Jan Zdarsa The rules for publishing apps on the Appstore are subject to a lot of rules. For example, Apple initially did not want to publish simple, useless applications such as iFart (fart sounds) or iSteam (fogs the iPhone screen). After the rules were relaxed, these apps became available, and the iSteam app, for example, has earned the 22-year-old app creator a whopping $100,000 so far! It took him one month. Decent..
This time, a group of programs that, according to Apple, were supposed to duplicate the functionality of Safari. Apple did not wish another internet browser on your iPhone. Previously, Opera, for example, objected to this, saying that their browser was not approved on the Appstore. It later emerged that Opera had not even submitted any iPhone browser to the Appstore, let alone had the app rejected by Apple. But now both Opera and Firefox got a small chance to get to the iPhone mobile platform, although there are still several restrictions that these companies have to follow and which probably won't allow them to develop a browser on their engine, but only on Webkit. But what about Google Chrome Mobile with Flash? Would he pass?
And what browsers have appeared on the Appstore so far?
- Edge Browser (free) – displays the set page in full screen, no address line bothers you here. But in order to be able to change the page that should be displayed, you have to go to Settings on the iPhone. Very impractical, but if you have one favorite site that you go to often, it could be useful.
- Incognito ($1.99) – anonymous web surfing, does not store the history of visited sites anywhere. When you close the app, the history of any kind will be deleted from the iPhone.
- Shaking Web ($1.99) – Sometimes I wonder how you can use the accelerometer on the iPhone. I would expect the browser to be used only in the ability to shoot the image horizontally or vertically, but Shaking Web goes much further. This browser is intended for those who often travel by public transport, for example, where you cannot hold your iPhone steady enough and your hand shakes. Shaking Web tries to use the accelerometer to disrupt these forces and moves the content so that your eyes are constantly looking at the same text and can continue reading undisturbed. I haven't tried the app, although I'm curious about it. If someone brave has found himself here, let him write his impressions :)
- iBlueAngel ($4.99) – this browser probably does the most so far. It controls copy&paste in the browser environment, it can unmail marked text with a URL address, it allows you to save documents (pdf, doc, xls, rtf, txt, html) for offline reading, easier navigation between panels, and it can even capture the screen of a website and send it by e-mail. Some features sound good, but let's wait for more feedback.
- Webmate: Tabbed Browsing ($0.99) – For example, you are reading a website where there are many articles that you want to open and then read. You'd probably open several panels on a computer, but how do you handle that on an iPhone? In this app, each click on a link is queued, and then when you're ready, you can continue surfing by switching to the next link in the queue. Definitely an interesting solution for mobile surfing.
It's certainly a good thing that Apple is gradually relaxing their strict rules. I don't want the iPhone to become a Windows Mobile platform, but certain rules are really unnecessary. Today can be a significant day, although the first 5 attempts still do not bring anything extra, or in the case of iBlueAngel, its price is a big disadvantage. I find Edge Browser and Incognito useless. Shaking Web is original, but I'm not sure I'm ready for something like that. Webmate brings a good concept for mobile surfing, but according to feedback, it is not finished yet. iBlueAngel looks the most promising so far, but it needs to be properly tested. We'll see what Firefox, Opera have to say about it, and if Apple relaxes the rules a little more for them? Let's hope so.. Competition is needed!
I have to admit that iblueangel really impressed me! thanks for the recommendation!