While it’s true that Safari has a way to search for specific words on page, it’s not the most efficient implementation in the world.
Apple decided to combine the web search with the search on page, resulting in a clumsy feeling page search that works; it’s just not that fun to use.
EasyFindOnPage fixes this problem by placing a dedicated search button directly on your Safari browser’s tool bar.
Want to see it in action? Check inside for the full lowdown… Read More
For those still unfamiliar with TweakWeek, it’s an ongoing contest for jailbreak developers to essentially build 7 tweaks in 7 days. Criteria for the competition is that each utility must be free, and produced in 24 hours.
This week’s featured TweakWeek developer is Chpwn, the creator of popular jailbreak apps like VoiceActivator and AppSlide. His first entry is a simple utility that allows you to set web clips (and apps) to launch full screen… Read More
Browsing on a mobile device has gotten a lot better over the years, but it still has a long way to go before it can begin to truly rival the desktop browsing experience available on today’s modern browsers.
The iPhone’s default browser, Mobile Safari, is good, but it does leave a lot to be desired in a few areas.
Navigation is one of the main areas where there’s room for improvement. Besides your standard back and forwards buttons, there’s just not much there.
BackForwardEnhancer — a tweak for Mobile Safari — aims to change this without changing the core browsing experience. Check inside for a video demonstration of how this free jailbreak tweak works… Read More
Google unveiled a new tool for developers today called Swiffy — a simple converter that takes .SWF Flash files and transforms them into iPhone-friendly HTML5 code. It’s the latest experimental application to hit Google Labs, and while it works best with simple Flash animations, its results are rather impressive.
Anyone can use Swiffy by simply visiting swiffy.googlelabs.com. There you can upload an SWF file and quickly convert it into HTML5… Read More
WebLeaps seems to be one of those tweaks that fell through the cracks. I’d honestly never heard of this tweak before Sebastien mentioned it to me, but I’m glad that he did.
That’s because WebLeaps allows you to easily navigate some of the web’s best sites by means of custom search shortcuts.
You can even create your own custom search shortcuts with a bit of plist editing know-how.
Check inside as I go one-on-one with WebLeaps. I even create my own custom iDB search shortcut… Read More
Mobile Safari has received some major updates in iOS 5. We’ve seen new features added like private browsing and Reading List. On top of that, the mobile browser now allows web apps to utilize the Nitro engine, which greatly improves the web app experience.
Multiple sites are reporting that Apple has also improved Mobile Safari’s overall performance in the new firmware. We confirm the speculation by running an HTML5 speed test with an iPad on iOS 5. Just how fast is Apple’s mobile browser? Read More
If you’re a New York Post reader and like to read your news via NYPost.com on an iPad, then you could find the process a little more complicated than it used to be. The newspaper has blocked access to its website from Apple’s Mobile Safari browser.
In a clear attempt to push users away from the NYPost website and towards the iPad app. The New York Post’s homepage now suggests users tootle off to the App Store if they want to get their news fix on Apple’s super-successful tablet… Read More
Web app performance in iOS 4 has been disappointing. It’s been speculated that Apple has been intentionally handicapping web app performance in iOS 4. When websites are launched from the iPhone’s homescreen, loading times become much longer than when a site is opened straight from the Mobile Safari app.
In iOS 5, it’s been discovered that fullscreen web apps from the homescreen can access the Nitro Javascript engine that sped up Mobile Safari in iOS 4.3. These “dynamic-codesigning” privileges allow for a much faster web app experience in iOS 5.
The “Find on Page” feature in Safari isn’t new, as it was introduced with iOS 4.2. Up until iOS 5, to use this feature, you had to tap the “Google” search bar at the top right and start typing. As Google gave you suggestions, you also had the “on this page” option appearing at the bottom.
iOS 5 is making this feature much smoother on the iPad, as it brings it directly to the keyboard… Read More
In iOS 5, Apple has taken services like Instapaper and Read It Later head-on with a new feature called “Reader.” Like the similar feature that has existed in Safari on the Mac, Reader for iOS 5 will strip a webpage in Mobile Safari of unneeded images and ads for a more enjoyable reading experience.
Articles can also be saved for reading later on any iDevice that’s set up with your iCloud account. Bookmarking is a thing of the past. Read More
