Does anyone here use an iPad to post and not use Safari? I ask because Safari has a nasty habit of crashing on me. In particular, when I go to preview a post to proofread it, it likes to dump out. Which is really frustrating if the post was of any length.
I've noticed the same on my iPad, given up and used the PC upstairs instead. I do have tapatalk installed but I'd stopped using it on the iPad, up until that point it was working without any problems.
Almost all browser alternatives on iOS use the same Webkit engine as Safari, just with a tweaked interface. You could try a couple of them but if Safari crashes on some particular site they'll likely crash, too. The only iPad browser I'm aware of that doesn't use Webkit is Opera Mini which is so outdated as to be completely useless. Sorry.
Interestingly, I've discovered that Safari acutally uses a different WebKit to the one that other iOS browsers use. The last time I checked, Dolphin was using an older version of WebKit (as evidenced by the UserAgent strings).
Interesting indeed. Sounds like Webkit comes with Apple's SDK then, rather than being runtime-linked when the browser is running.
The iPad 3. Even if that isn't it's official name (thanks, Apple, for sowing confusion when searching for accessories).
I don't have an iPad, but on my iTouch I've found Dolphin to be the best of the ones I've used. It's less sluggish and more stable than Safari; it handles tabs and bookmarks a lot better than Safari; it has a speed dial unlike Safari; and it also has good gesture support which I find pretty useful for mobile devices. They pulled a Joker-sized boner a couple updates back where they put in ads and a horrific "Sonar" feature that constantly badgered you about buying it every time you moved your device slightly, but the masses tore them a new one on their review page and the last update returned it to normalcy. It has one annoying tendency where it occasionally doesn't recognize a held-click on a link (which is supposed to bring up the tab menu), but I find Safari has that problem as well (though not quite as often), so whatever. Maybe my screen protector is screwing it up, or maybe my touch screen just sucks.
I use Atomic for iOS and I really like it. Has adblocking, a download folder, great tab/fullscreen support, and lots of other cool stuff. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atomic-web-browser-full-screen/id347929410?mt=8
Anyone tried Puffin? I'm using the free version. It's fast as hell and its Flash support is fantastic. However the fact that everything is rendered on Puffin's server and then sent to me makes me nervous about using it to log onto BF or Facebook, much less email or Amazon.
I use the Apollo browser, which is basically Chrome with adblock etc integrated (Apple in their infinite wisdom doesn't allow plugins/extensions).
The only issue, that has me almost giving up (I use Chrome and sometimes Apollo) is that Apple will not let you choose a default browser, so links in other apps always open in Safari. (Unless someone has found a way around that?)
Only if you jailbreak the device. In that case there is a Cydia extension that enables you to select which browser to open links in.
Also, if you jailbreak, you can purchase Nitrous, which allows any webkit browser to use Apple's Javascript engine, thus making iOS Chrome as fast as iOS Safari. http://lifehacker.com/5930405/nitro...e-for-iphone-with-the-nitro-javascript-engine (note: this is a very good reason to jailbreak. note 2: you should jailbreak now, because the next revision of iOS will break the currently published jailbreak.)
I haven't tried Puffin, but I worked at the company that makes iSwifter, which is basically the same thing but with a retarded name. Also, having worked there, I can confirm that your login info is secure in transit and they don't keylog you or anything.
I thought Chrome's javascript engine was pretty fast. Or is that only true for Intel platforms? I've recently jailbroken my ipad so that I could install this.
Chrome is only fast on platforms where Chrome's own JavaScript engine can run. That's not the case on iOS where Apple bans third-party scripting engines and only provides an inferior JS engine to third-party browsers.
So after getting tired of Dolphin I downloaded Mercury again and I'm loving it. I tried it a couple years ago and wasn't impressed but it's a hell of a browser now and I recommend trying it out if you're not satisfied with whatever you're using now.
