The Internet advice sought

[devonwoody]

I do not like safari . I am used to I.e. On my pc.
Is there anything I can use on my iPad other than safari?

 

[nev]

Yes. Go to the app store on your ipad and search for Web Browser. There are a few to choose from, Chrome , Opera and Dolphin are probably the most popular.

 

[finneyb]

I'm no expert but have a look at this http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409904,00.asp

Looks to me as if you are stuck with Safari, any other browser eg Chrome etc will have to use Safari ie be just a Safari wrapper and slower.
Not a fan of Apple far to controlling and restrictive for their commercial gain.

Brian

 

[bugbear]

I do not like safari . I am used to I.e. On my pc.
Is there anything I can use on my iPad other than safari?

The iPad is so unlike a PC, avoiding Safari won't help. IE on a iPad not be very PC-like.

You may as well stick with Safari.

BugBear

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks. Black mark for Apple.
Give me mickey any day.

 

[Kalimna]

I find Chrome quite useful on my iPad - there are some sites that don't render well on Safari but do on Chrome for some reason. Neither do I find it noticeably slower to run.

Cheers,
Adam

 

[RogerS]

I'm no expert but have a look at this http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409904,00.asp

Looks to me as if you are stuck with Safari, any other browser eg Chrome etc will have to use Safari ie be just a Safari wrapper and slower.
Not a fan of Apple far to controlling and restrictive for their commercial gain.

Brian

Well, one benefit of staying with Apple stuff is that broadly speaking I don't have to worry about nasties, viruses etc. I can just get on and do stuff.

 

[bugbear]

I'm no expert but have a look at this http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409904,00.asp

Looks to me as if you are stuck with Safari, any other browser eg Chrome etc will have to use Safari ie be just a Safari wrapper and slower.
Not a fan of Apple far to controlling and restrictive for their commercial gain.

Brian

Well, one benefit of staying with Apple stuff is that broadly speaking I don't have to worry about nasties, viruses etc. I can just get on and do stuff.

Begun, the OS wars have.

BugBear

 

[RogerS]

Lol [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

 

[NickWelford]

Easy. If you don't like Apple, don't buy an iPad. On the other hand, it is still the best all round tablet.

 

[bugbear]

Easy. If you don't like Apple, don't buy an iPad. On the other hand, it is still the best all round tablet.

Damning with faint praise...

BugBear (not a tablet fan)

 

[Harbo]

What's wrong with Safari - I have no problems with it on my Apple gear?
I use Firefox on my PC - IE is the pits!!

Rod

 

[devonwoody]

On the iPad all it wants are passwords repeatedly a nd these days everyone has different requirements.

IE is usually content one registered at a forum.

 

[petermillard]

Use Autofill password??

HTH Pete

 

[Harbo]

If you are using your iPad for Forum stuff get the Tapatalk App - makes forum participation so much easier

Rod

 

[mindthatwhatouch]

Chrome!

 

[Jonzjob]

I have no idea what it's like compared to Firefox on my iMac or MacBook but you could do a lot worse than this if it is like wot I got?

http://www.virtualfirefox.com/Firefox-Browser-for-ipad

Just as a matter of interest, there is no way that I would go back to Windose after OS X. It's much more secure, as Roger said, but you still have to be careful with it. I don't use Safari so I have no idea what it's like and as I have never used an iPad I can't comment on them. If I were to go to a tablet then it would be an iPad, probably a refurbished one?

 

[devonwoody]

Safari, sometimes it's lets me into the forums, and then it won't.. Although remember me is on and I have email notifications on.
Favourites are a pain compared to I.e.
Web fails to connect to guest Internet on many occasions.
It's password controlled on everything and we know what a pain that can be.

 

[mseries]

The connection issues are almost certainly distinct from your choice of browser. Regarding so, sometimes letting you onto forums and sometimes not, what do you mean ? Does it sometimes accept your password and sometimes not ? or is it that sometimes it won't render that page ? Regarding passwords, remembering them and keying them, consider some sort of password manager. Not all demand you send then your (encrypted) passwords, the ones I use on Windows and Linux store them locally on my hard disc or memory stick.

 

[NikNak]

Remember also that a tablet is not the same as a pc, in as much as they have different functionality.

A pc will do anything you want, but a tablet is primarily a browsing device, the same as a phone is.