Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
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Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
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Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#2Misses the most important point: syncing.
I don't know about the masses, but at least that was the biggest reason in my circles why people were excited to have Chrome on iOS.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#3Misses the most important point: syncing. I don't know about the masses, but at least that was the biggest reason in my circles why people were excited to have Chrome on iOS.
Yes, definitely the sync was the feature I have been looking forward too. It's a shame that Apple is taking so long to develop their on syncing (just like they're taking their time developing a lot of thing that could be branded an iCloud service).
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#4Misses the most important point: syncing. I don't know about the masses, but at least that was the biggest reason in my circles why people were excited to have Chrome on iOS.
Shangaslammi Agreed.
Reason #4 has everything to do with this!
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#5Hilarious on every point.
1. If the web browser is redundant then would would anyone make the effort to download Chrome. Nice self-contradiction here.
2. Safari in Mountain Lion has a single URL field with predictive search just like Chrome. So it could be an upcoming feature for iOS6 for all we now.
3. I fail to see what technology apart from maybe SPDY Google has "invented" that allows it to be so dramatically faster than Safari that it can compensate for the loss of JIT. Especially when benchmarks today show Chrome to be pretty slow.
4. Taking the top spot in the App Store is no big deal especially for free apps. There's been some incredibly stupid and pointless apps that have shared that position. Quick. Stop the press. The Talking Ted app is now number 1. Is there something profound to be said about humanity because of that ?
5. This is my favourite. Apple contributed the WebKit DOM inspector that Chrome has been using. And the new one in Safari now is much more "developer friendly" than Chrome.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#6This is hilarious "Slow? Who cares?". This was my opinion on rendering speeds for a long time, yet most of the browser comparisons focus on speed, release notes praise speed, dozens of synthetic tests are focused on speed, it's the main focus of every circlejerk comment related to browsers, ...
While you don't cross the certain threshold it's the most pointless fact about a browser.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#7Misses the most important point: syncing. I don't know about the masses, but at least that was the biggest reason in my circles why people were excited to have Chrome on iOS.
Not only does Chrome on iOS sync bookmarks, but it allows you to see what tabs are open on Chrome on all your other devices and what tabs were last open on devices which are currently switched off.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#8Hilarious on every point. 1. If the web browser is redundant then would would anyone make the effort to download Chrome. Nice self-contradiction here. 2. Safari in Mountain Lion has a single URL field with predictive search just like Chrome. So it could be an upcoming feature for iOS6 for all we now. 3. I fail to see what technology apart from maybe SPDY Google has "invented" that allows it to be so dramatically fast…
Regarding point one, if I understand correctly the author means that since most apps open in their own web view rather then opening safari directly the fact that chrome can't be integrated is less of a problem.
The browser is not redundant, as people start it when they want to browse to some random page.
For me I don't agree, I open safari from apps all the time, so lack of integration pretty much guarantees that I won't be using chrome.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#9Misses the most important point: syncing. I don't know about the masses, but at least that was the biggest reason in my circles why people were excited to have Chrome on iOS.
Not only does Chrome on iOS sync bookmarks, but it allows you to see what tabs are open on Chrome on all your other devices and what tabs were last open on devices which are currently switched off.
That last feature is already in Mountain Lion/iOS6.
Re: Why Google Chrome on iOS stands a chance
#10Hilarious on every point. 1. If the web browser is redundant then would would anyone make the effort to download Chrome. Nice self-contradiction here. 2. Safari in Mountain Lion has a single URL field with predictive search just like Chrome. So it could be an upcoming feature for iOS6 for all we now. 3. I fail to see what technology apart from maybe SPDY Google has "invented" that allows it to be so dramatically fast…
Regarding point one, if I understand correctly the author means that since most apps open in their own web view rather then opening safari directly the fact that chrome can't be integrated is less of a problem. The browser is not redundant, as people start it when they want to browse to some random page. For me I don't agree, I open safari from apps all the time, so lack of integration pretty much guarantees that I w…
BrowserChanger by Ryan Petrich solves that last problem.
I'm assuming Hacker News readers are jailbroken.