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Safari is worse than IE, however. You could install an alternative. Even if they weren't, I fully agree with progressive enhancement. It is always going to pro

• Doctor_Fegg 11y ago
  You can of course install an alternative to desktop Safari, just not to Mobile Safari.
  • sigzero 11y ago
    So I should delete my Google Chrome app then? Granted it doesn't take the default for things but I can still use it.
    • supster 11y ago
      Google Chrome app on iPhones still use mobile safari's rendering engine lol
    • spaar 11y ago
      The iOS version of Chrome doesn't use Chrome's rendering and JavaScript engines though, per the App Store rules it has to use WebKit [0]. So, any other browser app on iOS would have the same problems as mobile Safari. [0] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06/28/chrome-ios http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06/28/chrome-ios (linked by the article btw)
      • jegutman 11y ago
        Yea, I just really like that I can access all of my open tabs with it. It also context switches better with iOS outlook if you click on links you can quickly go back to outlook.
      • smrtinsert 11y ago
        That's amazing. Thanks for reminding me how much contempt they have for choice.
        • dredmorbius 11y ago
          Not quite my area of expertise, but I believe that browsers on Android also tend to use the core Android browser components though they can dress them up slightly differently.
          • lorenzhs 11y ago
            They can, but they don't have to. Mozilla ships a Gecko engine in Firefox for Android.
          • Someone1234 11y ago
            Browsers on Android are not required to use Android's built in WebViews. And several alternative browser engines are offered by the platform[0]. Android has no specific restrictions in place. Although it is the path of least resistance to use the built in WebView, since you now don't need to deploy your own. [0] Including: Blink (Amazon Silk, Chrome, Opera), WebKit (BlackBerry, Dolphin, et al), Gecko (Firefox, Minimo), NetFront (Blazer). At the moment WebKit derivatives seem to be most popular, but several browsers re-build it from the source rather than just using Android's WebKit components.
            • dredmorbius 11y ago
              Thanks, as I said, NMAOE and I was mostly reflecting observations based on some dated Android builds.
          • glogla 11y ago
            Some browsers do, but Firefox Mobile uses it's own core. That makes it possible to use extensions like ublock, for much better browsing experience than any browser without ad blocker can provide.
          • sangnoir 11y ago
      • benburton 11y ago
        Sounds like United States v. Microsoft Corp.[1] all over again. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
    • tbassetto 11y ago
      On iOS, all 3rd-party browsers (and even the upcoming Firefox for iOS) are using the rendering engine of Safari. The complaint is not about Safari the browser but more about its rendering engine.
  • emsy 11y ago
    By the numbers, mobile is the one that matters.
• justwannasing 11y ago
  It's not. At least not according to caniuse.com, html5test.com or css3test.com.