Making Chrome better on iOS

#1

Post by raphaelcaixeta » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 1:33 AM UTC

Making Chrome better on iOS
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Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#2

Post by vitno » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:32 AM UTC

what chrome on iOS really needs is access to the JIT. Till then, it will be much slower than safari...

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#3

Post by wavephorm » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:43 AM UTC

Is Chrome for iOS open source? Would there be a way to add V8 back in and release it on Cydia? That may extend the lifespan of Apple products indefinitely. My iPad 1 is already deemed obsolete by Apple and will never receive another web browser update ever, which is obviously retarded. Apple seriously needs to get that giant stick out of their ass.

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#4

Post by beggi » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:44 AM UTC

I don't think this would make Chrome better but rather make every app that uses this code pretty crummy. What would make Chrome (and iOS) better would be Apple setting up some kind of default app system for links, mail, photo editing etc. Out of very few things, Intent is something that Android still has over iOS. Plus of course Chrome would be better with some Nitro on top :)

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#5

Post by raphaelcaixeta » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:47 AM UTC

vitno wrote: post #2

what chrome on iOS really needs is access to the JIT. Till then, it will be much slower than safari...

I can live with the speed difference knowing that everything syncs regardless.

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#6

Post by tomflack » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:56 AM UTC

beggi wrote: post #4

I don't think this would make Chrome better but rather make every app that uses this code pretty crummy. What would make Chrome (and iOS) better would be Apple setting up some kind of default app system for links, mail, photo editing etc. Out of very few things, Intent is something that Android still has over iOS. Plus of course Chrome would be better with some Nitro on top :)

How would it make it crummy?

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#7

Post by drivebyacct2 » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

Please Apple. I will downvote every person who whines about "stealing" if you just hurry up and steal Android's Intents.

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#8

Post by saurik » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

wavephorm wrote: post #3

Is Chrome for iOS open source? Would there be a way to add V8 back in and release it on Cydia? That may extend the lifespan of Apple products indefinitely. My iPad 1 is already deemed obsolete by Apple and will never receive another web browser update ever, which is obviously retarded. Apple seriously needs to get that giant stick out of their ass.

a) AFAIK, no (as in, it is not open source). b) The change would not just be to mess with the JavaScript engine: it would require totally replacing out the UIWebView backend they are currently using from Apple and, well, pretty much putting back Chrome. They are not rendering the HTML, Apple's UIWebView class is; it would probably be easier to just attempt to recompile/replace JavaScriptCore system wide to stub into v8. c) According to Apple (whom you may or may not believe), v8 is not actually much faster (if not slower) than Nitro right now, so you may as well just turn on Nitro in Chrome (which is easy to do on a jailbroken device).

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#9

Post by saurik » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 3:02 AM UTC

If you are using a jailbroken device, there are a few extensions that can provide this functionality. I believe the most comprehensive is by Ryan Petrich.

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/07/make-chrome-your-iphone...

Re: Making Chrome better on iOS

#10

Post by ricardobeat » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 3:08 AM UTC

I have Chrome installed but don't want it as a default, this would just annoy the hell out of me.