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What is your favourite browser for iPhone or iPad? What features make it your top choice?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Also Safari. The only issue I have is the auto page zoom cuts off the right side slightly. Very minor but still bothers me. I filed a bug on it over on the lemmy-ui GitHub project.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WebKit. It’s all WebKit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

As long as Apple forces webKit for browsing, any third party browser will more or less be a safari wrapper. Until that changes, I will keep using safari in iOS.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yep, Firefox for me as well on all devices.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Safari because all other "browsers" are basically wrappers for Safari and yes even Google Chrome.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

safari because it’s the only browser compatible with extensions (I’m using AdGuard with it) and because all the other browsers are basically safari anyways.

I use Firefox Focus as a backup tho

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah it’s definitely Safari for me, most of the time. I do switch to Brave whenever I want to watch YouTube though, since it actually blocks ads there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Safari here as well. Haven't found a compelling reason to switch thus far.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox is my favorite browser. Best feature is the sync, which let's me access everything on my phone, personal laptop and work laptop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Interesting, I've had major website loading issues on Firefox for iOS for some reason. I keep wanting to love it, but websites will just fail to load and I end up switching back to Safari

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Firefox. I love how it integrates with Firefox on the other half dozen devices and computers I use daily.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Safari, only because of the extensions. I like being able to use custom ad block filters and userscripts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Extensions are a must have and the reason I use Safari on iOS, even though I use Firefox everywhere else.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Safari, because adblock worked before anything else did. I also use the bing app and that has its own embedded browser.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Safari, but waiting on Vivaldi to get out of beta/testflight.
I use the Vivaldi browser everywhere and would be nice to have it on iOS to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I’m eager to see what Vivaldi’s iOS browser ends up being. I’ve flipped back and forth on desktop between Firefox and Vivaldi a lot. I always end up back on Firefox just for “screw chromium” resins, but Vivaldi gets used for Google Hangouts for “silly work” reasons. A good mobile app could push me back to Vivaldi on the desktop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Orion Browser which comes with a built-in add blocker.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also using Orion! It’s the only one that’s convinced me it’s better than Safari, primarily because it’s actually more aggressive with power savings than Safari. The implementation to kill idle tab processes almost immediately is very effective imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I find Orion to be very laggy, even with very few tabs open. And i just cant use it because of this. Did you find it to act the same for you?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

+1

Been using this on my iPad pro for several months. I love the flexibility for extensions. It's not perfect but I enjoy the trade offs even if it does randomly slowdown sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Firefox Focus if it's just a one-off thing. Firefox if I want to keep track of it. I use Firefox everywhere though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

lol is someone just downvoting anyone who doesn’t use brave? i don’t use brave, come downvote me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Safari.

I love the tab bar to the moon and back. Every other browser is just Safari with an asterisk, since Apple makes everybody use WebKit.

I don’t use Chrome on any of my devices, so I’m not worried about missing out on sync. The fewer Google products I use, the better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

@TwinTurbo Safari all the way. You can adjust the font and scaling without losing the orginal way the site your visting is on. Love that. currently on android though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Brave. Privacy good and it uses its own search engine. Used to be handy because it showed Reddit in search results but, well, stuff happened!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Firefox for syncing with my other devices, but all the iOS web browsers are different skins over WebKit. I do like that Safari has support for extensions and wish Apple would allow other browsers to utilize them as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Brave for sure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Safari. Nothing else has enough unique features to feel worth it. I use Arc on Mac but the iPhone app is missing too many features. Also, it’s lack of support for 2FA from passkeys (prob not their fault) and some other small features make me consider switching back to safari on Mac. I’d miss adblockers though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Firefox. Even though it doesn't have all the nice privacy and, particularly, ad-blocking capabilities as on other platforms, I use it for those reasons on my Android and Windows devices, so I like having it all synced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Safari ...and FYI every browser on iOS uses Safari's WebKit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Edge. Only way I found to easily send websites to and from my surface.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Chrome to sync all my browser stuff across platforms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Safari to facilitate the interactions with my MacBook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah the handoff feature is slick. I like being able to switch between devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Chrome. I would love to use Firefox but it doesn’t have translate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Safari, but I’m trying out Vivaldi. Looks good, scrolling is not as smooth as expected for a browser, but it’s just a beta.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This seems like it should be a poll. Safari.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Currently I use safari and duckduckgo. I'm waiting for apple to allow other browsers to actually use their own software rather than basically be safari in new clothes and without access to extensions. Sadly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The spaces and auto tab cleaning are so helpful in managing my chaos

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Brave, because of the built-in adblocking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Safari, with Wipr for ad blocking.

I use Safari as my main browser for Mac as well so everything is synced.

If the App Store rules are ever relaxed by Apple willingly or by regulation I would likely use a proper port of Firefox too.

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