Bookmarks aren’t imported from the iPad’s own Safari, so you’ll need to rebuild them on your own. A transparent page loading status bar floats in the bottom left corner, and the collection of top-of-screen navigation icons looks like it’s straight out of an old version of Firefox, with colorful globe, plus, star, and other icons that draw attention rather than fading into the background. An arrow-based scroll bar for faster navigation floats on the right side, with a tab-hiding arrow above it, a full screen arrow above that, and a nav bar hiding arrow yet above that. The Bad: A1’s interface looks like a second- or third-rate version of Firefox, lacking the elegance of Mobile Safari and cluttering the screen with various arrows and overlays. The app also includes font rescaling, a “desktop web rendering” feature to let MobileSafari request pages as if it was desktop Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, or Internet Explorer, and various fullscreen modes that temporarily eliminate the iPad’s status bar, the app’s own navigation bar, and tabs to provide more browsing real estate space. Touching a tab brings it up immediately, without any of the forced reloading seen when switching between pages in Safari, and you can use two-finger gestures to swipe between tabs if you desire. The Good: A1 includes full support for tabbed browsing, effectively enabling you to skip instantly between numerous web pages-and to load those pages automatically every time the application starts, if you desire-a feature that’s so big and generally well-executed that Apple’s left with little excuse for omitting it in the next release of Safari. ![]() ![]() The Promise: The name couldn’t be much cheesier, but A1 Perfect Web Browser for iPad ($3, version 1.0) from Ingenious Creations is a desktop computer-inspired enhancement of the Mobile Safari web browser, “the fastest and most advanced feature-packed fullscreen web browser to date.” A1 adds a collection of small but non-trivial features to Safari, including tabbed browsing, evolving the iPad browsing experience to something that’s much closer to using a Mac or PC.
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