The default browser used in the mobile operation system iOS.
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How do I un-trust or remove blacklisted root CAs from mobile Safari on my iPhone or iPad?
The DigiNotar root CA has been compromised and has been blacklisted by Mozilla and Chrome. I've already un-trusted their root CA in Keychain on my OS X devices, but how can I do something similar on ...
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How to stop iPad/Safari from treating certain numbers as 'phone numbers'?
I've got some pages on an intranet that show numerical rates to 4 decimal places, eg 147.1453. When these pages are viewed on an iPad, some of these rates appear underlined and clicking on them causes ...
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How do I hover on the iPad?
Is there a way to hover over content in a web page when viewing it in Safari in the iPad? Specifically, I was trying to hover over the individual avatars at Ask Different iPad Contest home page. On a ...
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Is there a way to have iOS remember passwords to HTTP authenticated sites?
There's a page I frequently access on my iPhone that's protected by HTTP authentication, and I'm finding it annoying having to type in my username and password every time I want to access it. I tried ...
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Is there a quicker way to clear cache on Safari mobile?
Is there a quicker way to clear cache in Safari on iPhone besides going to Settings -> Safari -> Clear Cache?
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Can I prevent websites from disabling zoom?
I've noticed that more and more websites are disabling the ability to zoom on an ipad using Safari (or other mobile browsers, it seems).
Is there a setting to turn this ability off, or some other way ...
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Does Safari for iOS 4.2.1 support WebGL?
Does iOS 4.2.1, the latest release at the time of this question, support WebGL?
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How can I capture a screenshot of an entire webpage in iPhone's Safari browser?
How to capture screenshot of entire webpage in iPhone's Safari browser like I can take in my Desktop with Help of Firefox Addon called Fireshot?
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Is there a plugin to block ads in Mobile Safari?
Is there any plugin to block ads in iPhone, iPad's Safari like Ad Block Plus is available for Firefox (Desktop)?
Without jailbreaking.
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Infinite Safari history on iPad?
I really don't like to bookmark things (on iPad or other platforms) but just type a few relevent letters that bring the right site from browser history as a suggestion. However, on iPad I noticed that ...
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In iOS 4.2, how do you search within a web page in Safari?
I already have it installed (the gold master), but I can't for the life of me figure out how to search a page.
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How can I remove a site from the reading list in Safari on my iPhone?
How do I edit the items in my "reading list" in Safari? Unlike bookmarks, there doesn't seem to be an "edit" option.
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On the iPad, how do I tell what version of Mobile Safari I have?
I'd like to know what precise version of Mobile Safari the iPad I'm using has. Is there any way to find out (preferably from the device itself)? There doesn't seem to be any menu in Safari Mobile, and ...
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Why does Safari cache old pages on iPhone even after you've downloaded the new page?
This may be a problem specific to Reddit.com, but I find that if I follow a link to another site on mobile safari and hit back, that only part of the time will I see the latest copy of the page. A ...
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Can I see detailed browser history on the iPhone?
I have an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1. When I go into Safari's History page, I can see my browsing history by day, but I need to know what page I visited two days ago, at a specific time. Is there any way ...
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Is there something similar to the Greasemonkey script system for a browser in iOS?
Greasemonkey is explained in this Wikipedia entry.
I would like to add my own stylesheet to a particularly non-mobile-friendly website. Is there any way to accomplish this? Are there any browser apps ...
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Why does Safari on the iPhone sometimes display a broken play image for YouTube videos?
Sometimes I get this "cannot play" image instead of a YouTube video. The video looks normal on a computer, so I'm not sure why this happens. Reloading the page in Safari doesn't help.
Here's the ...
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Importing vCards from a website into iOS’s Contacts.app
I have a web page with tables full of people & their contact information. I started writing a pairing of php & javascript to automagically generate vCards (*.vcf) for each contact. Half way ...
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Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art?
I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link on my iPhone, the Quicktime Application opens and plays the MP3. It looks like this:
Is it possible to show album art ...
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How can I tell when Safari on iPad is using HTTPS
Safari hides the protocol part of the URL (HTTP or HTTPS) in the address bar.
When I'm purchasing something on the Internet, I like to check that I'm using HTTPS when entering credit card details or ...
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Where has my Safari gone?
I have somehow managed to delete Safari from my iPhone and I can't get it back. It's obviously still on my phone, because when I search for it, I can find, and use it. Is there a remedy for this? Is ...
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Downloading and uploading files through Safari iOS
I am aware that iPad does not have a file-system in traditional sense.
I want to know how Safari for iOS behaves when trying to download/upload files from/to a website.
Suppose I go to ...
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How to “Ctrl-F” in iPhone's Safari browser?
Most browsers have a "search" or "find" function (accessible through CtrlF) which allows us to search the webpage for text.
Does iPhone's Safari browser have this functionality?
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How do I suppress the address bar in mobile Safari?
When I add the Nibbble web app to my iPhone home page, it not only installs an icon, but when run, also hides all of the mobile Safari chrome.
How does it achieve this?
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Does Mobile Safari have an image file size limit?
I'm developing a website which contains, by its nature, very large images. When testing on an iPad, I'm noticing that any image on the page larger than 2MB is not showing up, just showing the dreaded ...
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Is it possible to use custom fonts in Mobile Safari?
I need to install a font in iPad2, and Safari must be able to use it. Is it possible?
Solution:
I'm developing a iPad2 app using a web wrapper (PhoneGap) and a JS framework (Sencha Touch 2). I need ...
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Show the Mobile Safari Debug Console on demand
Using the same iPad for testing and casual browsing makes the handling of the Mobile Safari Debug Console a little annoying.
Is there any way to enable it on demand (ie on my test sites), without ...
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How do I turn off the “Reader” button in Mobile Safari?
I never use the "Reader" feature in iOS 5's Mobile Safari, and the button for it sits there in the address bar just being a nuisance when I want to see or edit the URL in the address box. How do I ...
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How long does Mobile Safari keep read items of Reading List in cache?
In iOS 6 the Reading List features has the ability to cache pages for offline viewing. I'd like to know how long these pages stay in the ever-growing cache of articles. Since I use this feature quite ...
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iPad/iPhone on iOS 5 - images don't always load in Safari, just on my network
This question is baffling to say the least, as I'm just not sure how to diagnose where the problem is happening.
Here's the problem: when I am connected to my network in the office (but not on other ...
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Why does mobile Safari revert to “Never accept cookies”?
Every few days Safari on my iPhone (iOS 5.0.1) reverts to "Never" accept cookies. I put it to "From Visited" but it switches back shortly thereafter.
Discussion elsewhere suggests an Exchange link ...
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How to mail link from mobile Safari to an Exchange address book entry?
When selecting Mail Link to this Page from mobile Safari, no Exchange address groups are available when attempting to insert a recipient ("Choose a contact to mail").
Also, Outlook Personal Contacts ...
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Why does the Mobile Safari Browser on iOS not allow file uploads?
As already known, it's not possible for iOS users to select image files to upload from Safari on iPhone, because the browse button to display the "select file"- dialog is disabled. It works fine on ...
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Can I block ads on a (jailbroken) iPad?
I am about to buy an iPad, and was using a friend's device recently. I noticed all these multi-colour intrusive square things I'm completely unused to seeing because I've been using Adblock Plus for ...
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How to get Safari crash report?
I have been able to reproduce a bug that makes the iOS5 browser crash and stop unexpectingly. I am unable to reproduce that bug outside of our web application so I was thinking to send a crash report ...
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Can you force a mobile site on your iPhone to show full desktop view?
Is there a way to force websites, when browsing them on your phone, to go into full desktop view? For instance, when I go to the NASCAR website on my phone, it displays a mobile version. But the ...
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How do I view title text for a web page on a mobile device?
XKCD on my kindle or phone just doesn't cut it. I do all my other morning reading from the comfort of the ivory throne, but always have to revisit XKCD when I'm at a full blown computer with a mouse ...
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Can I stop mobile Safari from opening my bookmarks whenever I start the app?
Whenever I start Safari on my iPhone it insists on bringing up the last bookmarks folder I happened to be in. Is there a way to disable this behaviour and just have it present me with an empty page ...
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Hiding URL Bar on iPad?
I am working on a small web app that runs on controlled iPad (i.e., both the hardware and content is in our office and never leaves). I would like to hide the URL bar in this app. I've placed the ...
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Is there a way to change the typeface used in Safari's “Reader” mode?
The typeface used in Safari's "Reader" mode (on both iOS and OS X) seems to be some form of Palatino, which, while certainly not the worst screen face, isn't the best either. This used to be a ...
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Maximum dimensions of Mobile Safari viewport on iPhone 4
I need to know the maximum width and height of the viewport in Mobile Safari, iPhone 4, without the height of the statusbar on top and the bar with the forward/back/bookmarks bar at the bottom.
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Custom search engine in mobile Safari
At the moment I am in mainland China, using an iPad set to British locale. When I use the search field in mobile Safari, it always loads google.com.hk (not google.com or google.co.uk).
Unfortunately ...
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How to have links open in Google Chrome from emails?
Before switching to the Chrome browser app from mobile Safari when I would click a link in a email it would automatically open the page in Safari. Now clicking a link does nothing and I have to copy ...
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Mobile Safari requires external Javascript from another domain which is blocked or failed to load
When using Mobile Safari on my iPhone (4, iOS 5.0.1) to view this site, I am not able to log in using the top right drop down arrow that is seen on the mobile view. Nor am I able to enter the full ...
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How can I turn on the browser's cookie functionality?
After I changed my Gmail password (on a PC), and try to login (with both the new and old password) on the iPod Touch, the browser shows:
Your browser's cookie functionality is turned off. Please ...
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iPhone Safari formatting
In previous versions of Mobile Safari, when I used Google Reader on my iPhone and clicked through to open an article on the New York Times or another news site, it would open in a mobile-optimized ...
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How to enable the iOS spell checker in Mobile Safari?
The iOS spell checker works for me in all the iOS applications, but it doesn't seem to work for text I type in a text area in Mobile Safari. For instance, spelling errors are underlined in red for ...
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Site Blocker for Mobile Safari Google Searches
Is there a way to block content scraper sites from Google searches on Mobile Safari? I would like something like the "Personal Blocklist" now available for Google Chrome.
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Is there any way to globally or — at least persistently — kill OnSwipe for iPad browsing?
So, web browsing on the iPad has its quirks and drawbacks, but the one that stands head and shoulders above all others for me is the abomination that is OnSwipe, and especially its incarnation as a ...
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iPhone 4S Safari Scrolling
I've recently switched from Android to an iPhone 4S, and while it's great, there's a few annoying issues. One of them is when I'm viewing long web pages. On my Android I could flick the screen and it ...
