[Q] Dumb Q: how to get "home" on stock browser? - Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is gonna sound dumb but is there a "home" button that I don't see on the stock browser???
How do i get "home" after surfing a bunch of pages?

The only one I know of is on the top right of the Bookmarks screen
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Can't you open a new tab, and that is your homepage? Thats what I do.

thank you both for those suggestions, they will work for me.

alternatively, from from the quick menu via the sides, hit the bookmark and it'll be on the upper right of the bookmark screen

lacrossev said:
alternatively, from from the quick menu via the sides, hit the bookmark and it'll be on the upper right of the bookmark screen
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yes, enable the quick access menu from the Settings of the stock browser. That will give you buttons like: forward&back&reload, bookmarks, new tab, etc. Basically if you open a new tab that will have your home page.
rio

I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser

checkbox111 said:
I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser
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Why? The stock browser is as good as (as bad as?) any other browser.

checkbox111 said:
I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser
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That is true enough, but I have found that no matter what browser I try, I always go back to the stock one.
Just my 2 cents,
rio

I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
For all firefox mobile's problems with flash support and appalling image quality the ability to surf without annoying ads everywhere is tempting...

Matchstick said:
I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
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Install an ad-blocking hosts file!

Matchstick said:
I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
For all firefox mobile's problems with flash support and appalling image quality the ability to surf without annoying ads everywhere is tempting...
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Yea, especially from this site, I guess that is what the xda premium app is for. I have a hell of a time trying to close the ads that pop up on my transformer when browsing this site through the browser.

not to hijack this thread, but i find i cant use the search box in this forum. I click it, but i cant type on it.

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Dolphin and 2.2 - Auto-closes?

Is it just me or do Dolphin and Dolphin HD both auto-close immediately when trying to do something?
Anyone have an older version that works?
Yep, its not compatible. Give it some time, the dev's will fix it soon I'm sure.
Damn, I'm coming from Desire and I loved the browser on there.
I can not STAND having the status bar visible while browsing websites.
Is there a way to hide it?
Paul22000 said:
Damn, I'm coming from Desire and I loved the browser on there.
I can not STAND having the status bar visible while browsing websites.
Is there a way to hide it?
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Yup, electrical tape.
JCopernicus said:
Yup, electrical tape.
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LOL
Does anyone have an older version of Dolphin Browser that works on 2.2?
if the newer versions dont work, the older ones will probably be the same and not work.
i wiped going to froyo and use the HD version i only get closes when i hit the search button or url bar so its slow going but you can use it to go places
godsfilth said:
i wiped going to froyo and use the HD version i only get closes when i hit the search button or url bar so its slow going but you can use it to go places
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Well yeah... but how do you browse without using the url bar?????? lol
Paul22000 said:
Well yeah... but how do you browse without using the url bar?????? lol
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the main dolphin page (the start page that auto opens after a hard close) has a google search bar
or you can set your homepage to google

[Q] Shortcut question

I am having no luck in figuring out how to put a short cut to web page on my G-Tab home screen. The process is very simple on my Mytouch 4G. What am I missing?
ivanh3 said:
I am having no luck in figuring out how to put a short cut to web page on my G-Tab home screen. The process is very simple on my Mytouch 4G. What am I missing?
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Long press on any home screen until you get the popup with Shortcuts, Widgets, Folders, Wallpapers. Select Shortcuts and then Select Bookmark and select the webpage you want a shortcut to. Obviously you'll have to save the webpage as a Bookmark (Favourite) first to be able to do this.
Hope this helped.
That is the problem. I don't get the option for bookmark.
ivanh3 said:
I am having no luck in figuring out how to put a short cut to web page on my G-Tab home screen. The process is very simple on my Mytouch 4G. What am I missing?
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I don't know if it's necessary or there's just an extra process to go through but I notice "bookmark" is missing from mine as well where on my MT4G it's there, but if you get Dolphin Browser it will put a context link there for a bookmark for sure on the tablet and Dolphin is pretty nice.
Hope this helps, GL.
ivanh3 said:
That is the problem. I don't get the option for bookmark.
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You don't get the option for Bookmark when you long press on an open area of a home screen?
What ROM are you running? I'm running VEGAn beta 5.1 and LOVING it.
Stock TnT 3389 with enhacement pack 3.1.4b.
Well I found one way to do this. If I bookmark a page from within the browser it gives the option of adding a shortcut to the home screen.

Help, how do you use the stock browser?!?!

It's kind of silly but maybe you guys can explain to me how to operate it.
Sometimes when I just want to scroll it will do just that.
Sometimes when I want to scroll it scrolls and shows the url bar which is annoying.
The most annoying is when I just want to scroll and the url bar shows up accompanied by 4 bigass tabs on the bottom.
I'm sure there may be settings for these? But despite that I cannot explain why it has a mind of its own of what it wants to display when I decide to touch the screen.
Ps. How do you guys pull up the url bar without having to scroll? This design seems silly to me!
methodz said:
It's kind of silly but maybe you guys can explain to me how to operate it.
Sometimes when I just want to scroll it will do just that.
Sometimes when I want to scroll it scrolls and shows the url bar which is annoying.
The most annoying is when I just want to scroll and the url bar shows up accompanied by 4 bigass tabs on the bottom.
I'm sure there may be settings for these? But despite that I cannot explain why it has a mind of its own of what it wants to display when I decide to touch the screen.
Ps. How do you guys pull up the url bar without having to scroll? This design seems silly to me!
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the URL bar and "4 bigass tabs on the bottom" show up when you scroll all the way up and hit the very top of the page.
i wasn't impressed by the stock browser, either. i switched to ICS Browser +, and i highly recommend it for everyone. it is much better and more customizable.
Easy. Go to the Play Store, search for "Chrome," and download that.
Seriously, the default browser sucks.
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mfpearson said:
the URL bar and "4 bigass tabs on the bottom" show up when you scroll all the way up and hit the very top of the page.
i wasn't impressed by the stock browser, either. i switched to ICS Browser +, and i highly recommend it for everyone. it is much better and more customizable.
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Thanks for the recommendation. One problem with ics browser + is that it has a slight delay when I want to scroll the page. Is that normal?
The url bar and 4 buttons show up when you scroll up. They don't show up when scrolling down which is the natural way to go if you're reading something.
I actually like this a lot. If I want to open up a new tab or switch or go to a bookmark I just have to scroll up and the options are there. Much better than clicking menu and going from there.
As others have said if you don't like this you can make another browser your default. Opera, Firefox, chrome are all decent alternatives.
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jklitten said:
Easy. Go to the Play Store, search for "Chrome," and download that.
Seriously, the default browser sucks.
Sent from my HTC One X
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Do this now, and never look back. Unless you need to use a Site with Flash.
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[Q] Multitask screen

Are there any way to use xoom's screen as a multitask screen like we usualy do in a desktop pc. I mean, reading a pdf opened in half screen while another app is open in another part.
So we can have two or more app insight on screen at the same time?
Root, and EOS cornerstone rom... it comes wiht a couple bugs, but it can do it.
Lilly Pad
Overskreen
AirCalc
Stickit
these are floating apps which lets you multi task with them
timrock said:
Lilly Pad
Overskreen
AirCalc
Stickit
these are floating apps which lets you multi task with them
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Thanks. But nothing I'm looking for.
I wanna split screen, or something like this, in a way i can read a pdf text and also have a notepad to write in the same screen. Without having to change everytime.
Draxin said:
Root, and EOS cornerstone rom... it comes wiht a couple bugs, but it can do it.
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piratashitzu said:
Thanks. But nothing I'm looking for.
I wanna split screen, or something like this, in a way i can read a pdf text and also have a notepad to write in the same screen. Without having to change everytime.
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The Cornerstone rom from TeamEOS works. From using it, I was able to work with 3 apps at once. It may be a bit buggy, but it is getting better with every nightly that comes along. The only apps that don't play too nice with Cornerstone are mostly games, but that's understandable.
Hope that helps
Cheers

Dolphin V11 downgrade

Dolphin Browser V11
I've used this for years as it was the only browser design which understood the notion that the only thing in a browser you need quick access to is your bookmarks and the easier and faster you can get there the better. Dolphin was the only browser where you could do a quick lazy swipe to view all your bookmarks, and swipe back quickly if you'd changed your mind. They've also remove right swipe to get easy access to pluggins.
No, I hear you say, this must be a joke, surely they wouldn't the only option which set themselves apart from all other browsers, possibly the best feature of any browser out there?
add your thoughts to this:
https://www.facebook.com/DolphinFans/posts/661023360617620
Yup, they've employed Steve Balmer...
I got V10.3 from http://www.androiddrawer.com/, not sure if that was the last version before 11, but it is good enough for now. Word to the wise, export your bookmarks BEFORE you uninstall V11. If anyone has a version history of Dolphin for Android, or a higher numbered version 10 Dolphin browser for Android, speak up. Reminds me of how Opera ruined their Mini browser years ago when they went from V4 to V5 and adopted a "unity" (barf) type gui..... tears of sadness...
best i could find was 10.2x - still looking.
http://dl.game-keren.com/march_2014/Dolphin Browser v10.2.8.apk
EDIT: Found it now same place you did.
Agree. V11 is a usability downgrade.
The quick left swipe for bookmarks was the selling point for me. This feature is very helpful for more recent mobiles with big screen.. now they made it into 2 steps which kinda kill the point.
The floating 'circle' for menus..that I hated as well as I often accidentally touch it..but I could still live with that. Now they removed the left-swipe bookmarks. OK ..Chrome it is for now unfortunately!
swipe
Definitely want to see both left and right swipe functions reinstated
agree with OP quick access has gone
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Version 10.3.1 (the last before the "upgrade" to V11), just extracted from my N7
http://www.share-online.biz/dl/4T4V4E4N5D
you're welcome
Hasuris said:
Version 10.3.1 (the last before the "upgrade" to V11), just extracted from my N7
http://www.share-online.biz/dl/4T4V4E4N5D
you're welcome
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Thanks for that
But unable to install flash on last version
Edit : unable to open its giving error *there was problem parsing the package*
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Hasuris said:
Version 10.3.1 (the last before the "upgrade" to V11), just extracted from my N7
Link
you're welcome
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Can someone please rehost this, I can't download it in the only browser I have left (puffin) after uninstalling the new dolphin browser since its a proxy based browser.l
http://www.mediafire.com/?6a3m8xfl36tph65
Here is the link with flash player enable inside. This is the 10.3.1 dolphin browser. Enjoy
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I may be alone in this, but the only reason I want to downgrade was because of how you type in URLs now. With V10 you could type at full speed and hit enter, but now you have to carefully do one letter at a time and trying to type at full speed is a waste of time. Switched to Chrome and after messing with a few hidden settings, it's now as fast, if not faster than Dolphin ever was.
I agree with you the new broswer got messed up. For some reason the dev did update which no one like it and made it complicated hopefully we will get more update soon
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just found out you can jump straight to your bookmarks by clicking on the URL bar, isnt as elegant as a swipe but is you have invested in Dolphin and done want to move to another browser its a decent enough workaround. Still no easy access to addons I can see though. Numpty Developers should be sacked !
hopefully if enough of us hammer this they change it back.
https://www.facebook.com/DolphinFans/posts/661023360617620
V11 is such a downgrade.
What I liked about the old bookmark bar was it let you get there without having to look. Now you have to look and aim for the specific location to get to bookmark.
Left & right side bars, shiny shake, desktop toggle, and gesture button at corner were all I needed. Now they've made each and every one of them worse. I can't believe their designers didn't even realize what made their browser special...
U know thats what I was thinking atleast they should have read comments. But must admit dolphin browser is one of the best browser just not the v11. Hope we will get all this back on next version
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V11.0.1 is out. The bookmark bar can now stay at 1st level.
But other GUI layout still suck.
jjmai said:
V11.0.1 is out. The bookmark bar can now stay at 1st level.
But other GUI layout still suck.
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good they have listened, is the left swipe back for plugins?
Sorry double post
humritumri said:
No the book mark swipe is still not back, still the same layout and function
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No the book mark swipe is still not back, still the same layout and function
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