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Chrome v Safari Why do I need two apps?
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Introduction In the desktop world there are four browers that fight
out for top spot: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome
and Safari
In the iOS world there really only is two: Apple’s own
Safari, and Google’s Chrome.
Both are very similar and most users often switch
between the two browers to find a favourite. The below information provides the differences in the
two browsers.
Features Both browsers contain a lot of features. In either you can have multiple tabs open, both allow you
to browse in ‘Private Mode’, both have a host of sharing options, allow for easy bookmarking and
more.
Tabs
Both allow multiple tabs to be open at once.
In Safari, click on the + button and a fresh tab
will open displaying your “favourite
bookmarks”
In Chrome click on the mini tab button and a
fresh tab will open to your homepage
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Private Mode
When you browse the internet, your device will store information in the form of cookies and in
your browsing history. When you’re in Private or Icognito Mode, the browser will not store this
information on your device. This is excellent for shared devices, as the person using the device after
you is unable to view any pages that you were recently looking at.
It’s worth noting however, that this history is only not available locally on the device. Therefore, for
a System Administrator could still look up your history via your devices IP address at the server end.
Safari: Private Mode:
When you open a new tab, you’ll notice a
little button called “Private” at the bottom
left hand corer.
Click on to activate Private Mode.
Safari will ask if you want to close all your
current tabs, keep them, or cancel Private
Mode
If you click on Keep All all tabs open will
go into Private mode.
Notice the colour of the header screen is
now dark indicating you’re in Private
Mode
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Chrome: Incognito Mode:
When in Chrome click on the Settings
button
Select New Incognito Tab
A new tab will open
Notice now there is a little Private
Detective visible in the Tab Bar
Type in the web address you wish to go
to and browse as usual
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Safari’s Reading List
One area that Safari leads over Chrome is in its Reading List feature. This allows you to quickly add
any article to a dedicated list of things you may want to read later, and it makes it available on all
your devices where Safari is installed. It’s much handier than using standard bookmarks.
In Safari, click on the Share Button
Then click on Add to Reading List
When you’re ready to view the
item, click on the Bookmarks
button
Then select the article
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Settings Both browsers offer the standard set of
settings. However Safari’s settings are
not located within the browser and form
part of the iOS settings. Whereas
Chrome has the settings located within
the browser itself.
Safari
On the device homepage, click on
Settings
Click on Safari and navigate
through your settings
Chrome
Within Chrome, click on the Tools button
Then click on Settings
Navigate through and amend any
settings.
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Design Both browsers offer a fairly minimalist design, however Safari’s is just a bit more minimalist. The
reason being, it’s designed and built by Apple and built into every iOS device, so of course it’s going
to be designed to look as much as iOS as possible. It is thin, has clean lines and lots of space to view
websites. When you’re scrolling through a website, the toolbar and address bar slide away, giving
the entire screen to view the content of the webpage.
Speed and Reliability Depending who you talk to and how much attention you pay to is, Safari is known to have the better
browsing speed, meaning it will load webpages faster.
However, Safari is also known for not loading quite a number of webpages and will just hang,
whereas Chrome will load the same page with no drama. Therefore Chrome has the greater
reliability for browsing.
Cloud syncing When you login to your browser, Cloud Syncing allows you to sync your usernames and passwords
between devices, along with bookmarks, browsing history and tabs. Both browsers offer this
support very well. Safari does this through iCloud integration, where Chrome accomplishes this
through your Google account information.
However, Cloud Syncing only works for the one browser. That meaning, what you store and use in
Chrome will not easily sync to Safari and vise versa. Therefore to maximise use of Cloud Syncing,
it’s best to choose one browser over the other.
Winning Browser Choosing one browser over the other is a tough thing to do. Both
browsers perform well on iPads and iPhones and offer a wide range
of features. However, I think if I personally had to choose, I’d choose
Chrome, simply because it integrates well with my Google account
and cloud synching is seamless. Although, I do like the idea of the
Reading List in Safari and tend to use Safari on my iPhone over
Chrome. It’s worth noting too that iOS doesn’t allow you to change
your default browser, and if you click a link in an email it will always
open in Safari.
Ultimately I’d advise if you use Safari on your desktop, Mac or PC
then use Safari on your iOS device. However, as a lot of us do, if you use Chrome on your desktop
or PC, then I highly recommend using Chrome on your iPad (or iPhone). The one thing Safari can’t
beat is Google Now integration.