Is there a browser that allows you to move along a website as you are pinch zooming?
Currently, if you start to pinch zoom, you are locked to one particular origin point which you can magnify or zoom out off. If you move both fingers in any one direction e.g. both fingers towards the left, the webpage will not show you more of what's to the right of what you are currently viewing.
My Honeycomb tablet, the iPhone, and WP7 are all capable of doing this, so I was wondering if there is anyway to get my incredible 2 to do this as well.
LeoBloom. said:
Is there a browser that allows you to move along a website as you are pinch zooming?
Currently, if you start to pinch zoom, you are locked to one particular origin point which you can magnify or zoom out off. If you move both fingers in any one direction e.g. both fingers towards the left, the webpage will not show you more of what's to the right of what you are currently viewing.
My Honeycomb tablet, the iPhone, and WP7 are all capable of doing this, so I was wondering if there is anyway to get my incredible 2 to do this as well.
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Of you flash miui, its stock browser will. Try miren browser or boat browser. Also give dolphin a try.
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Excellent! Thanks for you response, I will be using boat browser.
LeoBloom. said:
Excellent! Thanks for you response, I will be using boat browser.
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So.it does work with boat? That one is very similar to the miui browser.
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Yup, it does work with boat. I actually had it installed but didn't use it because I thought stock did everything I need, until I noticed this of course. I know it's unrelated, but I've been using the stock ROM... How much do you prefer MIUI over stock? Assuming you are using it of course.
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Yup, it does work with boat. I actually had it installed but didn't use it because I thought stock did everything I need, until I noticed this of course. I know it's unrelated, but I've been using the stock ROM... How much do you prefer MIUI over stock? Assuming you are using it of course.
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Miui 10000000000xs more. Just use go launcher or adw or whatever if you want an app drawer
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Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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achang9523 said:
Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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No issues at all on FF09 or FF11, buttery smooth and fast for me on FF11 and FF18
With the latest update its more useable than before
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Agreed very smooth on venom boa rom
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Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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akarol said:
Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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Nah. Just use the alpha 5 CM9 bro. I hear ff11 is nice too
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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Chrome works perfectly fine for me on CM9 A5.
However, I does not have flash, so just a heads up.
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
iahk said:
Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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Because adobe isn't updating flash for mobile platforms after ICS.
That's right, I forgot about that. Thanks.
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Chrome has become my daily browser since I started using Dolphin with my Nexus One.
With the last update for Chrome and FF09, it's the smoothest browser I've used on Android. However, there are still instances where scrolling is jerky and sometimes scrolling stops working for half a minute. It seems like it only happens when I try to scroll while a page hasn't finished loading, but all of the browsers I've tried seem to have issues with scrolling an incomplete page. Closing and reopening the tab will fix the jerky scrolling.
Chrome also freezes on me forcing me to force stop it through settings -> applications. I cannot reliably reproduce this problem and it is annoying, but the benefits of having access to the open tabs on my computer on my phone outweigh this problem.
I do wish Google would iterate the Chrome beta app as fast as they iterate the desktop version of Chrome beta because I'm assuming they mean for this browser to become to default one on Android and jerky scrolling and freezes is pretty bad.
I absolutely do not know which Chrome people are using that they find "buttery smooth" and "fast". It is a terrible laggy and crappy browser on my end. The last update killed it for me where it only launches to a white screen and just freezes. If and when it does decide to work properly, it's stutters and jib-jabs when scrolling, no flash, just all around terrible. No wonder it's surname is still BETA.
Dolphin browser (mini or HD) puts it to shame, really.
You can also try firefox... It's very smooth, and untill now, I didnt find any problem
I like it but I never use it. No flash is... well, no flash. No plugin support like the rest of em either. you'd think with google being the og devs for android. Could make it all work out.
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Play store says not available for my device...
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The hell are we supposed to do without flash? Just hope websites start using html5 all of a sudden? Ugh reminds me of using an iphone.. gross
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Play store says not available for my device...
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Chrome is only availible on android 4.0 and up. Are you on gb?
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Does anyone think it would be possible to install the default browser from ICS? The jelly bean browser is lacking the very useful and important "read" function that I loved do much.
I tried to copy the browser from my evo lte, but it only crashes.
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Does anyone think it would be possible to install the default browser from ICS? The jelly bean browser is lacking the very useful and important "read" function that I loved do much.
I tried to copy the browser from my evo lte, but it only crashes.
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I flashed the AOKP JB build 1 rom, and it has the stock browser in it.
Did you change to the proper permissions? Did you disable the browser sync app?
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Yes. Yes. I got the jb browser running just fine. But it lacks the very important "read" function, which reformats a page for easy, uncluttered reading. That's why I'm looking to install the version from ics.
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Bump.
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haz3lnut said:
Yes. Yes. I got the jb browser running just fine. But it lacks the very important "read" function, which reformats a page for easy, uncluttered reading. That's why I'm looking to install the version from ics.
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Read function?
man....I can't for the life of me picture that...guess I must whip out the Gnex and look....I prolly been overlooking a very useful feature haven't I?
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Read function?
man....I can't for the life of me picture that...guess I must whip out the Gnex and look....I prolly been overlooking a very useful feature haven't I?
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See here: http://www.guidingtech.com/11294/and...-things-to-do/
I used it all the time. But not there in the JB browser.
haz3lnut said:
See here: http://www.guidingtech.com/11294/and...-things-to-do/
I used it all the time. But not there in the JB browser.
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Wow
Looks very useful
Thing is,.I've NEVER.seen that. Ever. Anywhere.
only thing even close that I've seen is pressing menu> dance for offline reading. i have never seen what is described there at all.
Is that a feature built into a certain OEMs included browser? Cuz it's certainly not on my gnex on stock aosp.
Maybe I'll need to go back to ics again just to make sure i am not losing my mind lol. Which i probably am.....
Hmmm, well I know it's on my htc evo 4g lte, so maybe it's only htc phones?
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Correct, that is a functionality within the sense browser. Not the stock ICS browser.
Is HTC violating the GPL by not releasing the source for their modified browser? Or is that source available somewhere?
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II have dolphin browser installed to use flash but iI cannot get pinch zoom to work? it will zoom once with a double tap but that's it... Pinch zoom it's checked in settings but doesn't work when browsing, am I missing something? TIA
running Dolphin Hd certain 8.5.1 (supposedly the correct version to run flash)
Dolphin took out the option to use flash, so it doesn't work at all with dolphin. There was an update for dolphin a few days ago, it's not called "dolphin hd" anymore, did you check and see if there is an update for you in the play store? Also try "dolphin beta". Thats what I'm using now and I'm not having the pinch to zoom issues.
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dirtyhamster73 said:
Dolphin took out the option to use flash, so it doesn't work at all with dolphin. There was an update for dolphin a few days ago, it's not called "dolphin hd" anymore, did you check and see if there is an update for you in the play store? Also try "dolphin beta". Thats what I'm using now and I'm not having the pinch to zoom issues.
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I've been avoiding the update, I thought the flash option was removed in the newest version... True?
Does flash work in the beta version?
Well I tried the update and it won't support flash, tried beta for pads and it crashes before ever opening.. guess my only option is 8.5.1 with no pinch to zoom...
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I've been avoiding the update, I thought the flash option was removed in the newest version... True?
Does flash work in the beta version?
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The option for flash was taken out in an update about a month ago....it was the update prior to the most recent update.
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Well I tried the update and it won't support flash, tried beta for pads and it crashes before ever opening.. guess my only option is 8.5.1 with no pinch to zoom...
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Beta actually is working better than the regular dolphin. Have you tried another browser for flash and pinch to zoom like "xcsope" or "boat"?
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The option for flash was taken out in an update about a month ago....it was the update prior to the most recent update.
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Beta actually is working better than the regular dolphin. Have you tried another browser for flash and pinch to zoom like "xcsope" or "boat"?
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II tried Boat and didn't like it, Firefox Beta is my main go-to and does aa great job EXCEPT has trouble when iI pinch to zoom while flash it's running.. I'll give xscope aa shot.. thanks for the help, it's much appreciated
I'm liking FF Aurora. Has some nice add-ons... "Always Zoom", "Taptapwrap", "Adblock", "Desktop by default", and of course flash. Could use a more direct path to bookmarks, but I use home shortcuts for favorites.
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II tried Boat and didn't like it, Firefox Beta is my main go-to and does aa great job EXCEPT has trouble when iI pinch to zoom while flash it's running.. I'll give xscope aa shot.. thanks for the help, it's much appreciated
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You're welcome. I used dolphin for a long time and once they did away with the flash option I went with xscope....happy as a clam with it
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You're welcome. I used dolphin for a long time and once they did away with the flash option I went with xscope....happy as a clam with it
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hmmm didn't realize xscope wasn't free or had a trial version.. not sure I want to pay and find out it doesn't do what I want
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hmmm didn't realize xscope wasn't free or had a trial version.. not sure I want to pay and find out it doesn't do what I want
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There use to be a free version....wow, that's odd!
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There use to be a free version....wow, that's odd!
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And disappointing...
Love your taste in devices, surprised you don't have a red or white s3...
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And disappointing...
Love your taste in devices, surprised you don't have a red or white s3...
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Thank You! Honestly, I wasn't impressed with the sgs3.... And I was super mad the u. s. carriers changed the color of the beautiful pebble blue of the international version to the blah metallic blue. I'm trying to be good and hold off on buying another phone until I see what google has in store for us with the next nexus.
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Especially after the Apple court case.. I'm guessing the international versions will be more desirable in the future, well they are already with the always modded US versions of the Galaxys but it could be much worse after this last home town decision..
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Especially after the Apple court case.. I'm guessing the international versions will be more desirable in the future, well they are already with the always modded US versions of the Galaxys but it could be much worse after this last home town decision..
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Exactly....since I already have the international GNote I didn't think getting the international sgs3 was worth it, not enough of an upgrade, imo. And I paid full price for my sgs2, which will be the last time I fork over $600 for a carrier phone...another reason I didn't get the sgs3.
I have been trying ti decide between HTC and Samsung phones, the browser text wrap works fine on HTC phones that I tested in stores, but it does not in my E4GT or SGS3, is it samsung issue? It works fine on E4GT GB but not ICS.
Why use the stock browser anyways?chrome and opera mobile ftw
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for $600.00 it should work right out of the box
patrao_n said:
Why use the stock browser anyways?chrome and opera mobile ftw
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for $600.00 it should work right out of the box, if we have to use alternatives, we can use lot of other phones, better in other ways like radio etc
asteetva said:
I have been trying ti decide between HTC and Samsung phones, the browser text wrap works fine on HTC phones that I tested in stores, but it does not in my E4GT or SGS3, is it samsung issue? It works fine on E4GT GB but not ICS.
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Its working on cm9. Did you mean stock ics on e4gt?
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It doesn't work on Stock ICS.
Browser tests:
Stock: not working
Opera: not working
FireFox: not working
Dolphin: not working
Chrome: not working
Boat: working with text wrap enable but kind of wonky.
And I know it works on some custom Roms, but maybe he is like me only stock experience for daily driver. And rarely some real rom like CM9 for a day or two.
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i thought smsung wants to win the game
Omar04 said:
It doesn't work on Stock ICS.
Browser tests:
Stock: not working
Opera: not working
FireFox: not working
Dolphin: not working
Chrome: not working
Boat: working with text wrap enable but kind of wonky.
And I know it works on some custom Roms, but maybe he is like me only stock experience for daily driver. And rarely some real rom like CM9 for a day or two.
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I thought samung wants to win the losing game, why would it stop deleting features that they provided in the beginning, unless they accept that their developers are not as good as IOS developers
Omar04 said:
It doesn't work on Stock ICS.
Browser tests:
Stock: not working
Opera: not working
FireFox: not working
Dolphin: not working
Chrome: not working
Boat: working with text wrap enable but kind of wonky.
And I know it works on some custom Roms, but maybe he is like me only stock experience for daily driver. And rarely some real rom like CM9 for a day or two.
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In Stock ICS browser:
Menu > settings > Advanced > Auto-fit pages
Am I missing something? Working fine here.
rocket321 said:
In Stock ICS browser:
Menu > settings > Advanced > Auto-fit pages
Am I missing something? Working fine here.
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the autofit pages only works for one zoom level on the stock browser, same with chrome & firefox, after which subsequent zooming in doesn't resize the text.
On opera through multiple zooms refits the text.
I never had an issue with text wrapping on the stock rom.
I never needed to change any settings either. My E4GT was preloaded with FF18 ICS when I received it from Samsung repair.
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the autofit pages only works for one zoom level on the stock browser, same with chrome & firefox, after which subsequent zooming in doesn't resize the text.
On opera through multiple zooms refits the text.
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Gotcha. In chrome this is not an issue for me because you can set the zoom level and 115% is perfect for my eyes so I don't move it around unless to look at a graphic or something. I hope you find a workable solution, in past Samsung browsers I had that functionality but unfortunately I'm used to losing options in android upgrades especially in the browser.
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I brought this up as a response in the bugs/fixes thread in General, but thought it deserved its own thread here. I'd like to know if this is a TW "feature" or something else that Sammy or T-Mo has baked into the ROM...
On a zoomable page, such as in a browser or in an email, if you swipe up/down along the left or right edge of the screen it zooms in/out as if using a pinch gesture. It gets really (really really really) annoying to have to be so careful of WHERE my finger is on the screen when I want to scroll and to not end up zooming. Are others being driven crazy by this?
I already spent time with Samsung Support to see if there was a way to toggle the "feature" and they told me I was SOL . I put in a feature request with them to add a toggle FWIW.
(this is on a stock, unrooted T-Mo GN2)
This may or may not be helpful, but regarding Google Maps.. Which you may or may not be using while driving: they recently added a double tap hold, slide up and down to zoom. I'd love that feature to be implemented into browser and others with pinch to zoom, but that's gonna be up to the developers.
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I had this issue too. I flashed a different ROM (the hacked ROM by cnmard (forget his username) ) in the development section and it doesn't seem to have this "feature." You can flash the ROM or ask in the thread how to turn it off. But it seems you'll need root regardless....
I was wondering why ive never had this accidental zoom...then I realized I have been using a 3rd party browser all along.. doesnt have this feature
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lalab0y said:
I was wondering why ive never had this accidental zoom...then I realized I have been using a 3rd party browser all along.. doesnt have this feature
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I found the feature to be active on both stock and Dolphin browsers. Haven't tried any other ones yet. Which 3rd party browser are you using?
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grimmjaw said:
I had this issue too. I flashed a different ROM (the hacked ROM by cnmard (forget his username) ) in the development section and it doesn't seem to have this "feature." You can flash the ROM or ask in the thread how to turn it off. But it seems you'll need root regardless....
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I've been trying to keep the GN2 unrooted (company mobile device policy), but this issue may force me to temporarily root to apply a fix if any dev can provide one that doesn't require a full ROM flash.
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I found the feature to be active on both stock and Dolphin browsers. Haven't tried any other ones yet. Which 3rd party browser are you using?
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Try Chrome
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