App Detail » Surfboard by Jonny

Published by: Junyu Kuang

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $1.99
Current Version: 1.2.1
Released: December 03, 2015

What's New

• 3D Touch supported: If you are using iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, now you can switch search engine from Home Screen just by force press Surfboard’s icon, them you can start searching right away.

• URL Scheme supported:
surfboard:// Open app;
surfboard://google Start search on Google;
surfboard://baidu Start search on Baidu;
surfboard://github Start search on GitHub;
surfboard://stack-overflow Start search on Stack Overflow.

• Fixed a problem cause tap address/search bar no response.

• Fixed a problem cause address/search bar not alignment on iOS 9.2.1.

App Description

For iPad: Surfboard allows you to browse 2 webpages side by side (Split View supported device required)*

For all iOS devices: Surfboard extension allows you to open webpage in Safari View Controller instead of app's slowly web view via iOS Share Sheet**

How to use?
• To display webpages side by side, you first open Safari, then swipe from display's right edge to show app list, and open Surfboard app, pin it on your display's right side, then copy a web link from Safari that you want it display on the right side.
• To open webpage in Safari View Controller, in most apps, you can long press a web link, then find Surfboard in sharable app list and tap it.

Surfboard is based on Safari View Controller, including following features:
• Reader mode will be activated automatically if it is available, so you can enjoy the content without ads
• Safari Content Blockers are also supported to block content and boost web loading speed
• You do not have to log in again in Surfboard, if you have already done so in Safari

* Split View is available on iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro and newer iPad

** iOS Share Sheet is not used in all apps, so Surfboard extension is not supported for al apps. For most common use cases, you can use Surfboard extension in Twitter, but cannot use in Facebook.