safari.
- vhbit 12y ago
  I believe because of other limitations Chrome can't use it anyway and it might take a couple of iOS versions before everything will be solved. For details see https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444
- kayamon 12y ago
  If they opened their platform up properly, then Chrome could simply use the advanced javascript engine it already has.
wingerlang 12y ago
I had none of those issues. I also use my devices jailbroken, and there are fixes for the Javascript engine. That being said, I mostly used it without them, and even when I did I noticed no difference. Again, probably because I use the iOS browsers very little.