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Hi there! Just saw that theres a new market for android and thought id start a thread where everyone could share their opinion!
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-android-market-for-phones-with.html
New market:
http://www.4shared.com/file/We4ubY3v/comandroidvending-1.html
Old market (from gapps-gb-20110613-signed_rc1):
http://www.4shared.com/file/jpMBtIzA/Vending.html
for me, the new market look is really neat, the way things organized is better than just lists like the previous one.
but at the first use, it might take a while since the market needs to cache the images first, but downloads now are top notch
Aside from the look -- like it or hate it -- had trouble with search locating apps.
actually i liked the old one better because of its simplicity and the new one lags until it has loaded the pics. it will take some time to get used to it. but well see
Looks good but slow and fc must if the time.
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I miss the "just in " apps section im ok with the rest. No fc's for me
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zakoo2 said:
actually i liked the old one better because of its simplicity and the new one lags until it has loaded the pics. it will take some time to get used to it. but well see
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Same idea. The old one is clear and more stable.
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Yes, old one is better.
Old one was more faster. I miss too while i'm looking for some, while tiping, no hits come on the new market. But it is more kind and i think it have a better organize from the app's.
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The new version of Market looks good but slower than the older version. I think I'll keep using the older version until google improve the stability of new Market.
The old market is better and faster the New one is to complicated to find apps
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I would rather have the old one, when you do a search now you get app, books, and ??? (don't remember) then you have to click again to see the apps. Looked to see if there was an option to not see the books and whatever in the search but I couldn't find it,
I think it is slower and take more clicks to find what you want. Guess I'll just use the web version until they mess it up too.
My wife and I have yet to receive the latest market update.
A bit reluctant to download via the link provided above. Is it safe?
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tlongren said:
My wife and I have yet to receive the latest market update.
A bit reluctant to download via the link provided above. Is it safe?
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I didn't get it till last night and I don't even know when it was downloaded no notice that I am aware of, went in one time and it was the old one and last night I had the new one. I would just wait for it to update.
i updated it via the link i posted, no problems so far. but stick to the old one as long as you can
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i updated it via the link i posted, no problems so far. but stick to the old one as long as you can
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Heh, ok. New Market is that bad huh? I personally have no desire to purchase books or movies for my phone. If I had a tablet I may want to, but I don't have a tablet.
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Can some one post the old 1?
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Can some one post the old 1?
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see first post, posted the link to the old market .apk!
Thanks. Reverts to the new 1
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I think the old market is much better...quicker and gets to the point
anybody know why the miren browser isnt in the market any more? i loved that browser. now that its not there, any suggestions on a good simple browser?
before miren came into my life (lol) i used skyfire
My GF uses Skyfire.
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Try Boat Browser. Very similar to Miren. Miren was my choice too. I like Boat just as much.
I have miren and could post it if you need it. Pm me I still use it every day
If you could please post it. I just flashed cm7 today and went to d/l just to find it missing.
Ugh. Guess I'll try boat out in the meantime.
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+1 on boat browser.
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Miren browser fc's on me whenever i try to download anything using that browser.. i stop using it and went with dolphin mini..
Rumor has it that Dolphin is recording your inernet travels and phoning it home. At least I read a thread on here one day about it. Enough reason for me to leave it alone.
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Miren browser fc's on me whenever i try to download anything using that browser.. i stop using it and went with dolphin mini..
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+1 for opera mobile, looks like hell but handles most websites 100%. ROFLMAO when my cousin was like why do I have an oprah browser ha
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The cool thing about Miren is that you could get your bookmarks from an HTML file. I have yet to figure out how to get my bookmarks from Chrome to Dolphin, Opera, or the standard browser (I got them in the standard browser but not in folders, lame). I have ChromeMarks so know about that.
Its still in the market. My Touchpad couldn't see it either running CM7 for some reason. Try googling it in the browser and then click on the link to the market and select "open with Market" and it should show up and allow you to download. Worked for me on the Touchpad.
Another +1 for Opera Mobile.
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Damn, another great app taken off the market.
Guess Maxthon Browser is next in line for default on my phone.
Do you use titanium? When I first flashed CM7 I thought I had lost most of my apps but they are at the bottom of the list on titainium with a line through them. Just restore them. I thought I had lost the anarchy launcher from TriNitY ROM but there it was.
Edit: The opera mini is really light on systems
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socos25 said:
Rumor has it that Dolphin is recording your inernet travels and phoning it home. At least I read a thread on here one day about it. Enough reason for me to leave it alone.
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Yeah, I saw the same on the XDA News section a while back. A day after it was discovered, the person who discovered Dolphin was "logging" your internet travels released a method to disable it. Afterwards, Dolphin hopped on board and disabled that function in an update. Dolphin was again tested and was found to no longer log anything.
My Top 3 Browsers (for anyone who cares to know) are as follows, and are in NO particular order:
Skyfire
Dolphin Browser HD
Opera
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Dolphin mini is fast
Opera mobile is amazing functionality wise, but the UI iss clunky as fluff
I tried boat a long time ago, but when I did it seemed very close to miren. Go for it
Beware of them chinese apps tho
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^^^What's wrong with the Chinese apps? Phishing?
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a quick google search reveals this
http://www.mediafire.com/?73366sj0x18z35i
im assuming im not breaking any rules since this is a free app anyways..
this is sad news.. the first thing i do when i flash a new rom is uninstall the stock browser so i can restore my miren TB backup. ill probably continue to use miren until it bugs me not getting updates for it
DrKaotica said:
a quick google search reveals this
http://www.mediafire.com/?73366sj0x18z35i
im assuming im not breaking any rules since this is a free app anyways..
this is sad news.. the first thing i do when i flash a new rom is uninstall the stock browser so i can restore my miren TB backup. ill probably continue to use miren until it bugs me not getting updates for it
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You're good. It's free.
Edit: I prefer boat browser if it means anything
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Just discovered Miren missing myself. I still have the apk, but it started having...issues. It was rendering the full version of pages no matter what the user agent was set to. I'm going to try Boat, based on what's being said here, but I also really dig xScope. Might go that route.
EDIT: The update (2.0) is now live in the market, but you might want to BEWARE, read my comments below. These "bugs" I mention have turned out to be "features" of 2.0 so they will break what I listed. Update at your own risk. For me and the way I use Dropbox, the new pretty UI was definitely not worth the lost functionality. Fortunately I came across another Beta version (1296) that brings all the goodness of the UI update without breaking any of the good stuff the old version had! New file below
I just received a Dropbox Pre-release Update that I thought I'd share with the good peeps of XDA. (Posted this in Android Apps too, but thought I should take care of my E4GT peeps directly.)
Some nice updates coming down the pipe, but we get to play with it now. (Make sure you have a backup of your folder and previous DB setup.)
From the email:
Here's the stuff we've added:
• Favorites: quick offline access to files
• Bulk upload photos and videos
• Access all file and folder actions with just one tap
• Improved gallery view
• Upload from and export to your phone's memory
• Rename files and folders
• Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) improvements
• Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements
EDIT: Some nice UI changes, but some bugs in this as well:
The sdcard/Dropbox file is moved to sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/scratch and will no longer play nice with wallpapers, ringtones, etc.
You now add files as Favorites to make them available offline, but there is currently no way to make folders favorites, so you would have to mark each file you want to use offline
No longer an indicator showing whether a file is already downloaded or not
Added bulk upload, but still no bulk download
Lost the updating/downloading notification on the status bar, now we don't know when the files finished uploading/downloading
And here's the apk. If you still want to give it a go. And the Dropbox Forum discussion if you want to join in.
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Downloaded it from your other post but i'll thank you again.
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eao1991 said:
Downloaded it from your other post but i'll thank you again.
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You're welcome. It's a pretty nice setup. Will be nice when they get a controllable two-way sync for Android in the native DB app.
@jerdog, sorry bud, meant to post this in Themes and Apps. Feel free to move if it is not General enough
I'm kinda upset Android just now getting this update when IOS had it for months
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YoungAceAtlanta said:
I'm kinda upset Android just now getting this update when IOS had it for months
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Based on the DB forums, looks like a different update and it's easier to work on iOS with it's limited number of variables (screen sizes, versions, vendor UI's, etc.) compared to Android. So it's not surprising that it generally takes development longer for Android apps and updates.
Mind if I share
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Mind if I share
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Not at all. In fact if you go to the forum page I linked in the OP, you can find the link for the apk there as well.
I don't understand how they still don't have two way syncing on the native app, but look on the market and you can find apps that do this just fine.
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Is this different than the "unreleased beta" that's been floating around XDA for about a month?
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I don't understand how they still don't have two way syncing on the native app, but look on the market and you can find apps that do this just fine.
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Been asking that in the Dropbox forums as well.
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Is this different than the "unreleased beta" that's been floating around XDA for about a month?
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No idea, I haven't seen that one and nothing came up with Dropbox1306 when I searched, so probably not. As far as I can tell by the DB forum, this just came out today to beta testers. I only received it in my email about 30 minutes before I posted it so I think it is fairly new. Do you have a link to this "unreleased beta" that you are talking about? It would be pretty easy to tell if it's the same.
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Been asking that in the Dropbox forums as well.
No idea, I haven't seen that one and nothing came up with Dropbox1306 when I searched, so probably not. As far as I can tell by the DB forum, this just came out today to beta testers. I only received it in my email about 30 minutes before I posted it so I think it is fairly new. Do you have a link to this "unreleased beta" that you are talking about? It would be pretty easy to tell if it's the same.
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I think I just answered my own question, as I realized my "beta" file is called Dropbox1296... Anyhoo, here it is: http://db.tt/fOjjMX2q (and it's awesome).
But if this new one is an update of that^, (and, number-wise, it seems like it must be) then I'm switching, as Dropbox just gets better and better with every update.
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I think I just answered my own question, as I realized my "beta" file is called Dropbox1296... Anyhoo, here it is: http://db.tt/fOjjMX2q (and it's awesome).
But if this new one is an update of that^, (and, number-wise, it seems like it must be) then I'm switching, as Dropbox just gets better and better with every update.
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If you give the one I posted a go, make a nandroid first and copy your sdcard/Dropbox folder to your PC because the latest removes it and moves the files into a Data folder tree. I still haven't received a good answer as to why. Wouldn't be a big deal, but I think it screws up the ability for the phone to recognize the files for media purposes (i.e. ringtones, wallpapers, etc.) Check out the forum link I posted and you can get a feel for what's going on.
This update is freaking amazing!!!!
still can't move files.
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still can't move files.
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I just updated the OP with more info on a different Beta I discovered. This is the beta before 1306 and provides all the beauty of the new UI with all the functionality and ease of the old version! Really good stuff. Personally, I wouldn't update in the market. I'd use 1296, I am.
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I just updated the OP with more info on a different Beta I discovered. This is the beta before 1306 and provides all the beauty of the new UI with all the functionality and ease of the old version! Really good stuff. Personally, I wouldn't update in the market. I'd use 1296, I am.
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Here's an inverted 1296 if you want it...
http://db.tt/X99tgejo
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Just_s said:
I just updated the OP with more info on a different Beta I discovered. This is the beta before 1306 and provides all the beauty of the new UI with all the functionality and ease of the old version! Really good stuff. Personally, I wouldn't update in the market. I'd use 1296, I am.
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Hey buddy:
*Thanks for the link in the OP to the Forum about the whole thing: after trying both, and realizing what you'd be giving up with either 2.0 or 1306, I'd have to agree with you....
1296 is where it's at.
I might make the suggestion that anyone who goes this route should definitely turn off automatic updates in the Market.
(I've accidentally done this before: I'll find a beta of something that I really like, and then forget the fact that it is a beta, then update it through the market: thus losing the functionality I had loved from the beta version.)
Anyway, thanks for the option: if I hadn't read up on it, I'd have just blindly updated it, just because of the version number.
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EDIT: and thanks to you, John, for the inverted version, btw.
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Hey buddy:
*Thanks for the link in the OP to the Forum about the whole thing: after trying both, and realizing what you'd be giving up with either 2.0 or 1306, I'd have to agree with you....
1296 is where it's at.
I might make the suggestion that anyone who goes this route should definitely turn off automatic updates in the Market.
(I've accidentally done this before: I'll find a beta of something that I really like, and then forget the fact that it is a beta, then update it through the market: thus losing the functionality I had loved from the beta version.)
Anyway, thanks for the option: if I hadn't read up on it, I'd have just blindly updated it, just because of the version number.
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EDIT: and thanks to you, John, for the inverted version, btw.
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No problem. The only issue or "enhancement" with 1296 is this new "feature" they have for downloading files. No more long pressand automatically into the appropriate folder. Now it's "download"and then select a location. But at least we keep the /sdcard/Dropbox root folder in this version!
If Dropbox actually listens to its community, those "enhancements" should be dealt with in the next update.
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No problem. The only issue or "enhancement" with 1296 is this new "feature" they have for downloading files. No more long pressand automatically into the appropriate folder. Now it's "download"and then select a location. But at least we keep the /sdcard/Dropbox root folder in this version!
If Dropbox actually listens to its community, those "enhancements" should be dealt with in the next update.
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Cool. (but actually I kinda like being able to be specific about where the file goes-it's prolly a good habit to get into.
Maybe this way, my downloads folder doesn't look like a complete train-wreck.)
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I have to agree about 1296. It has been the best for me as well. I have an inverted 1306 but I rolled back because 1296 has been perfect!
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I've searched and couldn't find any helpful information regarding Adobe Flash Player working on the GS3. All I read was some have it working and most dont. So I decided to create a thread regarding this.
Me and a friend been searching google for along time and I finally found this youtube video thats 6 days old showing how to get in working.
THIS IS NOT MY WORK!
I tried it out and now i have Flash Player working in the Stock Browser. This is my 1st post so be gentle on me Ladies and Gents. I'm just trying to contribute to the community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E3R9gNU4X4
I've had Flash working just fine in the stock browser and other browsers on my S3 from the get go.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUf34IB3V8&feature=related
More popular =p Would think it would work with ICS. Don't really understand why anroid 2.0 is gingerbread, then 3.0 is honeycomb, then 4.0 is ics and then 4.1 is jb? D= weird
ReapersDeath said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUf34IB3V8&feature=related
More popular =p Would think it would work with ICS. Don't really understand why anroid 2.0 is gingerbread, then 3.0 is honeycomb, then 4.0 is ics and then 4.1 is jb? D= weird
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gingerbread wasn't 2.0. eclair was 2.0/2.1. froyo was 2.2; gingerbread was 2.3.
the small steps in versions are because they aren't big enough updates to warrant a big step in numbers. they are just incremental updates.
Flash works on stock browser on S3, make sure your on ICS for official support. For JB, you can search XDA there is a thread on how to make it work. Flash doesn't work on Chrome regardless of ICS or JB.
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Mystikalx said:
Flash works on stock browser on S3, make sure your on ICS for official support. For JB, you can search XDA there is a thread on how to make it work. Flash doesn't work on Chrome regardless of ICS or JB.
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...which is exactly why i don't use Chrome nor understand why it gets so much recommend. I find it terrible as a browser personally.
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...which is exactly why i don't use Chrome nor understand why it gets so much recommend. I find it terrible as a browser personally.
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I mean, flash is going bye-bye anyways, and html5 is stepping up.
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gingerbread wasn't 2.0. eclair was 2.0/2.1. froyo was 2.2; gingerbread was 2.3.
the small steps in versions are because they aren't big enough updates to warrant a big step in numbers. they are just incremental updates.
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I just used that Youtube video that u linked and it works also the only difference is the version in the link i posted is the Adobe Flash Player apk is updated.
You guys do know that there is not anymore development on flash for mobile .... the only way to install on jelly bean is by downloading and side loading it anyways ....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...um=organic&utm_term=adobe+flash+mobile+update
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You guys do know that there is not anymore development on flash for mobile .... the only way to install on jelly bean is by downloading and side loading it anyways ....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...um=organic&utm_term=adobe+flash+mobile+update
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+1 Adobe ceased all support for android above 4.x, ICS and above... see article here and the list of compatible devices here.
And the video has so many uneeded steps, just download the apk and side load it with any file manager and use the Boat, Firefox or Dolphin browsers. Another work around is Skyfire, but that is outdated and las update was 2011...
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I mean, flash is going bye-bye anyways, and html5 is stepping up.
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Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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Same here, there many sites that I go to to view video that are still in Flash (flv) format and the HTML5 take over will take a few years to get there. Youtube was one of the first adopters of HTML5, but many are still falling behind.
Thanks to this thread I've found the Boat Browser, was using Dolphin a lot more than Chrome. I find Chrome lacking and missing some features, expected a more robust experience. I'm going to keep it for now and see how it evovles over the course of time.
I'm using the xscope browser along with the swf player from Market. It's working pretty good...perhaps it'll work with chrome browser as well. Might wanna give that a shot.
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Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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After my longtime fight to get away from Dolphin browser I finally settled on Chrome. I use an app now called 'flashify' in the Play store. Whenever I hit a snag I share the page to Flashify which in turns allows me to carry the link over to another browser. In this case its the 'OCS Browser included in/with JellyBomb ROM.
Really bored one day I decided to track my battery usage and internet connections. I found that Dolphin was a bit of a hog compared to others. Can't get into the swing of Firefox. Used to use Boat but it seemsBoat was just right behind Dolphin Browser is size/data hog. It didn't really slow anything down that I could tell but I just felt Chrome would be... Less of a mem hog/battery/data hog than Dolphin. I could be wrong.... But seems to worm better for me. Just a thought...
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Sorry for the typos.. Fat fingers syndrome.
yeah ive noticed that adobe flash is no longer in the market anymore, only reason why i was able to download from the market was because on the first day i got the gs3 i saw it once and download it on stock kernel, when i rooted and flash my rom it desappeared from the market, later found it under apps that i installed from my previous phone up until now from the new google data recovery. Now everytime i flash a new rom i can get it from the market throught the google recovery. forgive my ignorance, but whats so great bout the new HTML5 versus the adobe flash and what new features is it having?
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yeah ive noticed that adobe flash is no longer in the market anymore, only reason why i was able to download from the market was because on the first day i got the gs3 i saw it once and download it on stock kernel, when i rooted and flash my rom it desappeared from the market, later found it under apps that i installed from my previous phone up until now from the new google data recovery. Now everytime i flash a new rom i can get it from the market throught the google recovery. forgive my ignorance, but whats so great bout the new HTML5 versus the adobe flash and what new features is it having?
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Flash has always been horrible at memory usage and html5 is more of a native thing so much more user friendly ..just going to have to be patient while people update
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This was posted by a user called Glace at the Google Play:
I was excited by all the features and customization of this browser, but using SwiftKey Keyboard, inserting a space into a textarea scrolls the page down and doesn't insert the space. I even tried copying a space and pasting it in and it did the same thing. That makes this browser useless for my purposes, which is a shame.
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I expirience the same problem on Paranoid Android 2.13 with both Swype and the stock keyboard. On my Galaxy S with Android 4.0 does that bug not exist.
Could somebody else test if the could reproduce the problem? Please post what ROM you use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5hZGdqbS5hbmdlbCJd
Btw, other than that, best browser from all that I tested! And I think I tested nearly all
Same problem here. I messed around with the settings a little bit but found no such solution to the problem.
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Paranoid Android 2.16 same deal.
Paranoid Android 2.1799 faux kernel. Same.
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I've been trying this browser, seems to work well. I keep going back to Firefox, but this one is still on my N7, that's a good sign! Not rooted, so hopefully none of the keyboard issues posted here.
Same problem on Kaos Droid ROM. Shame.
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