Robert Kaiser wrote:
Rufus schrieb:
It's not really a case of Apple "not allowing it" - it's more a case of
developers embracing, stepping up, and coding. There are a number of
alternative browsers for iPad, the most popular (I can see why) being
the Atomic browser - somewhat SM-like, and far more feature-rich than
Safari on iOS.
None of them is a browser by itself. Apple does NOT allow ANY software
in their store that competes with some software they are providing with
the device theirselves. All those "alternatives" are just Safari with a
different "costume", i.e. some other user interface around it.
...I dunno. I guess we're arguing coding semantics. Atomic is
certainly a "browser" to me, because it browses. And it's functionality
and feature set are vastly different from Safari, it certainly competes
with Safari, I got it from the Apple App Store for 99 cents...and there
are others there. So I don't buy your premise one bit as stated.
Yes, it's platform-specific and uses some platform specific code, but so
do a whole host of other software. I don't have an issue with that from
any standpoint.
But again, the way iOS works I find *far* less utility in the suite
concept when working on my iPad
Well, I'm reasonably sure that communication methods that don't run
inside the browser will be mostly dying out in the next years. But then,
that's just my opinion.
Robert Kaiser
The iPad is certainly the first device I've bought in a very long time
that is actually changing the way I work. I'm sort of dubious about the
approaching Lion OS...I'm not sure I'm going to like some of it's more
"iOS-like" implementations on my desktop, but then again I'm not sure I
won't. Everything changes...what matters more is still being able to
make choices which suits the individual user. More products, more better.
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- Rufus
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