How to add Head for Points to your phone home screen, just like an app

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• Lumma says:

  4 Aug4 August 04:05

  Do people actually use Safari on iPhone? You can “Add to home screen” with other browsers on iOS too anyway

  • mradey says:

    4 Aug4 August 06:33

    I’m curious – what browser would you recommend for iPhone?

    • Lumma says:

      4 Aug4 August 07:56

      I use Firefox for personal stuff and Chrome for work, when I need to translate at site or when Firefox doesn’t work. I’ve only recently switched back to iPhone as was shocked at how utterly dreadful Safari is.

      • Brighton Belle says:

        4 Aug4 August 08:08

        Give us all a clue why Safari is rubbish and Firefox is lovely on iPhone. My Safari on iPhone seems fine so I must be missing on digital treats.

        • ChrisBCN says:

          4 Aug4 August 11:09

          Yeah Safari is trash – use duckduckgo for privacy or Chrome because it’s easy, or Firefox sits somewhere in between.

      • LittleNick says:

        4 Aug4 August 11:53

        Why is safari on iOS dreadful and trash?

  • Geoff says:

    4 Aug4 August 07:47

    Yes I’d imagine millions use safari on iPhone

  • chris1922 says:

    4 Aug4 August 09:10

    iPhone user here. I use Chrome, same as all my device browsers.

  • Al says:

    4 Aug4 August 15:40

    Technically every browser on the iOS is Safari, or at least the Safari engine (WebKit ). Chrome, Firefox et al are just wrappers around the core of Safari. UX is different, but pages render the same.

  • Andy says:

    5 Aug5 August 11:21

    Currently all / most browsers on iOS are Safari under the hood

    That’s going to change for EU customers as they’re forced Apple to allow other browser makers to be able to post their engines to iOS but not sure any are released yet

• Gordon says:

  4 Aug4 August 06:13

  I use google search via safari, and hfp is there under frequently searched, I know it’s two clicks, but safari is on the bottom of my screen, permanently next to the phone call icon, so probably quicker as I’m not searching for an app, as I have acquired many icons to search through.

• ACK says:

  4 Aug4 August 06:49

  Perhaps the reason one asked about an app is to have features you don’t have today. Not having to type name and email every time you want to comment, have your favourite articles pinned or grouped together that you frequently want to re-read, have forum topics pinned that you read often etc. I don’t like to install apps for every little thing, in fact I hate that companies push their stupid app into my face. But, I can see why one would want to have an app and more importantly, you’d have a lot more exact picture on who reads you, from where, how often, what they read, how far they read each article etc. Yes, you have stats today and you do surveys. However your stats are limited by what http as a protocol can offer, and what browsers as applications allow. An app can go beyond that.

  • Rob says:

    4 Aug4 August 08:14

    You’ll never meet a bunch of people less bothered about data than us.

    Churn out good stuff, people will read it. Get people and money follows. Not difficult. 12 years of continuous strong growth and all that.

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    4 Aug4 August 08:42

    “Not having to type name and email every time you want to comment …”

    There is the rather useful “save password” feature for that!

    • Amy C says:

      4 Aug4 August 09:04

      But in my experience it never, ever does save it!

      • @mkcol says:

        4 Aug4 August 19:51

        Weird, as I’m typing this my browser already has my name & email prepopulated ready to go.

        • Rob says:

          4 Aug4 August 20:50

          Yes, it seems to work fine – not something we get complaints about (although obviously if you have cookie restrictions on your device then it can’t store the cookie required to hold your details).

• Liz says:

  4 Aug4 August 06:53

  Every day’s a school day! I didn’t know you could do that! I’ve now added it to my ipad homepage which is where I read HFP every day.

  • Sue says:

    4 Aug4 August 08:08

    Me too👍

• Greenpen says:

  4 Aug4 August 07:35

  I’ve added it this way too. Easy, unlike most technical instructions for computer stuff where one gets into a never ending mess with wrong/unclear/ambiguous/contradictory instructions!

• Oxonboy says:

  4 Aug4 August 08:27

  Best tip I’ve had for while. No need for the emails now, which don’t always seem to arrive. Just click on the icon, scan the site, read any articles of interest and close down. Job done. Repeat for any afternoon announcements that don’t get emailed.

• Mikeact says:

  4 Aug4 August 09:03

  Same with any site, ie FlyerTalk etc.

• FatherOfFour says:

  4 Aug4 August 09:44

  I have added the forum page as my “app” to save one further click. (I can still see the headlines from the homepage under (discuss today’s articles at the top)

  @AmyC I believe the keep me logged in feature works if you stick to the same device. My experience is if I log in on an alternative device (I use at least 3 for browsing hfp) it logs me out on the others.

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