In Chrome for quite some time now, (a few months?), the web page no longer fits horizontally, creating the need for the appearance of the horizontal scroll bar? Previously, not only did the entire page fit, but there was also a supplemental info box with headlines and ads on the right most side of the page. This box is no longer present, yet still, the page expands horizontally much further than it ought. Is someone aware of this?
I just realized that if I switch to the 2013 beta version of this site or even the 2015, everything fits nicely on the page. Hope that helps someone out there...
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I've got an Evo 4G/Supersonic with Sense, so I'm not sure how widespread this issue is, but I'm sure many people have noticed how when you visit certain websites (say, for example, the Engadget "full experience"/non-mobile version of the site) that the loading bar will periodically appear at the top, reducing the amount of screen real estate for content. This bar will also not go away until it is done loading.. whatever it is that it is loading.
Does anyone have any solutions to this? A different (better) version of the stock android browser? A better browser (that doesn't look horrible, and/or use up more screen real estate inherently)?
I've tried out many different browsers, but have yet to find one I actually prefer to the stock browser - and really, this background loading this is my only major gripe. Opera comes close, but its UI is pretty clunky (IMHO).
Any suggestions?
how about steel or xscope?
steel is very minimalist.. i love it
xscope, u can hide the address bar to view it full screen.. check it out
I actually just tried Steel (and uninstalled it) before making this topic.
One interesting thing is (with Swype at least) you have to press 'cancel' to 'go' when you enter in a URL. Overall it seemed fairly buggy. Nice looking interface though.
I'll check out xscope, thanks
Engadget has it own app, it loads in mobile friendly format but still keep the pictures and comments and without having to jump through the loop of going back and forth with the browser. It saves on battery as well since it doesn't have to load all the extra junk that's usually on the right side of Engadget (like popular posts, most discussed, Facebook integration, etc, which is what I expect was causing the extra loadings).
I know no one has the keyboard yet, but does anyone have links to videos that show how the touchpad/dpad works?
Specifically I want to know that I won't have to reach up and touch the screen when i'm using it in laptop mode.
Is there a cursor present? Does it work everywhere or just the browser?
I dont recall where I saw it, but I can confirm that a cursor is present. It works the same as the lapdock for the Motorola Atrix. Clicking is like tapping the screen, click + drag is a swipe. Pretty simple concept.
There was a pretty good video in Italian by HDblog or something like that. I'll see if I can find a link, but you could probably find it pretty easily on YouTube.
It showed a cursor on the homescreen, plus multitouch gestures on the trackpad (pinch-zoom, two finger scroll, etc.)
Edit: I think this is it, but can't confirm because my office blocks youtube.
Thanks for this. Exactly what I was looking for.
You can also 2-finger scroll through your homescreens using the touchpad.
This thread has a couple of You Tube videos of an actual user with the keyboard dock. Look at the second one for the main overview of the keyboard in use. I have to say I can't wait for my dock to come through, it really does look awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039473
This series of videos by Asus does have some examples of keyboard usage, particularly if you scroll down it will show the dock being connected to an external hard drive. Nice!
http://techinstyle.tv/video/still-got-eee-pad-questions-video-answers-here/
Alright, I'm hoping that I'm putting this in the right place. I desperatly need a working APK for this version of Dolphin, or any other version which allows the "full screen scrolling" (where the address bar is visible at the top of the page, but gradually disappears as you scroll down the page).
This version is also the last one that I know will properly wrap text when I zoom in on my phone. If anyone has a good copy of this APK and doesn't mind sharing it with me, I'll love you forever. Every link I can find via Google is either dead, or Dolphin FCs as soon as I try to go to a page (opens just fine, but it FCs as soon as I click on a bookmark or hit "Go" after typing in an address). I neeeeeeeed my full screen scroll and text wrapping!
Thanks all,
N1N00B
I'm sure most people wouldn't want this but can this be done? If so, can you direct me with a link?
I don't have a nav bar, use LMT. And I'd prefer the look of it on the bottom, similar to Windows. It also would be easy to swipe up with my thumb right there instead of reaching to the top.
I agree. WebOS did this years ago which made viewing, dismissing, and accessing them a breeze. Everything could be done with just your thumb. Today with phones exceeding 5 inches, I regularly drop my phone trying to dismiss something.
I'd love to see this as an option.
I've seen the "tablet" mode option for CM, but that's not available in new versions of android.
Hi everybody. I would like to give an idea here, in case someone with the coding skills I lack may went to give this a go.
I find myself going into google now's feed by swiping to the left. The design of the latest version is in fact very pleasing, with rounded corners and transparencies that let you see the background in between the cards. I would like to suggest making that the home page, so when you tap the home button, you are directed there. But, that can be done already, you might think. Yes, but I would like the dock to stay where itnis, and be able to put folders in it. So your homepage would look like a mix of the normal homepage, but instead of the icons in the main are, it would be google nows feed. Am I asking the impossible? Or have I missed some xposed or otherwise way to don't? Thanks for reading this far. I appreciate the work the deva put into making android the ecosystem it is today.