iCab Mobile web browser

[bobsled]

A quick search of this forum showed no results for this topic.

I recently ran across mention of this browser over at the Audiobus forum and thought I'd check it out. Glad I did.


http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 11628&mt=8


Will allow you to quickly download zip or rar files, unzip and open in apps like Nave. Very handy for getting 3rd party banks imported without having to use iTunes.

Also many other cool features beyond the download manager that Safari lacks.

[Crabshack]

yep,i also saw that people recomended it in the audiobus forum Would like to buy this as well but it pisses me of that you can't have another standard browser than safari.Many links still open in safari then.Do you know a way of importing safari bookmarks into iCab?

[bobsled]

Sadly, I could not find a way to import my ipad Safari bookmarks into iCab.

[Tim Webb]

You can make iCab (or any thing) your default browser if you're jailbroken. Look for Browser Changer on Cydia. Although you can't import Safari bookmarks, you can import/export to other iCab copies via Dropbox, Firebox Sync, and iCloud. I use Dropbox to keep my bookmarks synced on my iPad an iPhone.

It would be great if iCab added support for Audiobus, and if anyone would do it they would be the guys to do so. As far as I know, they're still the only browser that allows uploading via typical Javascript forms.

[martygras]

I'm kinda waiting for iOS7. Maybe that will change the way some file sharing is handled.

I know it'll render several apps useless. Each release adds new functionality that some apps were offered as workarounds etc.

[BMoore]

iDownloader is currently free.
I'm using it to unzip, open, and install Thor and Soundrizer soundsets, that seem to pop up everywhere now.

[chris1a]

Yep iCab will save you lots of headaches when handling files. Basically any browser other then Apples own Safari browser do have a download manager. There are also lots and lots of "downloaders", like the above one. Another category of apps that usually can download and unzip/rar and use the "open in" function are documents handlers (GoodReader being an excellent example). So there's lots of choices. I use iCab, not sure it's the best browser when it comes to speed and all but it's the most feature rich one. Atomic browser would be my other choice, got most of the same features and generally feels a bit faster interface wise.

[bobsled]

I'm taking another look at Goodreader. iCab doesn't like rar files. Will check out iDownloader, too.

Still not going back to Safari.

[mojofunk]

Using an iPad that is not jailbroken is like eating candy with the wrapper still on.