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Alexmo123

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Mar 9, 2008
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I have been using the iPad 1 for a little bit now and looking at the possibility of a new browser.

Couple questions:

1: I understand that IOS 4.3 has made significant improvements to web browser, would these improvements be seen in non-safari web browsers or only safari?

2: Any advice on which browser to get or not get if it is a good decision?
 
Alexmo123 said:
I have been using the iPad 1 for a little bit now and looking at the possibility of a new browser.

Couple questions:

1: I understand that IOS 4.3 has made significant improvements to web browser, would these improvements be seen in non-safari web browsers or only safari?

2: Any advice on which browser to get or not get if it is a good decision?
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1. It only affects Safari since every Web browser uses its own JavaScript engine.

2. Stick with Safari for the iPad.
 
celticpride678 said:
1. It only affects Safari since every Web browser uses its own JavaScript engine.
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No they don't, all browsers on iOS use Webkit, so the improvements should affect all browsers, although they might need to be updated to do so.
 
You guys realize that Safari has the ability to place a bunch of bookmarks below the tools bar?

Its basically the same as having tabs ;D
 
Alexmo123 said:
I have been using the iPad 1 for a little bit now and looking at the possibility of a new browser.

Couple questions:

1: I understand that IOS 4.3 has made significant improvements to web browser, would these improvements be seen in non-safari web browsers or only safari?

2: Any advice on which browser to get or not get if it is a good decision?
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Upgrade to The ipad2. CPU and ram is what you need :)
 
LinkMx said:
No they don't, all browsers on iOS use Webkit, so the improvements should affect all browsers, although they might need to be updated to do so.
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Correct on WebKit. There is good evidence however that the rest of your sentence isn't accurate for the current iOS 4.3 release, as described in my post here: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=12110332

I don't know what Apple are playing at. The kind interpretation is that they want one revision of nitro in the wild, but with controlled access (only from Safari), to make sure it is 100% bug free and/or to do final performance optimisation. The unkind interpretation is that they are trying to drive third party applications off the platform.

- Julian
 
iMattcotv said:
You guys realize that Safari has the ability to place a bunch of bookmarks below the tools bar?

Its basically the same as having tabs ;D
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Not quite.
The Bookmarks Bar is nice, but it reloads the page, every time you touch a bookmark, even if the bookmark is to the same page, you're already on.
 
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