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Android's new browser makes our Safari look dated
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You could have just said something like "Safari Mobile hasn't added any new UI features that I care about since it debuted."
But I think Safari will never be able to compete with other browsers in a feature checklist. Apple created a browser with the core features people use in a browser, and generally focuses all their effort on performance and standards compliance (e.g. Nitro JavaScript engine, HTML5 support), not tacking more features onto the UI.
All that said, it does seem silly to me that Apple doesn't allow switching the default browser.
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Oh really? i hadn't realised all these years...despite downloading it from google.com/chrome.
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Well, looks like they've done it in Safari on OS X Mountain Lion. Now please implement this in mobile Safari.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/14331584/
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.2; en-gb; Galaxy Nexus Build/ICL53F) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7)
I'm surprised the lack of Flash support made the headlines to be honest.
I'm glad to see it not supported. Another step towards a plugin free, unified web powered by HTML5. No one is left out that way.
In all, good news!
Except all the plugin material just moves off the web and into walled garden app models, which leave considerably more people out.
It's exceptionally bad news. Sadly, it has happened.
Phazer
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows Phone OS 7.5; Trident/5.0; IEMobile/9.0; HTC; TITAN X310e))
I don't entirely agree with that. For example, amount of video content I can't access on my ZTE Blade thanks to Flash and sites only offering video content via Flash on Android is appalling.
Its quite capable of playing .h264 video content without the use of Flash but because of that damned plugin being the standard currently on Android, I'm completely locked out of it on the Blade.
Had all platforms had universal support for HTML5 video (which is more likely now that it's dead on mobile)I'd have access to more video content on my low end handset.
The sooner the standards are set for WP7, Android, iOS, Bada, Tizen, Symbian, WebOS and others to adhere to, we'll all have a better experience on the mobile web with less and less people being left behind.
This is just my opinion mind!
The Phazer said:Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.2; en-gb; Galaxy Nexus Build/ICL53F) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7)
I'm surprised the lack of Flash support made the headlines to be honest.
I'm glad to see it not supported. Another step towards a plugin free, unified web powered by HTML5. No one is left out that way.
In all, good news!
Except all the plugin material just moves off the web and into walled garden app models, which leave considerably more people out.
It's exceptionally bad news. Sadly, it has happened.
Phazer
I don't entirely agree with that. For example, amount of video content I can't access on my ZTE Blade thanks to Flash and sites only offering video content via Flash on Android is appalling.
Its quite capable of playing .h264 video content without the use of Flash but because of that damned plugin being the standard currently on Android, I'm completely locked out of it on the Blade.
Had all platforms had universal support for HTML5 video (which is more likely now that it's dead on mobile)I'd have access to more video content on my low end handset.
The sooner the standards are set for WP7, Android, iOS, Bada, Tizen, Symbian, WebOS and others to adhere to, we'll all have a better experience on the mobile web with less and less people being left behind.
This is just my opinion mind!
This is just my opinion mind!
There is no standard suitable for secure video content distribution and there likely isn't ever going to be.
You can't really do "open" DRM - otherwise you'd be able to simply write a program/browser that ignores it.
Hence Phazer's App comment.
Note how most video services like Netflix use an App on iOS.