Safari and Rover

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple. It is an application both on a Mac and iPad. Rover is also a web browser, however, it is a “Flash capable” browsing app designed for iPad. Safari as a broadly used web browser has many features, such as Full-text search, Safari Reader, iCloud tabs…While Rover could be used for a more educational purpose when to access flash content on iPad.

I will prefer to use Safari, because it looked very handy and at the same time there are many limitations on using Rover on iPad. For example, websites using the Unity plugin for 3D graphics will not work on Rover. The gestures in Flash content don’t work well and lag causes delays and problems for interactive sites. It does not support other common web plugins like shockwave or Unity. And it is only good for using one iPad at a time and only with a fast and unlimited broadband connection. Since it uses too much bandwidth, it is will not be a good choice to allow the whole class using it simultaneously in the class.