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by RightTail 2120 days ago
Maybe Epic will have some breakthroughs in making Fortnite browser based.

Not sure what would be needed to accomplish this.

Maybe better WebGL?

That would be amazing to help kids discover that the internet is much larger than apps.
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ThatPlayer 2120 days ago
This doesn't completely work because of all the missing features that Apple's iOS Safari does not implement. And you cannot even get a different browser (engine), because of Apple's App Store rules.

Off the top of my head, iOS Safari doesn't support notifications or (at least on iPhone) fullscreen API. Surprisingly there is controller support

https://caniuse.com/#feat=fullscreen

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RightTail 2120 days ago
So this couldn't be done in a different browser to the best of your knowledge?
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ThatPlayer 2119 days ago
It could be done in a different browser that supports these features, of course. But on iOS, there is no other browser, and Apple prevent any other browser from being put onto the App Store. Chrome and Firefox on iOS is just a skin around iOS Safari with bookmark syncing features. They have no ability to implement these features on iOS.
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RightTail 2119 days ago
You sure? There seem to be a few others such as Dolphin, iCab etc.
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