RockMelt: Almost As Bad On iPhone

When I first tried out RockMelt earlier this year, I wasn't able to use the browser because it actually kept crashing for me. In essence it was completely useless. While not completely useless this time around, it definitely needs some significant work, including the iPhone version that just came out.

When I first tried out RockMelt earlier this year, I wasn’t able to use the browser because it actually kept crashing for me. In essence it was completely useless. While not completely useless this time around, it definitely needs some significant work, including the iPhone version that just came out.

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Let’s start with one of the more annoying features of the application that I found. For most web browsers, the bar at the top of the screen typically responds to URLs that are entered — not Rockmelt! Instead, you need to enter a URL, then select an option which says “Open URL” in order to get where you are trying to go.

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