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No, you can't. You can install wrappers around Safari, but you can't install any app that uses the rendering engine of Chrome, Firefox, IE, or any other browser
by streptomycin 11y ago
No, you can't. You can install wrappers around Safari, but you can't install any app that uses the rendering engine of Chrome, Firefox, IE, or any other browser better than Safari.
- m1sta_ 11y agoChrome for ios is a wrapper for safari? Are you sure? Safari and chrome definitely render certain pages differently when both running on the same iOS device.
- mikeash 11y agoAbsolutely sure. Apple is totally transparent about this being a requirement for them: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ "2.17 Apps that browse the web must use the iOS WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript"
- santaclaus 11y agoGruber claims it is: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06/28/chrome-ios http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06/28/chrome-ios
- dykesa 11y agoI'm also sure. At least for mobile devices. I can't speak to desktop Chrome. That's why it does the same weird rendering Safari does which has become more noticeable since the split from webkit.
- Polyphonie 11y agoThere's one discernible difference between Chrome and Safari on iOS 8- try scrolling on both and you'll see that both render them differently. Much faster on Chrome and less so on Safari. Prior to iOS 8, scrolling on both browsers were very much the same.
- Angostura 11y agoWebKit and Safari aren't synonyms
- vlunkr 11y agoAh right. I had heard that and forgot about it.