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Vadim Makeev

Happy browser choice day to those in Europe who celebrate! This is a second attempt to get it right. Brought to you by the iOS 18.2 update and the fine folks from @owa

An iOS dialog “About Your Default Browser”. The text goes: With iOS, you have a choice in your default web browser. By changing the default, you control which app opens when you open a website link. You can change the default web browser at any time in Settings. It ends with the Continue button.
The next “Choose Your Default Browser” step randomly lists many browsers, including Brave, Safari, Onion, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc. The list extends beyond the screen.
The same “Choose Your Default Browser” step but with the Firefox browser selected. It ends with the Set as Default Browser button.
The final “Replace "Safari" on Home Screen?” popup. The text goes: You can replace Safari with Firefox on your Home Screen, because you selected it as your default browser app. Safari will not be deleted from your iPhone. There are two buttons: Replace App and Don’t Replace.
12 December at 21:26 | Open on mastodon.social
6 comments
niu tech

@pepelsbey @owa It's a narrow victory since all web browsers on iOS are based on the same WebKit engine (yet).

All web browsers on iOS are in fact based on WebKit.
13 December at 12:47 | Open on fosstodon.org
Vadim Makeev

@niutech @owa Since the beginning of the year, you can now technically ship your own browser engine in Europe. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as it sounds, especially with the limited market.

13 December at 12:53 | Open on mastodon.social
niu tech

@pepelsbey @owa I know that theoretically it is possible, but nobody has done it yet.

13 December at 13:05 | Open on fosstodon.org
Open Web Advocacy

@pepelsbey @niutech but not really possible. We still have 4 critical blockers to this day: open-web-advocacy.org/apple-dm

14 December at 9:51 | Open on mastodon.social
django

I wonder what happens to your Homescreen PWAs when you switch to Firefox?

@pepelsbey @owa

13 December at 17:57 | Open on social.coop
Vadim Makeev

@django @owa They are opened, as usual, using the system WebKit engine. Not sure how it works when the browser uses its own engine. There aren’t any browsers like that yet.

13 December at 18:09 | Open on mastodon.social
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