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Old 11-08-2013, 05:01 PM   #174
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Originally Posted by Faterson View Post
Not true at all... Every advanced iOS browser (such as those I named, not the dumb Safari) allows you to display webpages in their "desktop layouts". No difference compared to the desktop browser. So you get both full-fledged websites and apps on iOS.



In other words, IE still stinks at the very basics of functionality. Safari is just as lame. But I wouldn't expect better of them -- they have traditionally been horrible browsers. Chrome is a lot better, but (as I feel it) not on a par with Opera (on desktop systems) or the likes of Atomic Web Browser, Mercury or Dolphin on iOS.
Well, at least Safari RENDERS properly, unlike Internet Explorer, which was merely upgraded to no longer totally crash.

I agree, though, that on the desktop Chrome and Firefox rule (never used Opera, though I hear it has many good features) and I prefer other browsers over Safari on iOS for the customization. Still, it gets the job done with a minimum of fuss. As is evidenced by the fact that all other browsers on iOS are (by Apple decree) nothing more than a skin on top of Safari's rendering engine. Lack of Nitro aside, the strength of all browser apps rests on the power of Apple's Webkit.
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