The browsing experience might change with the unveiling of the new operating system for Apple Products, iOS 8. It could bring with it increased functionality for mobile devices, according to an article written for CNET. But what will the day-to-day impact be for business use of mobile devices?
The article featured recent comments made by Anders Carlsson of the project WebKit on Apple's hope for users' future experiences with this software. One key area of improvement is the performance of JavaScript apps on mobile devices, with the company hoping that it can make this run smoother.
This is because the WebKit employed in this sphere is dependent on the latest version of the JavaScript Nitro engine. Speaking at an Apple conference, Carlsson described the way that this engine will integrate with the typical operations performed on a mobile touchscreen device.
"We've taken the back/forward swipes and the pinch-to-zoom gestures from Safari and built them right into WebKit," he said.
Companies that are interested in successful portal integration should think about all of the different components they will be working with in this sphere. A list was recently featured in Mac World of the different features and apps that users should now expect, including the added features in its version of Safari, such as private browsing tabs (as opposed to windows) and support to underdog search engine DuckDuckGo.
Inventu's Flynet Terminal Emulator for mainframe, AS400 and UNIX access already runs great on the existing iOS Safari – with the improvements in the JavaScript engine the pop-up keyboards and other features should run even faster.