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by renata 4397 days ago
It's iOS' performance problem because Chrome is forced to use a UIWebView instead of the Nitro engine: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/ios/overview.
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SoftwareMaven 4397 days ago
It would be wonderful if Apple virtualized the UIWebView process so it could safely use nitro. Not only would it help Chrome (not that I bet Apple cares :), but also a huge number of applications. And, if apps were fully virtualized, it could possibly open up new, interesting possibilities that have been heretofore deemed unsafe.
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joshschreuder 4396 days ago
It does indeed help a large number of apps (though more and more are going full native since the Facebook app drama).

Jailbreakers have had this for a while now with Nitrous, a tweak which unlocks the Nitro engine to all apps.

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coldtea 4397 days ago
But virtualized would be slower for everybody, right?
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