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Safari the worst part of IOS7

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gadget123

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The Iphone Safari was always behind the Ipad one but for me it's the worst part of the new IOS7. It's got too much blue bars and logos. Even Safari in IOS6 adding tabs actually slowed it down not sure about Ipad 4 but does for Ipad 3. If you use Icab and disable all the top bars it's like IOS5 and Ipad 1 and loads sharper and faster.

There's some third party browsers run similar apps to the old IOS6 which give good comparison.

Safari is very similar to Google Chrome only Chrome seems more polished. Luckily Safari always seems to get a redesign so I hope in IOS8 and 9 they improve it.

Over all IOS7 does go with the current times, some of it's brilliant some of it's just copying rivals but there's this divide of people who love or hate IOS7.

I suppose it's the same every year but IOS7 really makes products like Iphone 4 slow.
 
gadget123 said:
The Iphone Safari was always behind the Ipad one but for me it's the worst part of the new IOS7. It's got too much blue bars and logos. Even Safari in IOS6 adding tabs actually slowed it down not sure about Ipad 4 but does for Ipad 3. If you use Icab and disable all the top bars it's like IOS5 and Ipad 1 and loads sharper and faster.

There's some third party browsers run similar apps to the old IOS6 which give good comparison.

Safari is very similar to Google Chrome only Chrome seems more polished. Luckily Safari always seems to get a redesign so I hope in IOS8 and 9 they improve it.

Over all IOS7 does go with the current times, some of it's brilliant some of it's just copying rivals but there's this divide of people who love or hate IOS7.

I suppose it's the same every year but IOS7 really makes products like Iphone 4 slow.
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I love the new safari. For me it's one of the best parts of iOS 7.

Everyone has a different opinion though.
 
I like the new Safari. Not being limited to 8 tabs is nice. I did find it interesting how they switched to a tab system somewhat reminiscent of Cover Flow seeing as they have largely ditched that approach elsewhere.
 
the main reason of updating to iOS7 for me was Safari lol. Liked it really much on iOS6 but now it is way better. Also friends are really enjoying new safari, clean look and nice features
 
I really like the new Safari. Very fast, no lagging at all even when I have 20-30 tabs opened on iPhone 5 and 5s. I haven't touched iCab or Chrome since installing iOS 7.
 
gadget123 said:
The Iphone Safari was always behind the Ipad one but for me it's the worst part of the new IOS7. It's got too much blue bars and logos. Even Safari in IOS6 adding tabs actually slowed it down not sure about Ipad 4 but does for Ipad 3. If you use Icab and disable all the top bars it's like IOS5 and Ipad 1 and loads sharper and faster.

There's some third party browsers run similar apps to the old IOS6 which give good comparison.

Safari is very similar to Google Chrome only Chrome seems more polished. Luckily Safari always seems to get a redesign so I hope in IOS8 and 9 they improve it.

Over all IOS7 does go with the current times, some of it's brilliant some of it's just copying rivals but there's this divide of people who love or hate IOS7.

I suppose it's the same every year but IOS7 really makes products like Iphone 4 slow.
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Blue bars and logos? What are you talking about?

Worst complain ever.

Safari is actually pretty good, one of the best improvements in iOS 7
 
I thought using the address bar as the loading indicator in previous versions of iOS was pretty clever and demonstrated good efficiency of design. The thin little blue line that now loads across the screen is a bit too wee and precious, and I'm not sure where the improvement lies.

The biggest thing about Safari that I don't care for (yet) is having to stab at the bottom of the screen to get the little bar to pop up with the forward/back buttons, bookmarks, and new tabs. I've kind of gotten used to just swiping across the screen to go back, but it is a little wearisome managing tabs in iOS for me. Plus, I don't even know if I have anything else open in tabs unless I go down in there and open it up. Previously, that was visually clear to me at all times.
 
gadget123 said:
The Iphone Safari was always behind the Ipad one but for me it's the worst part of the new IOS7. It's got too much blue bars and logos. Even Safari in IOS6 adding tabs actually slowed it down not sure about Ipad 4 but does for Ipad 3. If you use Icab and disable all the top bars it's like IOS5 and Ipad 1 and loads sharper and faster.

There's some third party browsers run similar apps to the old IOS6 which give good comparison.

Safari is very similar to Google Chrome only Chrome seems more polished. Luckily Safari always seems to get a redesign so I hope in IOS8 and 9 they improve it.

Over all IOS7 does go with the current times, some of it's brilliant some of it's just copying rivals but there's this divide of people who love or hate IOS7.

I suppose it's the same every year but IOS7 really makes products like Iphone 4 slow.
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Yeah I have no clue what your'e talking about when you say too many blue bars and logos. Safari is as full screen as you can get, which I for one think is great, maximize your screen usage. And I don't know if iOS 7 is slow on the iPhone 4, but my friend is still rocking a 4 and I've heard no complains. It runs pretty darn smooth on my iPad 2, and the iPad 2 isn't THAT much newer than the iPhone 4. /shrugs
 
New Safari took me about a day to get used to and now I love it. Best feature:

Swipe screen left to right as "back button". VERY handy!
 
Yeah Safari is definitely the fastest browser on iOS and got faster in iOS 7. I much prefer the new design.

Another hint: In the tab view of Safari you can also close open tabs by swiping them away to the left.
 
What's wrong with safari for iOS 7 ???
I used to have mercury installed on my idevices with iOS 6, but now I don't need it anymore ...
 
apple_iBoy said:
The biggest thing about Safari that I don't care for (yet) is having to stab at the bottom of the screen to get the little bar to pop up with the forward/back buttons, bookmarks, and new tabs.
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If you swipe down releasing your thumb from the screen, as in to scroll up the page, the bars will appear. I much prefer this to stabbing at the top/bottom or top to make the bars appear -especially when there are links around- so thought I'd just point it out.
 
I'm loving the ios7 safari too. If I had any complaint (and it's a minor one) it would be that if you tap a link near the bottom of the screen it brings up the page options rather than activating the link.
 
macsmurray said:
I'm loving the ios7 safari too. If I had any complaint (and it's a minor one) it would be that if you tap a link near the bottom of the screen it brings up the page options rather than activating the link.
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That's actually what I like about it. Otherwise I would have to tap the top to switch tabs, share, and get to bookmarks etc.
 
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