'Skyfire Web Browser' Now Available in App Store

[theanimala]

Up to 25 seconds to begin playing a video??? Seriously??? After 5 seconds of no activity I am moving on to the next site / article. And I am not your with ADD, no way people will wait for this. Pass.

 

[samcraig]

no Hulu, then basically worthless for the majority of people that wanted this...

I don't really have a need for this App. But as far as Hulu is concerned - not sure about others - but I got the hulu plus account and have enjoyed playing tons of content on my iPhone and iPad and wouldn't rely on a 3rd party for this anyway

 

[smiddlehurst]

can anyone in the uk say if the bbc news/sport videos work?

So far it picks it up but no joy on conversation. Frankly first impressions are terrible, slow clunky and doesn't seem to work on anything I've tried it on.

 

[Consultant]

2.99$ for what Adobe could essentially give you for free.

It's been over 3 years since the 2007 iPhone. Flash still isn't working well on mobile devices.

Must be this developer's fault.

 

[nutmac]

Lack of native iPad support is dealbreaker for me.

 

[gavinfabl]

So far it picks it up but no joy on conversation. Frankly first impressions are terrible, slow clunky and doesn't seem to work on anything I've tried it on.

I couldn't get it to work.

 

[bdkennedy1]

No thanks.

 

[kristoffer4]

Lack of native iPad support is dealbreaker for me.

So what does this mean in pratice? Big pixels on ipad?

 

[jayo1971]

I'm not impressed, doesn't even play video on the BBC site. *****.
I can life without flash video easier that the 1.59 i've just wasted on this plus no iPad support.

 

[wonko33]

A nice example of appstore problems...

After I typed Skyfire in the search bar, it found it but it said "do you mean Skyfart?"

 

[Roofy.]

**** hulu and their BS. First you have to pay for their own app that has ADS. Now they won't let you watch it on the iphone with this app. this isn't the developers fault its Hulu.

 

[finalcut]

no need for me unless they port it to ipad. The only 2 website I would like to watch are tou.tv and webillico from my ISP

 

[Reelknead1]

Anyone that has this app. Can you please check to see if you can watch ABC.com shows on the iphone.

 

[hh83917]

I think I've gotten so used to not having flash on my iPhone/iPad that I'd expect everything to turn HTML5 in the future. Plus, I did not miss those flash advertisements and videos that so often crash safari on Mac or Firefox on my PC.

All I'm not used to on the iPad is the multitasking and audio passthrough on the Iphone. Other than that, I'm fine without flash...

 

[rushmere]

I'm not impressed, doesn't even play video on the BBC site. *****.
I can life without flash video easier that the 1.59 i've just wasted on this plus no iPad support.

I've just tried a video on the BBC news site, and it worked. Eventually. Preceded by an advert.

 

[redgaz26]

So far it picks it up but no joy on conversation. Frankly first impressions are terrible, slow clunky and doesn't seem to work on anything I've tried it on.

ok cheers I'll give it a miss

 

[lifeinhd]

Ah! Finally, I can watch some Top Gear on my iPT. I only wish they had an iPad version as well.

 

[redgaz26]

on the app store it says its compatible with the ipad but as its not universal must be the crappy x2 option another reason not to buy!

 

[kirk26]

Not sure why it's getting negative. It's much better than Safari!

 

[gri]

Anyone that has this app. Can you please check to see if you can watch ABC.com shows on the iphone.

Says needs ABC player from the App store. Worked on some German sides (good for me, probably not for you)

 

[Che Castro]

is this better then cloud browser?

 

[samcraig]

**** hulu and their BS. First you have to pay for their own app that has ADS. Now they won't let you watch it on the iphone with this app. this isn't the developers fault its Hulu.

The hulu app is free. It requires a subscription to access content. That's not the same. And yes there are ads.

And blame hulu all you want - but to placate the networks and other content providers and pay the royalties to retransmit, there are expenses. Just like you PAY for cable. It's not BS... but go ahead on blame them senselessly.

 

[ob81]

Not Making an ipad version...

... is like grandma giving more candy to only 1 of her grandkids.

 

[kirk26]

I've just tried a video on the BBC news site, and it worked. Eventually. Preceded by an advert.

I just watched a video on BBC's website and it worked for me.

 

[swiftbmx]

anyone know if u can make it go fullscreen?