Comments on: Calling alternate browsers on the iPhone

By: MicroLao

MicroLao — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:58:20 +0000

@Randal
Indeed there is a jailbreak app for this instance, but your comment/suggestion (while informational) is out of context with the overall goal here. You see…this is a proposal to be presented to Apple to allow the modification of code of the Apps defined URL scheme…as well as standard URL scheme recognition within existing apps & to implement within newly developed apps that run under WebKit. iOS devices run apps designed & coded with Apple’s Sostware Development Kit. When you jailbreak, you essentially change internal root permissions to allow for access to restricted file directories like //var & ///var mobile…as well as internal bus communications between apps. This basically gives you access to root directories and such allowing for modification of system files &directories. While this is the way the device really should be coded, giving the owner administrative access, the stingy reality is that Apple is still unwilling to allow this type of operating platform due to conflicts with DRM & profit. Therefore the intention of this development proposal is to push Apple one step further into implementing already available jailbroken tweaks & accessibilities into iOS devices…so that eventually there will be no more desire or reason to hack (jailbreak) your device. This is a step in that direction to put an end to the tedious cat & mouse game of jailbreaking an iOS device just to get what you expect & deserve out of what you own.

By: Randal

Randal — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:01:55 +0000

You can already change default browser opener on jailbroken devices. It’s an easy Cydia tweak that you download called browser changer.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:04:04 +0000

@Curious Rabbit
If you would only use the default Apps, then you would be right. But if you use also other Apps, then it makes sense when these would be able communicate with each other directly.

By: Curious Rabbit

Curious Rabbit — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:08:28 +0000

Has anyone adopted this? Isn’t this of dubious value to the user unless adopted by the default apps, i.e., Mobile Safari and Mail?

By: Huey

Huey — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:16:24 +0000

I think your proposal makes sense. Would allowing other alternative to the defaults not be similar to Microsoft being forced to opening up it’s OS to other browsers etc, instead of defaulting to the pre-installed Internet Explorer?

By: Alexander

Alexander — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:40:40 +0000

Can you tell me more about this problem by email? In general you shouldn’t have any problems deleting saved form data, in case you’ve accidently entered the wrong data in a login form. Just go to the in-app settings and you can inspect and edit the saved form data.

By: ydydjzartwdederth

ydydjzartwdederth — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:52:19 +0000

got problem with icab browser mobile iphone, could not delete saved login passwords.