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by amazingman 5421 days ago
Why can't I put a web app in the app drawer on my Android phone and run it as an app without the browser chrome? For a vendor who allegedly does not care about the web and only cares about platform lock-in, Apple sure does spend a lot of resources on Webkit and making mobile Safari a best-in-class experience.
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When you run a safari app that way Apple disables the fast javascript engine so that it can't compete with real apps:

http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/apple-phonegap-html5-nitro