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Ipad Web browsers

hiranuk

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Hi



I just bought the new ipad last week. I am looking for a web browser that will allow me to zoom into the web page more than what safari will allow. I hve tried, chrome, firefox and a few other browsers but they all allow only a certain amount of zoom. I want to zoom in a lot more than what these browsers allow.



Can anyone recommend a browser that will allow maximum zoom.



Thanks
 

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I seem to recall reading that ALL iOS browsers are essentially Safari inside, with bric-a-brac added on top. I've tried many, and always return to Safari because it's faster and more reliable.
 

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I seem to recall reading that ALL iOS browsers are essentially Safari inside, with bric-a-brac added on top. I've tried many, and always return to Safari because it's faster and more reliable.
Also, Safari has a level of integration with iOS that no third party browser will ever have.
 

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I've also tried many other browsers including those like Chrome and Opera that can sync with their desktop/laptop versions and always end up back with Safari.
 

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I personally believe that or thought to believe that Safari was and is the only way to surf the web or internet on the iPad.
 

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For all intents and purposes I suppose you're right. I use Firefox on my Ubuntu desktop but didn't like it that well on the iPad even with it's sync'ing feature and the same was true with Chrome/Chromium. With the other browsers there was always something I didn't like and I invariably ended up back with Safari. In the end, Safari is a fine browser which just works good.
 

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I wonder why it's called safari. ?

Some discussion HERE - check the blog post link by Ariya Hidayat - web browser names seem to encompass the concept of 'exploring' the world (or surfing) - a Safari is a 'search' or 'exploration' of Africa for animals; similarly, other browsers, such as Explorer or Navigator suggest a similar relationship; of course, there are others w/o that implication (e.g. Chrome) - Dave :)
 

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Some discussion HERE - check the blog post link by Ariya Hidayat - web browser names seem to encompass the concept of 'exploring' the world (or surfing) - a Safari is a 'search' or 'exploration' of Africa for animals; similarly, other browsers, such as Explorer or Navigator suggest a similar relationship; of course, there are others w/o that implication (e.g. Chrome) - Dave :)

I guess it was derived from Indonesian language or Singapore maybe.
 

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