- #MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER UPDATE#
- #MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER PASSWORD#
- #MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER DOWNLOAD#
iCab will also let you configure 3- and 4-finger gestures to switch tabs, navigate history, increase or decrease font size or several other actions. Some website blocking you based on your browser's user agent? iCab can easily change between iPhone, iPad or any of over a dozen other browser IDs. How about private browsing? iCab can do that.
Want to be able to let other people use your iPad without accessing your browsing information? So sorry, Safari users, but iCab has a Guest Mode that even allows them their own bookmarks and search engines.
#MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER PASSWORD#
Safari can save forms and password data, but iCab will let you assign password protection for that information. Customized search engines that you can switch between easily? Safari: no, iCab: yes. Want to edit that bookmark before you save it? Safari can't do that, but iCab can. Need to add a bookmark? Safari can do that. iCab, on the other hand, is happy to help. Want to upload an image from your photo library to a website? Safari has no idea what you're talking about or why you'd ever want to do such a thing. Do you want to save the current webpage as a "web archive" file? iCab can do that, too. You can then move it to your Mac using iTunes file sharing (why can't Safari do that?) or upload it to your Dropbox (something Safari will probably never offer).
#MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER DOWNLOAD#
Safari doesn't have that, but iCab does.įound a file that you want to download? Safari might let you view it, but iCab will let you download it. This is less of an issue on the small screen of an iPhone/iPod touch, but on the iPad, I really miss having real tabs that I can easily and quickly switch between. Tabbed browsing is a good place to start. Likewise, Apple gave us Safari, which is "good," but iCab offers many features that make it "great." You can read RSS feeds in Mail or Safari, but do you? Apple gave you TextEdit in OS X, but BBEdit and TextMate are much better. Apple gave you iCal, but Bus圜al is a lot better. If you subscribe to MobileMe, you have a 20 GB iDisk, but anyone who has tried Dropbox knows that it works much better. On iOS, Apple gave you a Notes app, but many people prefer Simplenote or other text editors or note programs because they offer more features. Is improving your web browsing experience on the iPad or iPhone/iPod touch worth $2?īefore you object to paying for a web browser, let me remind you of a few Apple apps and their alternatives.
#MAKE ICAB DEFAULT BROWSER UPDATE#
A recent Safari update brought significant speed increases, but there are many other limitations that finally led me to try something else, namely iCab Mobile. When I first used Safari on my iPhone, I was blown away by how much better it was than any other mobile browser, but since then, Apple hasn't done much with it.
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