Safari

No Safaris left to conquer

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 22:30

Don Melton on why, when he looked upon the breadth of his WebKit and Safari work at Apple, he retired:

The day Steve Jobs unveiled the Safari web browser

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 00:06

Don Melton, the man hired by Scott Forstall to build a web browser for the Mac, and later iOS, is continuing his post-Apple turn as a blogger, this time reminiscing about the day Steve Jobs introduced Safari at Macworld 2003. Writing on donmelton.com talks, in part, about the reaction to their use of Konquerer's KHTML instead of Firefox's Gecko rendering engine:

How the Safari browser started life as Alexander and hid itself from the world

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Fri, 01/04/2013 - 09:25

Don Melton, who was originally tasked by Scott Forstall to create WebKit and the Safari browser for OS X, and later WebKit of iOS, has retired from his job as engineering director of internet technologies, and begun writing. One of his writing projects is a blog, and two of his recent posts shed some light on the people and events behind Safari.

iOS 6 preview: Safari tab sync, uploads, banners, and full screen mode

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Mon, 09/03/2012 - 18:32

Safari has been on the iPhone since the first version launched in 2007, and has been steadily improved, year after year, version after version, ever since. iOS 6 follows the same, steady, evolutionary pattern, addressing long standing user pain-points like image uploads, and providing parity with features from other browsers, like Chrome's tab sync. It also makes Reading List more robust, and provides an interesting way for websites to alert users about, and move them into, apps.

iOS claims 65% of mobile web, Android 20%

Submitted by Simon Sage on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 16:01

iOS users are the most active on the web, claiming 65.27% of the total market share compared to Android, in distant second with 19.73%, and Java ME further behind still with 10.22%. BlackBerry trailed with 1.87%, though even a year ago it was only around 3%. Google still rocks the mobile search engine chart, accounting for 91% of all searches from a tablet or smartphone. Out of all web traffic monitored, mobile account for 8.2% of activity, which is up from around 6% last year. All of this, according to metrics company NetMarketShare's most recent web analytics survey.

How to make Google Chrome your default iOS browser with BrowserChooser for iPhone or iPad [jailbreak]

Submitted by chrisoldroyd on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 12:03

BrowserChooser is a jailbreak tweak available from Cydia that will let you set Google Chrome for iOS as you default iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad browser -- something Apple won't let you do.

Here's how to install BrowserChooser and make Chrome your new default web browser.

Google Chrome vs Safari: iOS Browser shootout!

Submitted by Simon Sage on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 22:07

Google Chrome for iOS was released today, so we naturally put it up against the default browser, Safari. We conducted some basic tests, such as load times (which revealed a slight lead for Chrome in two tests), JavaScript (where Safari had a significant lead), HTML5, and CSS (roughly equivalent).

Smart Banners in Safari for iOS 6 to offer quick shortcuts to app

Submitted by Simon Sage on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 14:41

A new trick in Safari for iOS 6 announced at WWDC 2012 today was Smart Banners. These are clever little banners that slide down from the top of a screen and offer those browsing from an iOS device the ability to launch directly into an app or download it from the App Store.

Apple details security updates covered in iOS 5.1.1 update

Submitted by chrisoldroyd on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 09:03

Apple has released information on the security updates that were covered in the recent release of iOS 5.1.1. When it was originally released yesterday, all that we knew was that there were various bug fixes. This update actually covers some important security fixes too for Mobile Safari and WebKit based browsers in general.

Pop Video pico projector brings the big screen to your iPhone or iPod touch

Submitted by chrisoldroyd on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 04:59

The Pop Video pico projector is a new accessory from Micron Technology, Inc. that claims to deliver the big screen experience to your iPhone or iPod touch. The accessory clips onto your iPhone or iPod touch and turns it into a projector allowing you to display a lot of your devices content on a projector screen or wall.

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