Fullscreen for safari on Ipad
Hi,
I would like to know can we view Safari in fullscreen mode for Ipad?
If it is possible, how should I do it?
iPad, iOS 5.1.1
Safari does not have a full screen mode in iOS for the iPad.
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The feature was not released for the iPad. It only works on the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
iOS 6 features and capabilities vary between devices, with some features available only with certain devices and models.
| iPhone | iPad | iPod touch | |||||
| iOS 6 feature | 3GS | 4 | 4S | 5 | 2nd generation |
3rd generation |
4th generation |
| Maps: Flyover | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Maps: Turn-by-turn1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓4 | ✓4 | |||
| Siri2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Facebook integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared Photo Streams | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Passbook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Camera: Panorama | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Camera: Snap stills while recording | ✓ | ||||||
| FaceTime over cellular3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Phone: Reply/Remind | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Do Not Disturb | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mail VIPs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Safari: Full screen view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Safari: Offline reading list | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Guided Access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Made for iPhone hearing aids | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
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it verges on insane that there is no fullscreen option for Safari. Isn't Apple supposed to be all about the experience? why would I want to look at an ugly address bar with tabs on it when i can hold a website in my hands? yes, I understand that there are alternatives but that's no reason, this should be the bare minimum for an ipad web surfing app. I appreciate and make use of cloud synchronisation between my macbook and the ipad, but still switch to dolphin when reading longer articles and I am sure I am not the only one.
The amount of screen real estate that could be obtained by a "full screen" mode on an iPad in minimal 3-4% at best. Hardly worth the effort and practically no impact on site readability. You can turn off the favorites bar (Setting app > Safari), and on some sites use the the Reader function, but other than that no Safari option for full screen nor any indication of a change coming. You can offer your feedback to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/; or use an alternate browser (of which there are many, some offering variations of "full screen").
This is not about practicality, it is about aesthethics and style, which normally are amongst apple's selling points, but most of all about choice. An extra butten hidden somewhere really wouldn't harm anyone's experience who doesn't want to use it, I understand that they don't want to clutter their app with fancy add-ons but consider this a bare minimum requirement and not an extra. Thanks for the feedback link, I will vent my frustration through the appropriate channels (no feedback can be given in the appstore to Safari, I find that outragous too)
Zadory wrote:
Thanks for the feedback link, I will vent my frustration through the appropriate channels (no feedback can be given in the appstore to Safari, I find that outragous too)
That is because you can't purchase Safari in the app store. It is a built in iOS app.
Try two-finger swipe upwards. Hides addressbar / toolbar. Works in IOS 8, not sure when it was added.
Two-finger swipe downwards restores normal view.
Fullscreen for safari on Ipad