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I love the browser, but for some reason pinch zooming on it SUCKS!! Its really annoying to zoom in and then it moves all the way to almost the opposite side.. basically it doesn't stay in the place on the point I zoom in on.. is there a setting or something ?? Also.. this is the best/most popular browser correct??
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Are you using dolphin HD or no
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I use the hd version. Love it. Imo better than the stock browser.
Love that Dolphin HD and can't say I have the pinch to zoom issues. Sometimes I need to adjust but its hardly an issue. Usually on larger pages. :confusedface:
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xScope 6 is my favorite browser.
I uninstalled Dolphin Browser HD. But there is still a folder called TunnyBrowser in myfiles. That folder is 6.2mb and contains 25folders and 407 files in it. Is it safe to delete that folder?
I have now switched to Opera
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aditya104 said:
I uninstalled Dolphin Browser HD. But there is still a folder called TunnyBrowser in myfiles. That folder is 6.2mb and contains 25folders and 407 files in it. Is it safe to delete that folder?
I have now switched to Opera
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I believe that folder is the Dolphin cache, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, I have deleted it many times now without an issue.
I am yet to come across a browser that can do anything better than the stock browser. I really think the 2.2 browser is damn good. Maybe Firefox can make me change my mind when it comes out but I doubt it.
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I am yet to come across a browser that can do anything better than the stock browser. I really think the 2.2 browser is damn good. Maybe Firefox can make me change my mind when it comes out but I doubt it.
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I doubt it too. The Beta installed at like 50MB in size, and was horrifically slow as well.
I really should give the stock browser another shake, I still have a grudge against it from my android 1.6 days, where the stock browser was fairly horrible.
I use dolphin HD on my EVO. I think its much better then the stock one. Seems to load faster and you can change it to think you are a DESKTOP and get the full web site...
Maybe you all don't notice it, but I bet it happens all the time and maybe you just don't mind??
I am using HD, and if you pinch zoom lets say 60-90% zoom, and take your fingers off the screen, it does not stay where you zoomed in at.. Which means you have to try to find the area, zoomed allllll the way in..
Or you can just zoom out, rinse and repeat the same process, lol..
Seriously, haven't any of you used an Iphone? Talk about perfect (browser wise)
Dolphin HD would be better IMO, but the zoom is BROKEN..
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Maybe you all don't notice it, but I bet it happens all the time and maybe you just don't mind??
I am using HD, and if you pinch zoom lets say 60-90% zoom, and take your fingers off the screen, it does not stay where you zoomed in at.. Which means you have to try to find the area, zoomed allllll the way in..
Or you can just zoom out, rinse and repeat the same process, lol..
Seriously, haven't any of you used an Iphone? Talk about perfect (browser wise)
Dolphin HD would be better IMO, but the zoom is BROKEN..
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+1 on the pinch zoom issue. When I zoom, it jumps back to the left side of the browser window, in some cases, basically taking out of view the part I wanted to zoom into in the first place.
I was wondering what the deal was myself...nice to know I'm not alone.
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+1 on the pinch zoom issue. When I zoom, it jumps back to the left side of the browser window, in some cases, basically taking out of view the part I wanted to zoom into in the first place.
I was wondering what the deal was myself...nice to know I'm not alone.
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My dad has the same phone as me, he just got his and his does it too..
As I said, I think EVERYONE has the issue, but they just don't either notice it, or understand how a zoom feature should work..
I was about to take a video of the issue, but I think it pointless, because everyone has this issue..
I just wish there was a way to fix it.
Just tried zooming in on all corners, left right etc etc and it went where I was zooming. Didn't automatically bump me to the left ... I have seen that happen though at times.
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I think what it does, is its trying to auto correct itself..
Try zooming in "a little" then focus on 1 word, zoom to almost max, let go.. I will bet that word will not be in view anymore.
I had this issue with the old Touch.. Which was just ****ty compared to today.. But compared to the Iphone.. I was hoping the EVO would be atleast on par or better..
I do notice that when zooming in max, or close to, it tends to gather the text and move left, yes. I usually don't zoom even half way so that'd probably be why I've only noticed this occasionally.
That is kind of annoying.
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conqu1stador said:
I do notice that when zooming in max, or close to, it tends to gather the text and move left, yes. I usually don't zoom even half way so that'd probably be why I've only noticed this occasionally.
That is kind of annoying.
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Its annoying when some sites are not mobile friendly and you need to zoom in to press submit or something.
Yeah that is very annoying with the screwed up zooming. Mine does that too that's why I switched back to stock browser. Stock seems to load faster imo.
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Just trying to get some feedback on the the launch of the chrome beta and how it compares to the stock ICS browser. Even after the 4.0.4 gapps update Im feeling they're pretty similar in speed. Overall Im not not yet sure which one I prefer. Hopefully your insight will help me out.
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The UI/UX is far superior, but it lacks critical features to make it a replacement - at least for me.
We'll see in a few months when a better developed version comes out.
I heard that Chrome is a good browser. I think i will download it once flash gets support on it. Still may give it a go than delete it afterwards. I have the newest GAPPS though so i do notice a difference in speed as far as the stock browser.
no full screen and hide status bar was a dealbreaker. hopefully it will be added in later.
The UI is good, love how the tabs work, and the speed is okay.
I notice that some pages will automatically zoom in, then zoom out, and then zoom in again while the page is loading, without me ever touching the screen. Very distracting.
Also sometimes the zoom goes too far in.
And I can't render pages in desktop mode.
I probably need to wait for another beta release or two before it's ready for me.
I've noticed it to be a bit more of a battery hog compared to stock browser. Once they add support for extensions and some more features I will switch.
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I heard that Chrome is a good browser. I think i will download it once flash gets support on it. Still may give it a go than delete it afterwards. I have the newest GAPPS though so i do notice a difference in speed as far as the stock browser.
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Chrome will not be getting flash.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&q=chrome+android+flash
Hoping for improvements in the laggy typing (esp in URL bar) and "request desktop site" to show up then it'll be 100% primary.
I'm sticking with the stock browser, more than enough for me. I tried out chrome, wasn't a big fan but I don't hate it though. I didn't like was the look of it, it was disappointing.
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I noticed that too :/ but hopefully that'll be improved
I like it overall, but I think i like the stock browser a little more
comparing a beta with a out of beta software is like comparing a pair of chop stick with toothpick.
as of right now, i set chrome as default because it is faster than the stock browser. chrome offer keyboard prediction, which hands down a win for me.
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I still like dolphin hd best. Stock + as a close second. Chrome is nice for a first offering.
I personally can't stand Dolphin HD. I used to use it a lot back in the day, but now it just seems too bloated and laggy. I really like Chrome beta, though I'll stick with stock ICS Browser (especially with the 4.0.4 update) for now.
I did notice that Chrome beta cannot handle proxies. I can use the Wifi at work just fine with ICS Browser (I have the proxy info entered in the System Wifi settings) but Chrome beta cannot seem to use those same settings, so it just fails and gives a generic error message that is actually meant for the desktop version of the browser.
I'm really digging chrome so far. Tab handling is awesome and so much better than stock. Directly syncing open tabs from chrome on the computer is awesome. Syncing all bookmarks from chrome is awesome.
The only thing missing is flash but who cares. It is used little enough these days and I don't usually need to see those pages on my phone anyway.
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I'm really digging chrome so far. Tab handling is awesome and so much better than stock. Directly syncing open tabs from chrome on the computer is awesome. Syncing all bookmarks from chrome is awesome.
The only thing missing is flash but who cares. It is used little enough these days and I don't usually need to see those pages on my phone anyway.
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Exactly.
I haven't run into any bugs yet, and it syncs. I even switched back to Chrome from Firefox on the desktop because I want tab sync (and Firefox Mobile just doesn't seem usable to me).
I really like Chrome but if I want flash I have to use stock browser. I think stock browser is excellent too though..
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Adaptive zoom on double tap is a huge advantage of Chrome over stock in my opinion
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Here i can find the historic log in Chrome?
And about native browser 4.0.4? Where i can find? Needs root for update it?
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I'm definitely loving chrome . Already am using it as my default browser. Its fast and pinch to zoom is butter. The tabs are fun little add on too, I like the whole 3d effect. The only things I miss from stock browser are the on screen controls and ability to request desktop site easier. Even though it doesn't really bother me to scroll down the page to get the desktop site, and then from what I've noticed , once you click on desktop site for one website , every website after that automatically loads in desktop form , which I think is great. I think for the initial beta release Google has done a great job. Definitely like how it dominates all the HTML 5 tests too
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Browser quick controls are useless in landscape mode. Trying to bring them up triggers Google Now everytime. Now I have to always use in portrait or use my left hand. Arrrrgh!
Can we get a comment section added here where people can just start new threads to make one comment and maybe let us know how they feel every day. For the rest of us, we can add posts to the correct already started threads in the general section.
I liked the old quick controls much better but one of my reasons for using them in ICS is that it reduced the lag that happened whenever the address bar would slide out. It doesn't lag in jellybean anymore so I have them off for now. I do kind of miss them though.
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Browser quick controls are useless in landscape mode. Trying to bring them up triggers Google Now everytime. Now I have to always use in portrait or use my left hand. Arrrrgh!
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I agree, this is a problem!
Also I don't like how the new q controls behave. The old ones were much better.
I am thinking of switching to chrome but it is a little luggy compared to stock.
The rest of the OS is much smoother though.
I quite like the new quick controls with long-press but they're a little too sensitive, if I could wind down the sensitivity I'd be happy.
I hadn't noticed but yes, using the right ones in landscape is a bit more difficult but as long as you don't swipe at all you're good to go.
Works fine on the left side. What is the big deal?
butter and jelly please...
It is odd but as said above it works on the left n you can always rotate the phone if you want it on the right
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That on Verizon it always says I'm roaming
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It is odd but as said above it works on the left n you can always rotate the phone if you want it on the right
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Except the software buttons move to the right no matter which way you rotate. I guess I can get used to operating it from the left side I suppose.
I would use chrome, but at the moment it's not as smooth as the default browser. If only they would combine the smoothness and quick controls of the default browser with the rendering engine of Chrome we would have the perfect browser. Both compromise on different things right now which is strange.
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Except the software buttons move to the right no matter which way you rotate. I guess I can get used to operating it from the left side I suppose.
I would use chrome, but at the moment it's not as smooth as the default browser. If only they would combine the smoothness and quick controls of the default browser with the rendering engine of Chrome we would have the perfect browser. Both compromise on different things right now which is strange.
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He meant rotate the phone to portrait...
This phone is one of the best, but I need a browser which properly re-flows text.
The Sense browsers are awesome because when you pinch zoom, the text re-paginates so all the words are on the screen and you can read it! The GS3 (and most other) browsers does not - so the text flows off the screen when zoomed in, requiring a lot of back and forth scrolling to read an article.
Does anyone have a recommendation as to which browsers have the best text re-flow??
(I think I have tried 20 browsers now, and none are as good as the HTC Sense ones...thanks.)
Have you gone into the stock browser then settings>advanced> and checked the auto-fit pages box?
Edit: never mind, it's not working like it should for me either.
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Have you gone into the stock browser then settings>advanced> and checked the auto-fit pages box?
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Yes I have, this does not work.
I just saw that there is a reader mode, which is a green icon in the url bar on some sites. When you click that it reloads the page and you can then reflow text. That's kind of a pain to always have to do though.
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Any more ideas about which browser works best for reflow?
When I had the epic, I would use dolphin browser mini and loved it for this feature. I have yet to use it on my sgs3 because I'm enjoying chrome. But I'd give dolphin browser mini a try.
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Try Opera.
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This phone is one of the best, but I need a browser which properly re-flows text.
The Sense browsers are awesome because when you pinch zoom, the text re-paginates so all the words are on the screen and you can read it! The GS3 (and most other) browsers does not - so the text flows off the screen when zoomed in, requiring a lot of back and forth scrolling to read an article.
Does anyone have a recommendation as to which browsers have the best text re-flow??
(I think I have tried 20 browsers now, and none are as good as the HTC Sense ones...thanks.)
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I've had problems with just about every browser I've tried on the GS3.
Stock, Firefox and Dolphin don't reflow properly NOR do they let me log into my bank's secure website.
Opera is the only one that reflows properly (although its a little slow to react and reflow) AND let's me log into secure websites.
And I'm not a browser snob... I used the stock browser on my GS2 for the entire year, and I was happy. I'm actually a little irritated I have to download a 3rd party browser to do simple things.
Hey,
I recently bought the Nexus 7 v2.
There is something I'm not sure to understand. On the official website it says: 1920x1200
But if I go there http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/ then it says 600x912
I didn't install new rom.
Is that normal ?
Does the resolution change depending of the application ?
Thanks,
Dalf
ps: my brother has installed a rom on his nexus 7 and the resolution is: 800*1232
Pps sorry for double post
I got 1920×1104 from mine. Given that the soft keys take up some real estate, that sounds about right.
I got 1200 x 1920
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I think that website only measures the resolution of the browser window. I got 600x912 as well.
Just tried it in portrait and got 1200×1824. Again considering the soft keys, that sounds right...
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Just tried it in portrait and got 1200×1824. Again considering the soft keys, that sounds right...
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I have expanded desktop with cm10.2
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1200x1920 on a custom rom
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Maybe just some sort of browser madness..
Opera & Chrome: 600x912
Firefox: 1200x1824
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The ACTUAL pixels counting bottom navigation bar and status bar is 1920x1200. Interesting how the website is giving different reports.
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<•••• 1200 x 1920 per AOSP Browser.
From Anandtech: "Brian was quick to point out that a major advantage of the Android platform is in its flexible resolution handling. The 1920 x 1200 panel presents itself as a 960 x 600 panel to web pages in Chrome, while other apps can use every last pixel for unique content (e.g. games)."
It is probably loading up a mobile page and the browser is telling the site 960x600.
I noticed this too on all devices. The browser reports half resolution. When I build Mobile web apps, I typically have to do 960x600 and it properly formats across most browsers I've tried. Is weird though but again I think the browsers are telling the site that it's max is half so a properly coded site will send over a customized layout more suited for tablets.
FF reports the correct dimensions of 1200×1824 or 1920×1104 depending on the orientation, and accounting for the nav buttons.
This is a pretty sad state when Google has to resort to such tricks as reporting half resolution to make up for extremely poor web developers. Anyone using pixel measurements for any web or app development clearly doesn't know what they are doing. This highlights this issue perfectly. Web browsers are aware of the actual DPI of the screen and will render pages accordingly, so long as the specifications use proper dynamic sizes. I really hate browsing some mobile sites on my Nexus 7. They are ridiculously huge to the point of being unusable!
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<•••• 1200 x 1920 per AOSP Browser.
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hackel said:
FF reports the correct dimensions of 1200×1824 or 1920×1104 depending on the orientation, and accounting for the nav buttons.
This is a pretty sad state when Google has to resort to such tricks as reporting half resolution to make up for extremely poor web developers. Anyone using pixel measurements for any web or app development clearly doesn't know what they are doing. This highlights this issue perfectly. Web browsers are aware of the actual DPI of the screen and will render pages accordingly, so long as the specifications use proper dynamic sizes. I really hate browsing some mobile sites on my Nexus 7. They are ridiculously huge to the point of being unusable!
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Web developing is all about pixel measurements. And its used for displaying various CSS profiles. Most CSS tablet mode themes are built around a 960 width. It isn't for poor web developers, it is for GOOD web developers that create a tablet CSS theme. A good developer will have various styles for mobile, tablet, full, and super wide.
If the browser reports 1200 or 1920 resolution width, it would throw it into full site mode. Chrome does this so it can default to the best mode designed for your device and giving you the option for full site options in the menu.
Specially developed tablet friendly sites usually use less advertisements and finger friendly controls.
This is smart on Googles behave.
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player911 said:
Web developing is all about pixel measurements. And its used for displaying various CSS profiles. Most CSS tablet mode themes are built around a 960 width. It isn't for poor web developers, it is for GOOD web developers that create a tablet CSS theme. A good developer will have various styles for mobile, tablet, full, and super wide.
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You could not be more wrong, this is the problem! You absolutely should not be making assumptions about a device based on it's screen resolution. Multiple CSS profiles is very good indeed, but they must be based on the physical dimensions of the screen. If it's 7-10", then tablet, 3-5" mobile, etc. These measurements are dependent on the screen DPI and have nothing to do with the physical pixel resolution, nor should they. Ever. This is all Microsoft's fault for building an OS and browser that rendered at 96 DPI regardless of the physical screen, and tricked generations of computer users into thinking higher resolution means smaller text/UI. Android's doing a great job at fixing that, but unfortunately many web developers are still way behind and need to catch up. Granted, I've been making this same argument for almost 10 years now. People just refuse to learn!
out-of-box, fully updated with chrome browser: 960x552 landscape. 600x912 portrait.
certainly doesnt look that low, so i'd say a chrome issue.