If you're a Safari user, you may find that your browser is practically unusable today, crashing constantly. But don't start messing around with your computer, the problem is on Apple's side.
Showing posts with label Safari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safari. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Safari is crashing worldwide for iOS and Mac users
If you're a Safari user, you may find that your browser is practically unusable today, crashing constantly. But don't start messing around with your computer, the problem is on Apple's side.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
iOS 9 will allow adblockers on Safari
Apple keeps reminding people it takes privacy really seriously, and that - unlike Google - it doesn't make money by tracking users preferences; and with iOS 9 it seems it will give another step to prove it: by making it very easy to add ad blockers to Safari on the iOS.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Safari in iOS8 uses camera to scan your credit card info
There are lots of less known details about iOS8 that are now being found by developers, and one of those will be extremely helpful to all those that are tired of entering their credit card info in every online transaction they make. With iOS8, Safari is able to use the camera to scan your credit card.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Apple Limits iOS 4.3 Nitro Javascript Performance
It was one of the most expected features for Apple's iOS 4.3 update: the new and improved Nitro javascript engine that would make Safari faster than ever. And indeed it was. Never before did the iPhone and iPad zoomed across javascript intensive sites as fast as it does now.
What is harder to understand tough, is why such improved performance doesn't happen in every single web page visit. Or better yet, why it only does when we're using the Safari App itself?
Someone decided to put the iPhone javascript performance to the test, and using this page you can see it for yourself run this test inside safari and then compare it to the results you get if you run it fullscreen via homescreen shortcut, or inside any other app that offers a browser view, like one of the many twitter apps.
Whenever you're not running the benchmark in Safari itself, you get much worse performance, more than twice as slow!
I sincerely hope this is just a bug that will soon be fixed by Apple, as I can't really imagine Apple would pull such a move in order to artificially degrade user experience and make WebApps perform worse than they could.
They can't even argue this is due to 3rd party developers not properly implementing their webviews, as the same low performance issue also happens when you use nothing but Apple's tools - such as adding a webpage to your homescreen for a fullscreen "webapp" experience. Yes, it gets slow javascript as well...
C'mon Apple... Are you really trying to pull this kind of stuff to hinder WebApp development?
Let's hope Apple will clarify this situation as soon as possible and explain why this is happening.
What is harder to understand tough, is why such improved performance doesn't happen in every single web page visit. Or better yet, why it only does when we're using the Safari App itself?
Someone decided to put the iPhone javascript performance to the test, and using this page you can see it for yourself run this test inside safari and then compare it to the results you get if you run it fullscreen via homescreen shortcut, or inside any other app that offers a browser view, like one of the many twitter apps.
Whenever you're not running the benchmark in Safari itself, you get much worse performance, more than twice as slow!
I sincerely hope this is just a bug that will soon be fixed by Apple, as I can't really imagine Apple would pull such a move in order to artificially degrade user experience and make WebApps perform worse than they could.
They can't even argue this is due to 3rd party developers not properly implementing their webviews, as the same low performance issue also happens when you use nothing but Apple's tools - such as adding a webpage to your homescreen for a fullscreen "webapp" experience. Yes, it gets slow javascript as well...
C'mon Apple... Are you really trying to pull this kind of stuff to hinder WebApp development?
Let's hope Apple will clarify this situation as soon as possible and explain why this is happening.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Safari 4 takes Javascript Crown
There's a new king in town, at least regarding javascript execution speed in browsers. :)
The newest Safari 4 is showing how javascript can/should be, being 3.5 times faster than Firefox 3 running javascript code.
To put it into perspective, let's compare it to Internet Explorer 7: the new Safari is 42 times faster than Microsoft's Browser.
Even when compared to MS's latest, IE8, it still runs six times faster.
So - at least for now - the 3 faster browsers (regarding javascript) are: Safari 4, Mozilla's Minefield, and Google's Chrome.
The newest Safari 4 is showing how javascript can/should be, being 3.5 times faster than Firefox 3 running javascript code.
To put it into perspective, let's compare it to Internet Explorer 7: the new Safari is 42 times faster than Microsoft's Browser.
Even when compared to MS's latest, IE8, it still runs six times faster.
So - at least for now - the 3 faster browsers (regarding javascript) are: Safari 4, Mozilla's Minefield, and Google's Chrome.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
iPhone - Run Web Apps in Fullscreen
What this means is that it is now possible to create a site that can visually indistinguishable from a native iPhone App (apart from the slower performance - we're still talking about internet served web pages.)
All you have to do to use a Web App in full screen is to save it to your Home Screen.
You can try it with this demo App.
- Go to the demo app page using Safari on the iPhone
- Press "+" on the bottom of the Safari screen
- Select "Add to Home Screen"
- Save the App to your Home Screen
- Tap the newly created icon on your home screen
- You should now be using the Demo app without the Safari top and bottom menus.
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