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Chrome for iOS Updated with Fullscreen Browsing on iPhone and New Printing Options
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Yeah, super annoying IMO. When you want to switch tabs you have to scroll the page up and then, after the toolbar appears, tap the button.
They should make it as an option, I don't want full screen.
Chrome for iOS is pretty second rate compared to Safari. First of all, it is significantly slower. That's a fact due to it not being able to use the Javascript engine in Safari. In fact, because of this none of the 3rd party browsers will ever be as fast as Safari. You must work for Google or something.
Chrome is also lacking features. It's only just now getting full screen? This has been in Safari for half a year now. Ever since iOS6 was first introduced. And only now the ability to Print? That was like iOS 4 or something. Chrome also doesn't have the Reader feature, doesn't have Reading List, and doesn't work with iCloud like Safari and many other 3rd Party apps.
But really the main thing is just how much slower it is than Safari. Even if it could catch up in features that's a deal breaker for me.
You didn't even bother reading my post. Those vulnerabilities have nothing to do websites sending you malicious code. They're all local vulnerabilities.
Apple is more afraid of jailbreaking than remote attackers.
I was thinking swipe it left or right to hide it and swipe it back on that top portion of the screen, otherwise it would just switch tabs if you dont do it at the top.
Meh never found Safari or Chrome to be overly slow on iOS.
I know, I'm an app developer
Why? Because I praised something they created/own? Grow up.
Correct. But you could say that about anything really.
Cant honestly say I'll use (or have used) fullscreen as I've never had a need for it on iOS or the mac so cant comment there.
Again, not something I'd use. However why exactly would this ever be a killer feature or anything? Sorry but at this point its clear you're only here to throw the 'google sucks' vote into the thread.
That would be because it syncs with your Google account instead.
You seemed to neglect a few features chrome has. Such as tabs. Safari is limited to 9, Chrome is not. Then there's the private/incognito mode being baked into the app (instead of piddling around in the main Settings app).
Then you have tab quick swiping, search and surf (with live results), device to device syncing, tab homescreen, better keyboard layout to name a few.
This gets way overstated IMO. As long as your internet connection isn't the speed of dialup, it's fine.
Yep, I see that now. My bad.
In my (weak) defense, I very rarely browse at all on my phone so I've never approached the limit. On the ipad however, I knew it went over 8 tabs because my wife doesn't know the meaning of closing tabs.
Why? Because I praised something they created/own? Grow up.
This gets way overstated IMO. As long as your internet connection isn't the speed of dialup, it's fine.
You said Chrome puts Safari to shame when it is a fact that Chrome is significantly slower than Safari. Browser rendering speed is arguably the most important aspect of any browser. This is what they concentrate most on improving. Rendering web pages as fast as possible is basically their main purpose. Especially on mobile devices where it is even more important.
And I didn't even get to all the other features and UI wins Safari has over Chrome. Chrome is missing a share button which is a major fail. And Chrome's forward and back buttons are at the top rather than the bottom like in Safari making one handed navigation much more difficult. Especially on the taller iPhone 5. And unlike Safari, they are too close together in landscape.
But again, the main thing is Chrome is just too slow compared to Safari. This is very noticeable on sites that use a lot of javascript and dynamic content or lots of comments like on The Verge. You might be ok with that but every time I use Chrome I would be thinking about how much faster every page on the site I'm currently reading would be if I was using the superior Safari browser with the Nitro JS engine.
I've been using Chrome as my primary browser on iPhone.
Safari is lacking, 8-tabs limit, still no omni-search bar, although it got snappier.
I actually doubt Apple will ever implement an omni-search bar in Safari for iOS. Why? Because of the context sensitive nature of the on-screen keyboard; when typing in the address bar, you will notice the space bar replaced with keys more useful for typing URLs.
It doesn't in chrome. It just adds those common url options (.com, etc) above the keyboard.
I'm aware of this. But that's not really something I can see Apple doing. Sure they could incorporate it better, but still it's added complexity and that's just not their style.
But then if you look at Chrome's on-screen keyboard when typing in the omni bar, it also got the slash, dash, dot, and even .com above the keyboard. Apple can add a row of keys to Safari just like Chrome did.
With Safari on Mountain Lion getting the omni bar finally, I guess Apple would think that extra feature outweighs the "copycat" accusation.
Of coz I doubt Safari would copy the swipe-to-switch-between-tabs feature too. But they are really good features to have.
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Oops you guys beat me to it.
I also want to point out, in Safari for iPhone, when you add a new tab it doesn't automatically put you in the address field. I mean you have to tab again to call out the keyboard and type.
Why make us look at the blank tab which doesn't have shortcuts to websites, when clearly we'd like to dive into searching something since we JUST opened a new tab??
And btw, who remembers and types in the entire URLs anyway? A quick search will usually do. Otherwise bookmarks.
The way Chrome does it isn't added complexity. It is added simplicity. Users don't have to know where they go to search or enter a url. The omnibar just works no matter what users enter. You would be surprised how many people don't know the difference between search and url bars.
But what I found funny is that my dad insists to type google.com in the omnibar and to start searching only on the familiar Google page. Even after I show him the power of the omnibar.
Scrolling back up. Swiping down was what he meant I guess."Scrolling back down will cause the bar to reappear."
Scrolling back down or up? The bar reappears when I scroll back up...
Well now that the bar doesn't go away no matter how I scroll on this current page. Weird.
And that's likely why the address field isn't selected by default when you create a new tab--if a good portion of the people will often simply use a bookmark or go to search for something in a new tab, then going directly to the address bar by default would only slow down that process for a good number of people (as they would have to exit out of the address bar before going where they want to go).
Then the search field, or better yet an omnibar, should be selected by default. Or having the bookmarks/most frequently visited sites on the new tab screen.
I know my example was not the best coz on a touch screen device it's easier to just tab your way to where you want, but from my experience with a mouse/trackpad then having to click on the search field would be one extra step (if what most people do is to search in a new tab).
I'd also like to be able to set Chrome as the default browser on my iPhone, but I don't see how letting it run on its own engine would have any noticeable benefits. This would introduce new potential security vulnerabilities with no tangible benefits for the vast majority of users.
Google have just announced that Chrome is being 'forked' off from webkit into their own proprietary code called Blink.
Kiss Chrome on iOS goodbye.
I love iOS devices, frankly they **** all over the second rate Android but i am a heavy web browser on mibile devices so at present i am stuck with using Mozilla Firefox on Android. it combined with Adblock & Noscript plugin give me almost identical experience on mobile or desktop.
If Apple would allow Mozilla on iOS i would toss Android in a heartbeat.
The future is mobile. Apple are you listening?
Up until recently (have they even made the change yet?) Chrome has been running WebKit on all platforms, iOS included. Just recently Google announced that they'd be branching WebKit... not sure what'll come of that or why they decided to do that...
Chrome in iOS is quite a bit different from Chrome for desktops/computers anyway, so it likely wouldn't really play that much of a role if the desktop version is being forked or not.