Chrome for iOS
Chrome for iOS doesn't use V8 or the Chromium fork of WebKit, just UIWebView. [0] Because it's using WebViews, it's about 3x slower than the OS's Safari browser [1], because WebViews in sandboxed apps don't get the "Nitro" JavaScript JIT from iOS 5 onwards (presumably for mark-executable security reasons).<p>Unless the tab-sharing feature is crucial to more people than I thought, I don't think this app is going to be a runaway hit.<p>0: <a href="https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/viviancromwell/status/218402587760795648</a>
1: <a href="https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/218434462751539200" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/21843446275153920...</a>