This is true for Flipboard, the Facebook app, the Twitter app, and every other app - including the new Chrome for iOS. Seeing a website in Safari is much faster than seeing a website inside an app. It also forces them to use an older version of Safari than the one Apple can use themselves.Įvery iOS developer knows this. Not only does Apple not allow other browsers. Google Chrome for iOS is still interesting because you get Chrome synch and other Chrome goodies.īut there is a big problem with third party browser on iOS.

It's the iOS system version of WebKit wrapped in Google's own browser UI. The actual browser, the rendering, and javascript engine is 100% Apple Safari.Īs John Gruber puts it: It's not the Chrome rendering or JavaScript engines - the App Store rules forbid that. It's Apple's Safari with a 'chrome' interface. The same was as they are trying to stop the web with iBooks, the Newsstand and in every other area where the web could shine.Īs you might have heard, Google Chrome is now available for the iPhone and iPad, but before you get too excited, you need to realize that it isn't Chrome at all. They are limiting web apps from becoming truly functional by making them three times slower in 3rd party apps or saved to the home screen. Apple is doing everything they can to stop the web.

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