iOS web browsers
from JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 23 Apr 15:04
https://sh.itjust.works/post/36624579

Does anyone know of a web browser on iOS that allows for zooming with a double tap and hold with dragging. Similar to how zooming is handled on maps. The only thing I’ve found was Firefox on android but I haven’t found anything on iOS yet. I wouldn’t figure this to be a limitation of WebKit but I could be wrong.

#apple_enthusiast

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Hafty@lemmy.world on 23 Apr 16:22 next collapse

You might like Orion apps.apple.com/app/id1484498200

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 23 Apr 16:53 next collapse

Awesome browser

JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works on 23 Apr 17:07 collapse

I’ve tried it a while ago but it didn’t have the drag zoom function at the time unfortunately. Pretty nice to be able to have extensions other than that despite the WebKit restrictions.

bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works on 23 Apr 20:10 next collapse

Try iCab. It has tons of functions and settings.

RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.sdf.org on 23 Apr 23:42 collapse

iOS has an accessibility feature where you can tap two times with three fingers and zoom the screen. If you hold on the second tap and upward it will zoom in a custom amount. Sliding down zooms back out. Would that work? It would be independent of all web browsers.

JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 00:14 collapse

I saw that mentioned online when trying to research for this but three fingers don’t really work for one handed browsing lol

RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.sdf.org on 24 Apr 00:34 collapse

I didn’t know about this until now, but there is a feature called “back tap.“ It allows you to trigger specific actions by tappingeither two times or three times on the back of the iPhone. You can set this to zoom in or out.

This is where ChatGPT says to go:

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap.
  2. Choose Double Tap or Triple Tap, then select the action you want to assign.
JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 00:42 collapse

Ah forgot about that feature. Thanks for the heads up that might work well!