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I have been evaluating different web browsers for my iPad Air iOS 9.1. I expect any other browser to be better than Safari. I have found several, but each browser has its glitches, and with some, they crash freqyently. This is true even when compared to Safari.
The following is not an exhaustive list. When editing text in a message, like a post to a forum, when I reposition the cursor I cannot type any text. Instead, the standard text mini-menu shows up, like "copy", "select", and "select all". I cannot get rid of this menu without retracting the onscreen keyboard and then bringing it up again. On java ridden sites, some browsers tend to crash allot. When
I leave a tab with an in progress post to look up some technical information, as soon as I return to that tab, it reloads thereby wiping out my partial post. On one browser, when I continue to hold down the backspace key, the tab reloads, effectively kicking me out of the field I am editing. Then there is the very slow loading of pages, with some of the images showing an animated wait symbol where the images are taking over thirty seconds to load.
What is the the name of a browser that works? What amazes me is that related to all of the above mentioned problems, Safari comes out on top. A very configurable browser with very useful functionality is nice...when it is working.
Bob
The following is not an exhaustive list. When editing text in a message, like a post to a forum, when I reposition the cursor I cannot type any text. Instead, the standard text mini-menu shows up, like "copy", "select", and "select all". I cannot get rid of this menu without retracting the onscreen keyboard and then bringing it up again. On java ridden sites, some browsers tend to crash allot. When
I leave a tab with an in progress post to look up some technical information, as soon as I return to that tab, it reloads thereby wiping out my partial post. On one browser, when I continue to hold down the backspace key, the tab reloads, effectively kicking me out of the field I am editing. Then there is the very slow loading of pages, with some of the images showing an animated wait symbol where the images are taking over thirty seconds to load.
What is the the name of a browser that works? What amazes me is that related to all of the above mentioned problems, Safari comes out on top. A very configurable browser with very useful functionality is nice...when it is working.
Bob