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Pretty sure this hasn't been posted yet, but Firefox 10 has just been released for Android, and it is in my mind close to the perfect browser.
I've been dying for an Android browser that is GPU accelerated like Opera and Dolphin, but has scrolling constraints in the vertical plane. Meaning if I zoom in and flick to scroll down, then it doesn't scroll minutely left or right. Firefox 10 does this perfectly. It's also very fast now and on par with Opera/Dolphin.
Also, unlike Opera, it doesn't spaz out when you change the LCD density to 240 and change the interface to tablet mode that makes it impossible to use the menus.
Only small things, but they were driving me crazy on Opera Mobile and I'm now happy there's a solution.
If you haven't already, I'd suggest giving it a lash.
Also, now it starts instantly, has support for add-ons and it synchronizes nicely (bookmarks, history and some settings) with the desktop version. And the logo is a classic.
It's "good" enough i guess, but still no flash. It's a no go for me.
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It's "good" enough i guess, but still no flash. It's a no go for me.
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True, I forgot to mention no flash. I don't use flash at all so it was not a consideration but many others probably do, so thanks for the reminder. Youtube videos still play embedded properly though for anyone wondering.
its definitely doing great even for the mac too
Here's Firefox 11 alpha 2 Aurora WITH flash support and much more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22082430
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Cheers LM, I'll check it out.
Is there a way to set the user agent so that one can decide to brows as desktop and not as mobile, like in dolphin one can do?
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Go into Settings, Addon tab, then search and install "Phony" addon. After the browser reboot. In the main Settings menu should have option to change user agents.
Don't forget you can also run the bleeding edge nightlies alongside the other versions.
Its totally different to v10
what about removing status bar?
Just found it - type in "full screen" in the add-ons search..... doh!
i use Firefox 11 alpha 2 Aurora and it nice i think
I like the Chrome Beta better
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LordManhattan said:
Here's Firefox 11 alpha 2 Aurora WITH flash support and much more.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22082430
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Why don't they provide this on the market? The firefighters I have had a completely different UI and performance
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Because it's an alpha and it would get 1 star by noobs.
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Caillin said:
True, I forgot to mention no flash. I don't use flash at all so it was not a consideration but many others probably do, so thanks for the reminder. Youtube videos still play embedded properly though for anyone wondering.
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Flash will soon be terminated and support allready stopped (no updates anymore), html5 is the future
interface is nice and useable on 3g and wifi. but if ur on a slow connection and want pages loading with lower data usage, opera is still the one. (gprs/edge)
I would like to add overskreen to the list of apps that popup from the bottom bar when you click the upward arrow.
There is an edit button, but it only allows you to remove apps from list, not add more.
Meanwhile i am loving note 10.1 so far... its very usable!
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Yeah, unfortunately those miniapps are Samsung specific so unless someone develop a custom ROM that will allow users to add other apps to the mini app list I'm afraid you will not be able to.
A good alternative it's swipe pad. You can add it there.
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I would like to add overskreen to the list of apps that popup from the bottom bar when you click the upward arrow.
There is an edit button, but it only allows you to remove apps from list, not add more.
Meanwhile i am loving note 10.1 so far... its very usable!
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Why bother? You can set it to appear in your Notifications.
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mitchellvii said:
Why bother? You can set it to appear in your Notifications.
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How does that work?
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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Tubgirl said:
How does that work?
Brgds... /Tubgirl
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In the over screen browser app settings, there is an option to get it to put there.
My only knock on that browser is that it seems difficult to create folders in your bookmarks and organize them.
Also I am not clear on where it is pulling the default bookmarks it uses from. In one case it lists my Google sync address as if it is pulling my Chrome bookmarks but only pulled one folder out of 10.
Dunno, confusing.
Thats why I use Dolphin. Not the fastest browser but by far easiest to navigate and manage bookmarks.
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Finally did it by installing 1 tap quickbar. Added overskreen app to the notification band.
Now I can open floating browser on top of any app!
Awesome!
http://rootuninstaller.com/1tap-quick-bar/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.onetap
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Hi there. When viewing a website in Chrome, if I click "settings" (three dots in the top right corner) then "share", it goes straight into a new email in Gmail.
Previously I am sure it used to give me some share options like twitter, hangouts etc.
Any suggestions? I've tried deleting the defaults from app settings for both Chrome and Gmail but it makes nowdifference!!
Thanks in advance
Jonny
Bump. Anyone else getting this problem?
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jonnyguitar said:
Hi there. When viewing a website in Chrome, if I click "settings" (three dots in the top right corner) then "share", it goes straight into a new email in Gmail.
Previously I am sure it used to give me some share options like twitter, hangouts etc.
Any suggestions? I've tried deleting the defaults from app settings for both Chrome and Gmail but it makes nowdifference!!
Thanks in advance
Jonny
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exact same thing here. I experienced the same issue also with Google Keep and YouTube apps, while sharing an address with Google Maps or a photo via the Photos app works perfectly fine.
no root, no custom roms.
Thanks everyone.
I just deleted all gmail data and deactivated. Then the share menu options in chrome appeared again.
However as soon as I reactivated gmail, chrome went back to defaulting to gmail as its share option.
What the hell??!
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I've also tried to revert back everything to default, yet it didn't work. it looks like gmail took over as default sharing option for chrome and YouTube. :\
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I'm certain this wasn't the case a couple of weeks ago?
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I cannot point out if this happened after a chrome update or after I played around with the settings: I've had the N5 for about a week now, and I'm positive that the first couple of days everything worked just fine.
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For the record the same behaviour is in chrome beta...
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update: I'm experiencing the issue also when trying to share something from the tumblr app.
the mystery continues...
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Been having this issue too in
Chrome
Tumblr
YouTube
And it's getting on my nerves. There are no defaults set for any of these apps, and the only way I can "fix" it is by disabling Gmail. If anyone else has any advice, please share.
I'd like to know if a full factory reset fixes this. (Although don't want to do it myself!)
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I've been playing around with other Android smartphones and seems that this behaviour is because gmail is the default app for sharing using a particular sharing instance, which is the one used in chrome, tumblr, youtube, etc..
I sincerly hope that a factory reset isn't the only choice here.
any news?
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Got this from the Google Product Forums...
OK we've identified an issue in Android 4.4 that can cause this problem, which we're investigating a fix for.
As a workaround you should be able to go to Settings > Apps > menu > Reset app preferences to fix this, but note that this will clear all of your stored app preferences (basically every time you've ever had an app launch to complete a task and it's offered to do it Always or Just once -- your device will forget all of those choices you've made in the past and you'll get to make them again).
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That's from the Nexus CM Paul.
Works!! Thanks mkslt04
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great! thank you so much!
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For those of you like myself who are fed up with Facebook no longer having the option to sort your news feed to "Most Recent" as the default view, here is a link to the last version of the official Facebook app (7.0.0.26.28) that still had that option available :
http://bit.ly/1jCNfs5
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Can I have both?
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No, it's either one or the other. You're choice.
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Could you do this if I give you latest alpha 12.0.0.12
No, I didn't modify anything. This is just the last version that Facebook published that had the option to set most recent as the default view.
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Oh
The latest Facebook update now has the Most Recent option, albeit hidden in the More menu on the right.
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The latest Facebook update now has the Most Recent option, albeit hidden in the More menu on the right.
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It's always been there - it just lets you see Most Recent when you press on it. It doesn't change the sort order of the main news feed. When you go back to the feed tab it will be Top Stories again.
Thanks to the OP for posting the 7.0.0.26.28 version... it really does work as I intend. I know of no person who thinks OLD And Already Viewed Stories are better than MOST RECENT.
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Just curious how many people use different non Samsung apps on their Note 5 ?
- Keyboard ? I use Google Keyboard, I found the stock Samsung keyboard too cramped
- Text app ? I tried stock messages but didn't like it, so went back to Textra
- Themes ? I don't like the look of stock TW, so I went with the Material Dark theme
- Browser = Chrome
- Launcher = NOVA
Anyone else use different non Samsung apps ?
Another question regarding the stock messages app;
On the stock Messages app, I hate that little description that pops up for 2 seconds when about to type or reply to a Group Message ? It says like " Group messaging will now be converted, blah, blah blah " How can I turn that off, or stop it from popping up each time when replying to a group text ?
Same apps as you except I use action launcher instead of Nova. Also use Google calendar just because of the widget. the stock calendar app isnt bad.
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Nova launcher pro, swiftkey keyboard, hangouts for sms, chrome browser, aosp calculator, Google calendar, Google Keep for notes, i pretty much delete every Samsung app as soon as i get root on these phones.
I use squid as my writing pad, has some cool features.
Can the google keyboard use the spen features?
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Can the google keyboard use the spen features?
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Can't confirm that the Google Keyboard does but I would think it does. Swiftkey ( my keyboard of choice ) allows the use of the SPen.
I use Fleksy KB. It's the bomb diggy!
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Action launcher, SwiftKey, chrome, evolvesms, weyo theme
egren58 said:
Can the google keyboard use the spen features?
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The spen feature should work with any keyboard specifically because it pops up if you hover wherever you can do text input.
SwiftKey, Opera browser, Power Amp
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nfl46 said:
I just started using this because of you. I love this keyboard now. Definitely my favorite.
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Glad to have assist! [emoji4]
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