I read that when you purchase an apple developer program enrollment it can take up to 24 hours for them to send you an activation email. I laughed out loud because I thought that was a silly joke, harkening back to the days of dial up modems and call in message boards.
Now? (Robbie looks at his watch)… I guess they weren’t pulling my leg.
A little lunch time Googling told me that I was right in my assumption that you cannot change the default browser on an iOS device. It is possible if you jail break your device, but I have no interest in doing that.
I guess I will just have to copy links out of emails and other apps. Not too big a deal, but I do want to use Chrome instead of Safari for now. I really don’t know why.
I was a die hard Firefox user until I got my iMac. For some reason when I set up the new computer I installed Chrome right away. I don’t think I installed Firefox at all. I actually use both at work as I have my own Google account and we use Gmail for work and I prefer to keep them separate. I want both accounts open so I use two browsers. Chrome for work, Firefox for personal.
Since getting the iMac I had rarely used my MacBook Pro. During the February music goofiness I used it quite a bit and without really thinking about it I was using Chrome for all of my browsing. Given that I kept all of the song arrangements and lyrics on a Google Document, and that every single idea I had got uploaded to the ‘net somewhere, I did a lot of browsing during the music making.
I guess Chrome just quietly won me over. I don’t think the browsing experience is any better or worse in iOS, at least as far as rendering the pages is concerned. I do prefer the tabbed functions in Chrome to the multi-page functions in Safari. Maybe I’m just a nerd.
Yeah, I’m probably just a nerd.
Let’s file this post as a note to myself. I have something I want to investigate, but I don’t have time right now.
Question: Can you change the default browser on an iOS device? On my iPhone and iPad I have buried the Safari app in a folder somewhere and replaced it on the static menu at the bottom of the screen (does that have a name?) with Chrome. The only issue I have is that links clicked in emails still open in Safari. I am curious if there is a way to make Chrome the default browser. I am 99.9% sure it is not possible, but I want to look around some before starting a massive internet campaign to get the option added to the next iOS release. (that’s sarcasm, kids. keep your eyes open or you might miss it)
What is significant about this?
I uploaded it to Flickr, using the brand spanking new Flickr iPhone app. Why is that significant? Because it uploaded the full sized image! The old app couldn’t do that. The old app shrunk the image down. Why on earth would a huge photo sharing web service have a mobile app that reduced the resolution of the images it uploaded? What they hell were they thinking??
Anyway, the problem is gone. The new app uploads the full image. It also has all sorts of instagramish filters that I totally ignored. I might play with them eventually, but not this time. I have pretty much stopped using Instagram. I actually deleted my account in protest of the removal of Twitter and (more importantly) Posterous integration, but then I went and opened another account. These days, when I want vintage looking camera phone pictures I go to hipstamatic.
Anyway, back on subject. I never really used the old Flickr mobile app because it sucked. Simply. I stuck to the web for my mobile Flickr needs, even though the Flickr mobile site kinda sucks too. I haven’t really done much with the new app, so I’m not going to declare it a success of anything. I am going to say that it’s a step in the right direction. When Marissa Mayer took over as the CEO of Yahoo I was among the many who publicly begged her to restore Flickr back to its former glory. I love Flickr. I want everyone and their mother to use Flickr. I want Flickr to once again be THE place on the web for photography, whether it be professionals posting magnificent works of photographic art, or dweebs like me posting hundreds of random camera phone images mixed in with slightly higher quality, but no less pointless vacation pictures. Basically, I want Flickr to rule again. May this new app be a sign that Yahoo is actually going to support, develop, and grow Flickr once again.
In other free iOS app news…
It’s back…
Google Maps is finally back! Oh happy day! No longer do we need to worry that our iPhone’s maps app is going to lead us to the wrong place, or lead us to the right place only to find out that the thing we’re looking for isn’t there. Peace of mind returns!
I had the new Google Maps app installed literally within seconds of hearing it was available. I couldn’t grab it fast enough. I only really used Apple Maps once, but after hearing all the horror stories and even hearing Tim Cook apologize for how crappy it is, I never even considered giving it a chance. Even before taking the last update I was playing with Waze quite a bit, but I still prefer Google. Tried and true, trusted Google Maps. It’s nice to have you back, old friend. We’ve missed you.
Now that the iPhone is posting fine, we have to test the iPad. Here’s hoping this shows up without any issues.
Oh, and what’s up with the occasional duplicates created by the import? Didn’t the import routine say that wasn’t going to happen?
Hello and welcome to my first post from my iPhone. Isn’t this exciting?
Hows about I post a picture from the drive home tonight. There was a nasty looking accident about five minutes from the office.
Have you noticed that I imported my Blogger posts? All 4400 or so of them.
Lets hope this posts and looks all right.
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