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Firefox is awesome on the transformer, but...

... what can we tweak on it to make it better?
The about:config option lists hundreds of things to play with. I'm looking for tweaks to improve memory optimization (so android does kill it so quickly) and better cache settings when using lots of tabs.
Let the games begin and the ideas fly

Does it still lack Flash add on in the TF?

Rumbleweed said:
Does it still lack Flash add on in the TF?
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Still no flash support, but browsing with the adblock extension makes surfing a joy

Is there an eta to add flash to firefox?
I also recommend installing the user agent addon and set it to firefox desktop to get around sites that try to force mobile versions.

Punchatron said:
Is there an eta to add flash to firefox?
I also recommend installing the user agent addon and set it to firefox desktop to get around sites that try to force mobile versions.
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No idea when flash will be out. Installing that user agent addon was one of the first things I did Now, I just want to find out how to tweak FF from the inside to see how much performance can improve.

Firefox is awesome. Probably the best browser for android tablet. Loving it with phony and ad block addons. Eat that ipad.

There's no workaround to at least get flash to play in an external player?

can you guys play embedded youtube player (using iPad useragent) at all? The HTML5 video lags on my device a lot.

EP2008 said:
Firefox is awesome on the transformer, but...
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Dolphin HD is better

Firefox, backspace, and keyboard dock
This happening to anyone else? It only seems to happen in Firefox but whenever I use the docks backspace key in Firefox, two characters are deleted instead of just one.
I don't need a signature.

Search suggestions from url bar in firefox mobile?
I like firefox mobile, but unlike the stock browser, you got get google search suggestions from the url bar. I cant seem to find an addon that will allow this. Can anyone suggest one?

I'm noticing this same issue ... while using the keyboard dock in firefox the backspace keys removes two characters.
Did you ever find a fix for this?

Yes, the backspace problem and when typing, the cursor sometimes moves backwards, so you are typing over existing text... my most hated bug!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

The only time I noticed the cursor moving back it was because I was apparently accidentally hitting the touchpad and it was registering as a tap to click. So now I just mainly keep the touchpad disabled.

sourworm said:
The only time I noticed the cursor moving back it was because I was apparently accidentally hitting the touchpad and it was registering as a tap to click. So now I just mainly keep the touchpad disabled.
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It's actually a known issue with FF mobile and hardware keyboards, but it only seemed to be fixed for some devices. Are you saying that in multi-line web forms, you get no typing issues?
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Same issue here, but not in stock web browser. Only in firefox

Wow, I thought I was the only one, I didn't actually notice it happens only in Firefox, but now that you've mentioned it, I notice that I don't hate typying anywhere else... haha
Hehehe... so glad it's not only me and that it's only in Firefox, now there's one more reason to give dolphin a try. Too bad though, I really like the FF interface and tabs position.

I have notice the same problem, and When I'm using the "AZERTY" Dock it was recognized by Firefox as a "QWERTY" one.
This is the only application that make the mistake.

GoodLinux said:
I have notice the same problem, and When I'm using the "AZERTY" Dock it was recognized by Firefox as a "QWERTY" one.
This is the only application that make the mistake.
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I have the same problem too, backspace deletes 2 characters, and the azerty keyboard is recognized as a qwerty one...

EP2008 said:
It's actually a known issue with FF mobile and hardware keyboards, but it only seemed to be fixed for some devices. Are you saying that in multi-line web forms, you get no typing issues?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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I'm not sure if I just wasn't using it enough, but I hadn't noticed that issue. I certainly do now, and it definitely isn't better with firefox 5. It does seem like it is worse in some forms than others (typing this message wasn't bad at all). I've also noticed in some forms that pressing backspace quickly several times will just delete everything.

Yet another browser issue

Am i the only one here suffer from checker box browsing issue? For those who don't know what it is. Is when you load a webpage they load box by box as you scroll down. Was there some setting i miss? I tried factory reset and it still doesn't solve anything. This really bug me because knowing that the TF is quite powerful in it's own way. But when using the stock browser it made it feel really cheap. Opera mobile on the other hand is way faster when rendering webpage. But since i have all my bookmark synced in the stock browser that made it my preferred browser. Just wondering if anyone else have this issue as well.

I have the same issue. I turned off opengl rendering and it fixed it, but scrolling is much less smooth.

I have the same issue, after receiving the Android 3.2 update. 3.1 was better for me. It has stated that 3.2 was suppose to fix this white box loading problem, but it caused me the problem instead. So I'm hoping the next update will fix it soon in the coming days for the U.S. on 8/23/11. 3.2 is such a buggy release.
As for how to disable OpenGL rendering? I don't think there is such option under any factory setting? Are you rooted legoman666?

to disable opengl you have to type about:config in the browser URL. Nothing will show up on the webpage. But just go back to your browser setting and the debug option is listed there. Yeah i really hope they fix this issue soon. I don't even feel like using the TF anymore because of this.

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to disable opengl you have to type about:config in the browser URL. Nothing will show up on the webpage. But just go back to your browser setting and the debug option is listed there. Yeah i really hope they fix this issue soon. I don't even feel like using the TF anymore because of this.
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I believe I followed the instructions correctly. But I do not see the OpenGL option listed, nor a debug option within Settings on the stock browser.

lol my bad i mean type about:debug then go to setting. You should see the debug option. Sorry been using a couples other browser and got the command mixed up. Disabling openGL will cause some issue when loading webpage with flash.

this is such a huge annoyance I wonder why you don't see more complaints? Its buggingthe hell out of me!

I use Opera Browser and get nearly zero blockiness, however it is about time Asus got off their ass and fixed this issue once and for all!

Does opera work with flash?
And yes Asus needs to address this issue big time since most users are on the web 90% of the time!

markimar said:
Does opera work with flash?
And yes Asus needs to address this issue big time since most users are on the web 90% of the time!
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Yes flash works fine on Opera.

yeah i'm no longer using the stock browser. Switched to opera and so much faster. Just wish mouse scrolling work with it hehe. I can't believe we need to rely on third party software to enjoy web surfing. I thought tablet are meant for web surfing. Surely this is not the case with the TF stock browser.

Lets just admit the TF is a pretty good device. Except for the stock browser. The longer I use it the more I hate it. I honestly don't know why I keep using it other than it's familiar. Maybe if someone just removed it from the rom I would be forced to use something else

I agree. The device itself is awsome. I love playing old school emulator games using my ps3 controller. But when i want to surf the web. I tend to move to my desktop for that job. Hell even my samsung galaxy s does a better job. That's how much the stock browser had turned me off and not to mention when i want to post here. The keyboard lag is ridiculous. Can't surf and can't type. Definitely a pretty damn let down for a dual core device.

i sent a complaint to Asus. Lets see if we get a responce!

omishi said:
lol my bad i mean type about:debug then go to setting. You should see the debug option. Sorry been using a couples other browser and got the command mixed up. Disabling openGL will cause some issue when loading webpage with flash.
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For anybody who is looking for more information about this techniue, see this link here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073567

well Asus steered me back to Google for the issue! I filed a bug report on Google this time!

Hahaha thanks markimar for getting on their ass about this issue. Hope we get a solution for this problem soon.
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Choppy browser
Ok so from what I read the checker box browsing, slow keyboard typing and all are not exclusive to my device. I got my TF a week back and I tried different browsers (Stock, Dolphin, Opera) and on different roms (Prime and Revolver) and all were choppy like hell.
it was worst in case of facebook and endgadget pages which are quite long pages and what I saw was plain dissapointing, slow, checker boxes and the fact that it keep loading the whole page if I scroll up and down or zoom in and out!
Edit: ok so idid the "open gl rendering" uncheck and now the stock browser doesnt do checker box and its quite ok,could be smoother but its wayyyy better than before!

a way to improve facebook games performance

I have an acer Iconia with Honeycomb, I was wondering if there was a way to improve the performance of the facebook games, they are unplayable , the one I mostly tested it on is Ravenwood fair. I know its not a hardware problem because it actually plays other games that arent facebook apps pretty well.

sgtarky said:
I have an acer Iconia with Honeycomb, I was wondering if there was a way to improve the performance of the facebook games, they are unplayable , the one I mostly tested it on is Ravenwood fair. I know its not a hardware problem because it actually plays other games that arent facebook apps pretty well.
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right click inside game app and flash setting should come up. there change permission to use mx offline cache. this will increase performance drastically. let me know if this helps.

how do you right click?
I found flash settings manager, but it keeps reverting to the mobile manager, which has very little options

sgtarky said:
how do you right click?
I found flash settings manager, but it keeps reverting to the mobile manager, which has very little options
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It must be detecting the browser as a mobile app. Try the following. Intructions are for the default web browser.
1.Download and install Flash 10.1 from market (skip if already installed)
2.Open your browser, go to facebook.
3.type into the browser about:debug and press go. The browser will go right back to the same screen you were on previously and it appears that nothing happens.
4.Press your menu button(bottom left physical button)
5.Press "MORE"
6.Scroll down to "Settings"
7.Scroll all the way down to the bottom where you see "UA STRING"
8Choose "Desktop" This will "trick" websites into thinking you are logging in from a PC computer and not a Droid.
9.Hit back until you are on the facebook page again.
10. Refresh your browser and launch Farmville!!!
After completing the above steps you should be able to get the regular settings manager for flash. Enjoy!
Enjoy

ua string is desktop, the regular manager flashes up for a second and then it goes back to mobile.

since i never could get the regular settings manager to stay up. I brought it up on my computer, I do not see a mx offline cache setting.

sgtarky said:
ua string is desktop, the regular manager flashes up for a second and then it goes back to mobile.
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try a different browser. clicky here: Boat Browser

naw still waiting on chrome to be released, they said we would get a soon ... a month ago. i doubt switching browsers will work . anyway once I finally get it working the game apps will probably move to html 5 lol. I have been trying all sorts of things to try to get them to work since I got this tab in may.

Does anyone have a clue what omnichron is talking about. Permission set mx offline cache , ha google comes up with this thread. He is smart enogh to get it working but cant tell anyone the proper steps......or he is just trolling

is this still a no go with ICS? heck about all I wanted to do with the tablet was play facebook games and read forums, at least I can read forums on it.

Should Chrome stay in CROMI or just be a play store app?

Vote now!
I hate Chrome on mobile. It is next to useless and with it being available on the play store I no longer want to offer it at all in CROMI going forward.
Give me a good reason to keep supporting it otherwise it goes!

As I'm on your side, I will not give you any reason to incorporate it any longer. I sometimes use it, but I'd just as happily use the stock browser (right after install_ or Firefox (which is my current 'standard' browser, if there is anything like that to be found on Android). Most have speed issues, anyway.
Again: I vote for let it out.
EDIT: With Titanium Backup being incorporated into your excellent ROM, one can backup and re-install without needing moile data access anyway, so, as far as I'm concerned, there's a very valid line of reasoning against incorporating anything other than TB.

I personally use Chrome on all my devices- phone, tablet, PC, laptop, etc, and having all of my bookmarks and tabs is really convienent. And also just love how it looks!
Obviously, it doesn't really matter if you include it because you can just download off the play store but it's just one less thing we need to download
Anyways keep up the great work sdbags!
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Not a fan of chrome here.
I wouldn't miss it.

inlineboy said:
I personally use Chrome on all my devices- phone, tablet, PC, laptop, etc, and having all of my bookmarks and tabs is really convienent. And also just love how it looks!
Obviously, it doesn't really matter if you include it because you can just download off the play store but it's just one less thing we need to download
Anyways keep up the great work sdbags!
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You do know the stock browser also syncs your chrome bookmarks by default on CROMI? Not sure what you mean about tabs?
Thats OK said:
Not a fan of chrome here.
I wouldn't miss it.
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I think it will sneak into 3.1 (in fact I know it will as its sitting there looking ugly, staring at me right now ) but from then on it will disappear as an install option. I've been using it for the last hour and it is like working in treacle even with Browser2Ram installed. It does render pages nicely but there is no full screen option, typing is extremely laggy and dragging pages around is painful. The stock browser is 10000000% slicker and a pleasure to use in comparison. And it has more options.
Nail
Coffin
Final.

Vote for no chrome.
BTW, I think the tab is that the previous user talking about is the "Bookmarks Toolbar" where all the bookmarks shown on the tool bars, it's nice and convinience, but stills not worth to keep Chrome.

I use Chrome on all my devices for the sync abilities. While other browsers sync, they don't sync as comprehensively as Chrome. I also have 2 chromebooks, where it's the only option I have. Having said that, I can always install it like every other app I install.
Is there anything you tweak for the Chrome install?
The tab sync is that if you have a tab open on one device, you can go to another device and have it open the same tab - very useful when browsing on your phone and then deciding to switch to a larger screen, etc.

danger-rat said:
I use Chrome on all my devices for the sync abilities. While other browsers sync, they don't sync as comprehensively as Chrome. I also have 2 chromebooks, where it's the only option I have. Having said that, I can always install it like every other app I install.
Is there anything you tweak for the Chrome install?
The tab sync is that if you have a tab open on one device, you can go to another device and have it open the same tab - very useful when browsing on your phone and then deciding to switch to a larger screen, etc.
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Thanks for clarifying. It's still in the next release but as a data app. Going forward it will then be saved and not disturbed.

chrome
I prefer chrome than stock.. I wouldn't mind downloading from the play store.

I prefer using Dolphin over Chrome, Chrome seems to have an issue downloading files Dolphin does it perfect every time because it has its own download app.
Asus Transformer Infinity running CleanRom 3.0.4

Personally, I don't use Chrome. Stock browser works well for me, especially with the tweaks.
I say the smaller the rom size the faster I can download and install it. Stay true to objective of a clean rom and let users add what they need from the Play Store.
I do use the Google apps and a few of the others. TB was giving me issues by not letting me use my upgraded key when installed from the rom so I had to skip it and download it from play store.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD

PAPB0007 said:
Personally, I don't use Chrome. Stock browser works well for me, especially with the tweaks.
I say the smaller the rom size the faster I can download and install it. Stay true to objective of a clean rom and let users add what they need from the Play Store.
I do use the Google apps and a few of the others. TB was giving me issues by not letting me use my upgraded key when installed from the rom so I had to skip it and download it from play store.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD
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Yeah I've noticed that with tibu on the last few updates - I think it does a check. But I am leaving it in due to if you ever do a full wipe it's handy to be able to recover apps especially if you don't have internet available. It saved me a couple of times recently when in Japan.

sbdags said:
Yeah I've noticed that with tibu on the last few updates - I think it does a check. But I am leaving it in due to if you ever do a full wipe it's handy to be able to recover apps especially if you don't have internet available. It saved me a couple of times recently when in Japan.
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It does check if the Pro license is legit -- you can sometimes (most of the times) keep it active when you select "Auto-... TiBu settings" or something along those lines from the Preferences. It should automatically carry over the license then, at least until you have an internet connection (that's when the first actual check is made). (I had to move the folder last time, so that no longer worked. That was a definite PITA.)

Runescape 3 HTML5 on Android?

Alright this is very possible and i'm just seeking opinions and ideas on how to get this going full throttle. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon and i've noticed that with the touchwiz browser I can actually reach the login screen for the HTML5 beta. The browser just doesnt know how to operate with HTML5 that well i dont believe. I've tried multiple browsers and these are the ones that were no goes for me:
Chrome
Opera
Dolphin
Firefox
Chrome was no chance. Opera said it didnt support html5 or something. Dolphin didnt support WebGL and firefox wouldnt store the large amounts of data necessary.
I am a noob at this but im just starting to learn more about this tech.
We need a browser that has these abilities:
WebGL
Local Storage for large amounts(not sure the term)
HTML5 Support
Considering the popularity of the game i think if someone could put together a script or just a modded version of a browser that could run it that would be really nice.:good:
I doubt anyone has the interest to do it though. But i think that possibly the person who could put together a apk or script or anything that would allow u to open up the html5 Runescape game and interact with it, would get alot of good donations. I can click on the different parts of the login screen but the username/password selections would not bring up a keyboard.
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Anyone have a clue to get RS3(HTML5) working on Android?
Heres a Nexus 7 running it but idk how they got past the login screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5UbWdlUBPk
Note: When im on different Roms i usually cant even get the game to load. Browser related issues.

clark707 said:
Alright this is very possible and i'm just seeking opinions and ideas on how to get this going full throttle. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon and i've noticed that with the touchwiz browser I can actually reach the login screen for the HTML5 beta. The browser just doesnt know how to operate with HTML5 that well i dont believe. I've tried multiple browsers and these are the ones that were no goes for me:
Chrome
Opera
Dolphin
Firefox
Chrome was no chance. Opera said it didnt support html5 or something. Dolphin didnt support WebGL and firefox wouldnt store the large amounts of data necessary.
I am a noob at this but im just starting to learn more about this tech.
We need a browser that has these abilities:
WebGL
Local Storage for large amounts(not sure the term)
HTML5 Support
Considering the popularity of the game i think if someone could put together a script or just a modded version of a browser that could run it that would be really nice.:good:
I doubt anyone has the interest to do it though. But i think that possibly the person who could put together a apk or script or anything that would allow u to open up the html5 Runescape game and interact with it, would get alot of good donations. I can click on the different parts of the login screen but the username/password selections would not bring up a keyboard.
TL-DR
Anyone have a clue to get RS3(HTML5) working on Android?
Heres a Nexus 7 running it but idk how they got past the login screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5UbWdlUBPk
Note: When im on different Roms i usually cant even get the game to load. Browser related issues.
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USB OTG keyboard maybe?
sent from the lone wolf next door with a Nexus 4 using XDA Premium.

Go to chrome://flags/ in Chrome and enable WebGL.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391358

Cameron
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I've done this via chrome, link it to a facebook account. then just click the facebook button and BAM your in. to bad it's unbearably slow.............. Goodluck.

I know I probably won't get a response to this post but I thought I would try anyway. I'm running a samsung galaxy tab 3 SMT 310 Android 4.2 .2. I would love to play runescape on my tablet I tried enabling OpenGL through Google's flags like it said in the forum but I cannot find an option to enable OpenGL in the flag list . Can anyone help me?
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Gave it a shot:
I've had it running on my Nexus 5. I used an app called "Hacker's Keyboard" to log in. Sadly, Chrome crashes before I am able to get in-game and do anything. I've also tried puffin browser and the miui browser but neither support WebGL. Just as a side note: I found that when logging in, I had to tap a position up and to the right from the actual position of the button I wished to press. I wish more game developers would of had mobile gaming in mind when they launched it, even if they didn't there are still companies that remake older games that can be played on your Nexus. For instance, the older version of runescape, has runescape classic android, an APK you run, you do not even need to do any work arounds for it.