Other browsers for ipad

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Other browsers for ipad

I give up on safari and ios 5. Cache issues, constant crashes (probably same root cause), it just isn't worth it. Found opera, odd apple has it listed as age restricted. Does anyone have any suggestions?

HP, Windows XP

Posted on Jan 11, 2012 10:56 AM

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King_Penguin

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Jan 11, 2012 10:58 AM in response to jpozuk

I think that all browsers are listed as age restricted on the basis on what you could then browse with them, so it's not just Opera. Two of the most popular browser apps are iCab Mobile and Atomic Web - neither are free unlike Opera.

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jpozuk Author

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Jan 11, 2012 11:05 AM in response to King_Penguin

Thanks. Will try opera first. If only I never upgraded to ios 5.

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jpozuk Author

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Jan 11, 2012 11:40 AM in response to King_Penguin

Well opera seemed great until I tried to log into linkedin. Silently keep getting rejected. Other sited like local newspaper load great. Linkedin indicates I need javascript enabled. Can not find opera tools setting for this. Is this supported?

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paulcb

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Jan 11, 2012 12:04 PM in response to jpozuk

Spend the $2 on iCabMobile... it's worth it.

Atomic Web Browser has very good reviews as well and it's only $1. 😉

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King_Penguin

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Jan 11, 2012 11:57 AM in response to jpozuk

It's possible that the Opera browser doesn't support Javascript - I can't find any settings in it with which to enable it, nor any mention of it in the app's description in the store

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jpozuk Author

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Jan 11, 2012 12:02 PM in response to King_Penguin

Did some googling with my laptop. Does not look like it is supported. Time to let a few of those moths out of my wallet.

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jpozuk Author

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Jan 11, 2012 12:03 PM in response to paulcb

Thanks for the suggestion. I discovered why Opera is free.

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