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Atomic Browser vs iCab

Atomic on the iPad does it too, and the iPhone 3G. Isn't this because the apps close fully when you exit (losing info), unlike Safari that remains in the background/memory?
Don't know about iCab on the iPhone as I don't have it installed. Perhaps that stays in the memory too?
When this happens to me, I just bring up the history to find the search results.
 
TangoDown said:
Atomic on the iPad does it too, and the iPhone 3G. Isn't this because the apps close fully when you exit (losing info), unlike Safari that remains in the background/memory?
Don't know about iCab on the iPhone as I don't have it installed. Perhaps that stays in the memory too?
When this happens to me, I just bring up the history to find the search results.
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maybe the problem will be fixed with ios4 comes out for ipad.
 
TangoDown said:
Atomic on the iPad does it too, and the iPhone 3G. Isn't this because the apps close fully when you exit (losing info), unlike Safari that remains in the background/memory?
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The apps do exit but they still get a chance to save information. I use iCab and it saves the open tabs which are then restored when the app is next used so, if it can do that, then it shouldn't be a big deal to also save the back-button history for each tab. The history is only a list of previous URLs saved for each tab and it doesn't even need to save it on exit, it could write that data to flash as it goes along (each time a new page is visited) so it would automatically be logged and recoverable on restart.

Then again if iOS 4 is essentially going to do the work for them then I can see why the authors of iCab and Atomic might not put a high priority on doing this fix themselves, they might just be waiting for iOS 4.

- Julian
 
It's not a feature I miss to be honest. I've never known a browser that retains back button history for a new session after it's been shut down.
Incidentally, Atomic can also restore open tabs from the last session. Seems to be very little difference between the two browsers.
 
When you enable Private Mode and then disable it again, Atomic deletes ALL cookies, even ones from before it was enabled.
Dev, you are doing it wrong!
 
TangoDown said:
It's not a feature I miss to be honest. I've never known a browser that retains back button history for a new session after it's been shut down.
Incidentally, Atomic can also restore open tabs from the last session. Seems to be very little difference between the two browsers.
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Browsers that save and restore tabs between sessions all seem to retain browsing history (e.g., Firefox, Chrome).
 
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I m new in this forum. I've decided that I prefer iCab. UI is great. Most importantly it's stable. Atomic has crashed on me a few times. Also it's hard for me to surf without a bookmark bar.
Thank u
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arial.sams said:
Hi friends......


I m new in this forum. I've decided that I prefer iCab. UI is great. Most importantly it's stable. Atomic has crashed on me a few times. Also it's hard for me to surf without a bookmark bar.
Thank u
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Funny I said almost exactly the same thing you said a month or two ago. Since then I've changed my mind and prefer atomic. It seems that their updates have stabilized the browser and they do have a bookmark bar now for the ipad.
 
My Atomic Browser is getting worse. Now it won't save any History at all, regardless of the private browsing feature being on or off. Anyone else having this problem?


I think it might get screwed when it crashes while Private Browsing is enabled. And unfortunately crashing is a frequent occurrence.
 
Page Down Button

My big thing is a page down button for a touch screen browser. I read a lot of newspapers every day on my Blackberry (Opera Mini) and the space bar page down is a real time saver. No flicking or scrolling (too far or not enough), obscuring the article, etc. I don't know why others aren't clamoring for it.

I have purchased Perfect Browser for my iPod Touch because it is the only one I'm aware of that has this feature. Tapping the down arrow when Hyper Scroll is enabled is page down. It keeps my thumb scrunched up in portrait mode and I don't like the big translucent scroll bar on the side, but it works great. They don't even site this feature in their description.

I like the customizable Full Screen buttons in Atomic Browser's Full Screen Settings and would love a Page Down option. It would keep my thumb from being scrunched up too, as I could assign it to the bottom left.

I won't buy iCab unless somebody tells me it has page down.
 
^^^^Atomic Browser does have a Page Down button in full screen mode for both the iPhone and the iPad.

EDIT: Scratch that. I thought you were talking about a Bottom of the Page button. AB has one of those.

I don't see the point of a button that will scroll you down the page a little bit. A quick swipe does the job quite well.
 
Surely said:
^^^^Atomic Browser does have a Page Down button in full screen mode for both the iPhone and the iPad.

EDIT: Scratch that. I thought you were talking about a Bottom of the Page button. AB has one of those.

I don't see the point of a button that will scroll you down the page a little bit. A quick swipe does the job quite well.
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Page down doesn't scroll down the page a little bit. It scrolls down an exact, precise amount. You read an exact page, tap once, and read another exact page. One tap scrolls away what you have read, and replaces it with the very next line at the top with what you haven't yet read.

Safari has a goofy double tap at bottom to "scroll a little bit", about a third of the page moves up. Why show me material again after a double tap that I have already read?

A "quick swipe" has random and unrepeatable results. A slow scroll is more like it, and then you are always obscuring the material, while your eyes try to keep up with the constant movement.

Apparently you aren't even familiar with "page down". Don't knock it till you've tried it.
 
galavanter said:
Page down doesn't scroll down the page a little bit. It scrolls down an exact, precise amount. You read an exact page, tap once, and read another exact page. One tap scrolls away what you have read, and replaces it with the very next line at the top with what you haven't yet read.

Safari has a goofy double tap at bottom to "scroll a little bit", about a third of the page moves up. Why show me material again after a double tap that I have already read?

A "quick swipe" has random and unrepeatable results. A slow scroll is more like it, and then you are always obscuring the material, while your eyes try to keep up with the constant movement.

Apparently you aren't even familiar with "page down". Don't knock it till you've tried it.
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I am familiar with Page Down, I just never use it on my keyboard. I prefer to scroll on my trackpad or Magic Mouse on my MBP, and if I'm using my iPhone or iPad, it doesn't take much effort to swipe my finger from the bottom to the top of the screen to bring up the next section of the page I'm reading.

But hey, if you need Page Down, you need Page Down.
 
Perfect Browser has it, the scroll buttons are for page up or down when tapped once and scroll automaitcally if you keep holding it :D
 
the should let us use the apps at least for one week for free as a trial
its pretty much hard to buy something you do not know how it works

so that is something for the developers to think about
free trial, ill test them out , then i decide if its worth the purchase
 
kingmohd84 said:
the should let us use the apps at least for one week for free as a trial
its pretty much hard to buy something you do not know how it works

so that is something for the developers to think about
free trial, ill test them out , then i decide if its worth the purchase
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I don't think there was any way to do this when the App Store first launched but, now that the App Store has in-app purchasing, it might be possible. The developer could put up an app with a time bomb in it so that it stops working after the first week except fo an in-app button to purchase the unlock key.

I suppose one issue is how does the app developer stop a customer just deleting the app every week and re-downloading it. The app would either need a way to store persistent data on the user's device, even after it has been deleted (like the MS Windows Registry) and I'm not sure if such a mechanism exists on iOS. Alternatively the app needs a way to be able to query the app store when it installs on the device to see if this is the first ever download under that user's iTunes account or whether it is a re-install and, if so, what was the date and time of the original installation. Again, I don't know if this mechanism exists.

Surely a good developer with faith in their product would believe that they will widen their potential audience and ultimately their sales by offering a trial period if they could which makes me suspect that it just isn't possible otherwise developers would be doing it.

- Julian
 
i found out that there is a "lite" version for some apps , and the atomic browser has on. its the free test version.

but it gets confusing with a free version and a paid version.
they should make it one version then maybe you can unlock the full features
 
Good update to Atomic today. Now has the option to automatically open links in a new tab - great for me as I tend to open nearly all links in new tabs on the iPad to save reloading. Previously I had to press and hold, then press "open in new tab".
 
yegon said:
Good update to Atomic today. Now has the option to automatically open links in a new tab - great for me as I tend to open nearly all links in new tabs on the iPad to save reloading. Previously I had to press and hold, then press "open in new tab".
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I agree that the latest update to Atomic is a good one. I was having trouble with the open-in-background-tab menu item and that works well now. Also, you can now export bookmarks as an html attachment to an email. Atomic Browser is a real bargain.
 
pooryou said:
My Atomic Browser is getting worse. Now it won't save any History at all, regardless of the private browsing feature being on or off. Anyone else having this problem?


I think it might get screwed when it crashes while Private Browsing is enabled. And unfortunately crashing is a frequent occurrence.
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Have the same issue here. History does not work at all even after setting it back to regular browsing. Also cannot save any new bookmarks. I have so many bookmarks saved that I don't want to uninstall and reinstall.

Kind of at a standstill. Love the ui of this browser, but the little bugs like history and bookmarks make it difficult.
 
Just purchased iCab, the interface is much nicer than Atomic.

There was an icon contest on the iCab mobile website, not keen on the winner, prefer the one on the top row that got 15.3% of the vote.
 
Has ANYBODY solved the problem of intercepting hyperlinks in emails to route to a different default browser? I hate using Safari, but sometimes I just stay in it because it easier. If not, why not?
 
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