The results that come up are rather lacking. When you go to search, it only shows 4 results per page. And then 4 dumb ads. There are no options to change the amount of results per page (it used to display 10 per page). Many results are also missing a date (as are some of the articles they lead to).
Not sure if this is XDA's fault, but I've never had this issue before.
For some reason. When I perform a new search on that page, by tapping into the search field (next to the magnifying glass at the top), it causes the browser (Chrome mobile) to freeze up for 15-20 seconds
Using Chrome on Android.
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I use stock browser with quick controls turned on. This has happened about three times now. I'm on a forum andi have about 4 or 5 browser tabs open. I'm finishing a long letter and I'm hitting the submit button. Suddenly I'm at android's home screen. I hit the browser button and my letter is gone including all tabs.I don't know what I'm doing to cause this.i don't even know what buttonsi could hit to make all the browser tabs to close at once. Does anyone have any idea? Thanks.
You're running out of memory. If rooted, try changing your low mem settings.
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If you are running out of memory while browsing the web, there is something wrong with your unit. That should not be happening.
Is that what's really going on? I thought maybe I was hitting a combination of keys with the outer palm of my hand or something.
My evo 3d has a gig of memory (800 something useable), and to many browser tabs, plus some music playing, etc will kill my browser. It's not really out of memory per se just the oom value of the browser gets up there too high. Especially with the values most people set by default on custom roms. What's the default for the tab?
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I don't understand. How do I look that up?
It happened today also and I'm positive this time I didn't accidentally hit any buttons or keys.
Every problem I had went away when I installed Opera browser. No more crashes. No more stuttering, choppy YouTube videos. Working select text, copy, and paste. No more bumping the wrong links or accidently closing on-screen keyboard because I hit the spacebar wrong. No more opening windows because my finger accidently strayed across the screen. Everything just works now. Boy am I glad I tried Opera. If you're having any of these issues I suggest giving Opera a try.
Unfortunatly, Opera wont work for some sites that use certain javascript functions and most sites that I use break in Opera (tables & forms dont show up properly). Luckily Ive never really had a problem with the stock browser, but I think the reason why is because I have pluggins set to On Demand. If you ever feel like giving the stock browser another shot I'd highly recommend to keep the plugins set to on demand and clearing out the cache every once in a while doesnt hurt either.
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Opera wont work for some sites that use certain javascript functions and most sites that I use break in Opera (tables & forms dont show up properly).
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Could you please give some examples of sites that "break in Opera"? I am using Opera exclusively and I haven't experienced that problem.
I havent tried using Opera Moble recently, but the last time I worked with it one of my banking sites wouldn't let me login due to javascript errors that were only present while using opera. Also, I use my tablet for supporting customers while out in the field and the primary site I support does not function properly under opera (things like javascript links, the div wrapped tables and embedded videos do not display properly or sometimes not at all).
Opera is great for sites using html5 and simple javascript functions, but I cant use it as my daily driver when it wont play nice with my development stuff and refuses to render pages properly that my clients create. I want to be able to use one browser for everything, not be in the middle of a call and have to tell a customer "oh wait, give me just a sec I have to switch browsers, I forgot your site uses a ajax generated, javascript pop-up and I cant scroll it".
I'd link a specific site as an example, but it would require customer permissiions to do so since their site requires authentication but here's a charted example you can see that while opera has issues other browsers do not: www.quirksmode.org/m/table.html
For the general public though, you shouldnt have an issue.
Is there a way to do so?
Specifically, I mean my last google searches, browser history and market searches.
I just found options to clear existing histories, but no entry to prevent logging new ones.
if you're trying to hide your tracks in specific instances, you could use an incognito window in the browser to search including the android market. Then everything goes away when you close that window. But if you mean always, then I don't know.
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Yeah, I mean the same settings I have in my Notebook's Firefox: Simply don't even start a history. Or when I tap the Google Search window on top of the screen - don't give me my last searches.
Zuzler said:
Yeah, I mean the same settings I have in my Notebook's Firefox: Simply don't even start a history. Or when I tap the Google Search window on top of the screen - don't give me my last searches.
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Try this.... Open Google Search... Menu -> Settings -> Google Search -> Uncheck Use Web Histroy
Yup, tried that already. I'm at the moment not even logged into my gmail account. It still gives me my last searches below the google text field on the home screen.
Just to be clear: I don't mind that "instant search" which autocompletes, but the storage of my last searches bugs me. It's the same in the market.
I wonder if this is related to a recent article ibsae on yahoo news about Google saving your history .
I deleted it all and paused it through Gmail on my desktop. However I believe this is something different but regardless ibwoukd check that yahoo news article. When I have a chance I'll get link for it
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Yup, tried that already. I'm at the moment not even logged into my gmail account. It still gives me my last searches below the google text field on the home screen.
Just to be clear: I don't mind that "instant search" which autocompletes, but the storage of my last searches bugs me. It's the same in the market.
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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fgoogles-privacy-shift-march-1-everything-know-223202285.html&ei=DB1QT6LxO4OhsgKk7sSzDg&usg=AFQjCNHHBtC542NRYe2-Dac9L2e0JZtQiA&sig2=r2ClJkbzFuXjemN6LhaeIA
Here it is. Although I read a different one. This one says on Android that if you already signed in your outta luck?
I realize you just don't want it popping up but this is why maybe??
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I don't think it should affect the OS itself. Remember, I'm talking about the search bar on the home screen, not the browser.
It is possible to delete the search results one by one by tapping the X on their side, but there is apparently no option to prevent the search bar from creating the entries in the first place.
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I don't think it should affect the OS itself. Remember, I'm talking about the search bar on the home screen, not the browser.
It is possible to delete the search results one by one by tapping the X on their side, but there is apparently no option to prevent the search bar from creating the entries in the first place.
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I had the same issue so I downloaded 'Beaver' by Crowbar Solutions (free and paid on the Market) which is now my browser and basically saves absolutely no trace of your browsing history. The browser is pretty much the same as the stock browser and I have the paid version of the app so was able to set my own homepage to google, etc.
...and I just realised you were referring to the search bar on the homescreen my confusion sorry. I don't use that search bar so can't offer a solution.
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I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and have noticed a strange thing happening recently. If I did a Google search for images I could click on one of the search results and get a bigger version of the image with a couple of options, namely visit the page where the image resides or view the image at its full resolution. I could also scroll to the next result by tapping a little arrow. Now when I click/tap on an image result I get taken immediately to the web page. This does not happen on my phone, so what could have changed on the N7?
I have no other browsers on the N7 to try...
Since early 2017 my E980 on stock 4.4.2 has been struggling on text-heavy pages, in every browser. Zooming and then clicking is very laggy; clicks often show up delayed or misplaced due to rendering lag. Example page on Reddit (log in so things are clickable).
Is this normal?
Edit: disregard, this was due to AutoInput.
Depending on the browser, I'm using Firefox Focus on mine nd everything works okay... Consider that this is a 6y old CPU and modern web pages are full of different scripts, stylesheets and stuff... simply don't expect much from it.
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Depending on the browser, I'm using Firefox Focus on mine nd everything works okay... Consider that this is a 6y old CPU and modern web pages are full of different scripts, stylesheets and stuff... simply don't expect much from it.
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Define okay, though. The pages I'm talking about have tens of thousands of characters. This is causing a zoom and UI delay where you zoom in, tap something, and the tap is registered in the wrong spot because the tap zones haven't updated. Try it on the example page. Scroll around, zoom in, and immediately try to tap a grey link (no account needed).
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Define okay, though. The pages I'm talking about have tens of thousands of characters. This is causing a zoom and UI delay where you zoom in, tap something, and the tap is registered in the wrong spot because the tap zones haven't updated. Try it on the example page. Scroll around, zoom in, and immediately try to tap a grey link (no account needed).
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By okay I mean I can spend 30-60 minutes on reddit w/out any issues or slowdowns It really depends a lot on the browser, Chrome is lagging even on my newer device sometimes, while Firefox likes to freeze for no apparent reason. I have only Firefox Focus on that phone and it's as fast as you can expect from that device.
I finally found the cause: AutoInput (Tasker plugin). Disabled it and restarted Chrome.