Google has released a Beta version of Chrome for Ice Cream Sandwich which means it will be available on the Note soon. I've been using the Dolphin browser but I'll switch to Chrome when the ICS update is released.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/249455/chrome_comes_to_android_but_only_for_the_1_percent.html?
Nice, although I wonder what's changed compared to the internal browser seeing as they're both webkit based.
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No Flash Support.
damnit, this makes me want ICS even more...
The URL/Tab syncing is an amazing feature...
No flash support WHY? I have a *cough ipad with no flash support. .... Surely they arent trying to take us the same way as the half bitten apple? NOOOOOO
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mancuk29 said:
No flash support WHY? I have a *cough ipad with no flash support. .... Surely they arent trying to take us the same way as the half bitten apple? NOOOOOO
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Because Adobe doesn't support mobile flash any longer.
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Chrome has a built in flash player. What makes you say there won't be support?
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Browser looks nice. Can't wait for that sandwich
Zamboney said:
Chrome has a built in flash player. What makes you say there won't be support?
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because of this maybe http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/chrome-beta-for-android-hands-on-video/
The one potential deal breaker for some may be the lack of Flash support
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What isn't clear is if the lack of Flash is because it's a beta, or because they never intend to implement it.
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What isn't clear is if the lack of Flash is because it's a beta, or because they never intend to implement it.
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No its clear, adobe is done with mobile flash. They want you to use AIR and google is going with it on chrome.
Too bad about the Flash support, since a lot of pages still use it.
I tried Chrome on my Note running the CM9 alpha, and while it was beautiful, convenient and promising, I can't use it as my default browser.
The page navigation goes haywire sometimes and the tab management does not work at all; it doesn't show the tabs and the whole application freezes and has to be restarted.
All of this is probably because it's a beta app on an alpha ROM.
Still, I'm thrilled that Chrome is finally available on Android and I'm sure it will be great once it's done!
Without flash it's a nono for me even though i love chrome on my PC.
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No its clear, adobe is done with mobile flash. They want you to use AIR and google is going with it on chrome.
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I understand that! However, that doesn't necessarily preclude getting the existing Flash plug-in working with Chrome, because that's mostly a Google thing rather than Adobe. For example, the later Firefox nightlies for Android have experimental Flash support.
That being said, personally, I doubt they will bother.
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I don't see the point of flash on a mobile device anymore. I don't miss it on my iPad at all. With that said, it would be nice to be able to use it on the rare occasion that we need it.
How often do you use flash on your phone seriously. And if you absolutely need to use it (ie restaurant website) then just open it in the stock browser, no problem!
Since flash obviously is supported on ics it just feels like an unnecessary omission that would make it my standard browser.
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Looks like no flash support for chrome, ever.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Adob...-Flash-will-stick-to-the-HTML5-future_id26698
jklitten said:
I don't see the point of flash on a mobile device anymore. I don't miss it on my iPad at all. With that said, it would be nice to be able to use it on the rare occasion that we need it.
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You answered your own question there!
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You answered your own question there!
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What question?
Related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lVjw7n_U37A
Hope they port it to gingerbread . I want!
Edit: Apparently they can't port it .
"The launch is only available on Android 4.0 because there are platform features Chrome for Android depends on that were not available in previous versions of Android." - JackyH
Google Employee
2/8/12
YEsssssssssssssssssssss i want it tooooooooo
donmarquis said:
YEsssssssssssssssssssss i want it tooooooooo
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Can I ask. Why?
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I tried this browser and its worser than firefox and doesn't support flash
Google mainly tested it on xoom and gnex
It fc's sometimes...
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sahibunlimited said:
I tried this browser and its worser than firefox and doesn't support flash
Google mainly tested it on xoom and gnex
It fc's sometimes...
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aw but the video makes it look so cool XD.
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aw but the video makes it look so cool XD.
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Tried it on my xoom, it's even worse than the original...
No desktop view and no flash support...
Adobe said no flash for chrome
But the browser itself is beta now so it will be improved
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Adobe said no flash for chrome
But the browser itself is beta now so it will be improved
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For me, Opera is the best mobile browser.
This is still in beta, so we will see how will they fix the flash problem.
iMatth3w said:
For me, Opera is the best mobile browser.
This is still in beta, so we will see how will they fix the flash problem.
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Hmm, I had to stop using opera because the flash on it kept bugging out and pausing videos. Is it fixed? (I loved its speed though)
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Hmm, I had to stop using opera because the flash on it kept bugging out and pausing videos. Is it fixed? (I loved its speed though)
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No problem with opera and flash at all!
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Opera is working fine for me. I don't need chrome.
Regards.
Give it a month or so and hopefully the cm9 port will be ready.. I have been using it and its pretty much done... just camera, deep sleep and gsm/wcdma needs fixing..
I dont really use the browser any more, pull all my info via rss in to feedr
Anyone know of an App or ROM that gives the ability to have a split screen like the Note?
One app open in half the screen and another app in the other half?
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Only Samsung ROMs are capable of doing that. Maybe we will get a port, but that requires a lot of Samsung framework. So as of now, no.
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Got t. Thanks!
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I was wondering the same, it'd be really nice to see this on the Nexus 4.
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Only Samsung ROMs are capable of doing that. Maybe we will get a port, but that requires a lot of Samsung framework. So as of now, no.
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LG Optimus G is capable..
lowandbehold said:
LG Optimus G is capable..
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It has a version of multiwindow? I thought that was only for like the video player.
Either way, there are plenty of floating apps on the play store that are pretty awesome. Lilypad HD is a floating chat client, Overscrkeen is a floating web browser, and there's a few others as well.
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It has a version of multiwindow? I thought that was only for like the video player.
Either way, there are plenty of floating apps on the play store that are pretty awesome. Lilypad HD is a floating chat client, Overscrkeen is a floating web browser, and there's a few others as well.
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I was looking more for like any app you can put in the split screen. I'm going to check out those apps though. Thanks
there's cornerstone which existed before samsung came and you can be sure thats what samsung probably based theirs on. googles dianne hackborn personally vetoed when cyanogenmod tried to bring in cornerstone, even hinting at legal consequences. afaik it was troublesome and buggy aswell, even samsungs solution was for a couple of apps only, right?
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there's cornerstone which existed before samsung came and you can be sure thats what samsung probably based theirs on. googles dianne hackborn personally vetoed when cyanogenmod tried to bring in cornerstone, even hinting at legal consequences. afaik it was troublesome and buggy aswell, even samsungs solution was for a couple of apps only, right?
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Yes, it was originally only for a couple of apps. But there are some hacked up versions available on XDA that allow it to work perfectly with all apps.
Thanks guys. I'll check out cornerstone on xda.
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Hi
i would love to buy a nexus 10 but i need a working flash player ....does nexus provided a way to play flash...and if so how smooth is it??
thx guys !
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txx3 said:
... i would love to buy a nexus 10 but i need a working flash player ....does nexus provided a way to play flash...and if so how smooth is it??...
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Get the lastest apk here:
Adobe Flash Player
You will need to side load so "Settings->Security->Unknown sources" must be checked. Then use any file manager to select and install the download flash apk file.
As far as how smooth it works I've not noticed any issues.
Good luck.
So is it like on the galaxy s 2
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No Android device that has come out in a while now has supported Flash. This isnt the fault of the OS or Google, it is because Adobe has shut down flash for mobile devices. The web just needs to move on past this dead format so we can stop with these incompatibility issues on new devices.
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No Android device that has come out in a while now has supported Flash. This isnt the fault of the OS or Google, it is because Adobe has shut down flash for mobile devices. The web just needs to move on past this dead format so we can stop with these incompatibility issues on new devices.
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its not dead at all, not even near dead.
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It is dead... Html5 is the new way... It will be gone within a couple years... Steve Jobs made that decision for us...
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It is dead... Html5 is the new way... It will be gone within a couple years... Steve Jobs made that decision for us...
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i get your point, but in reality there is still alot of flash ..and the amount is so big that it's way to soon to say flash is dead
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txx3 said:
i get your point, but in reality there is still alot of flash ..and the amount is so big that it's way to soon to say flash is dead
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Yeah, I get why you want flash... I use it on a daily bases with minimal problems, but it pisses me off that even sites like Amazon still use flash for their videos...
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Yeah, I get why you want flash... I use it on a daily bases with minimal problems, but it pisses me off that even sites like Amazon still use flash for their videos...
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yeah i want to stream some soccer games, i was not sure if nexus 10 can handel it ...i mean it's not a offical feature. But sounds to work good enough
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i get your point, but in reality there is still alot of flash ..and the amount is so big that it's way to soon to say flash is dead
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There are two ways to classify a format as dead. The first is if the company who controls and updates the format ends its life, which is the case for mobile devices and how I classify something as dead. The second is if the format is technically still alive but hasnt been updated for quite a while and no one or almost no one uses the format anymore.
The fact that flash is not supported on 100% of new devices, has not been supported on 90% of devices released in the past almost 2 years, and the products that do support it have reached EOL to me means the format is dead. People who design websites dont seem to have gotten the message yet though about their incompatibility with anything modern and all future devices. Hopefully they will get with the times soon.
Don't think this has been made yet... Hope it's okay!
Which browser? Why?
I use AOSP right now because it feels quicker than Chrome, but I miss my bookmarks.
Boat browser, because it has flash support!
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Next browser. It feels a tiny bit faster than the Chrome browser + I like it's Icon
Chrome Beta because it's gestures to change tabs is good and sync to chrome on desktop function is useful!
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I use chrome as my main browser. However I find myself also using the stock android browser as its pretty nice too.
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Dolphin
I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok
A. Chrome because of the syncing.
B. Can I install the old stock browser on unrooted android? I don't use it much but Id like it back for the, even if limited, flash support.
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I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok
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Wow that sound serious, I use aosp. Would of thought people would be shouting from the roof tops about this?
Source?
meangreenie said:
Wow that sound serious, I use aosp. Would of thought people would be shouting from the roof tops about this?
Source?
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Source: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/39576-major-security-hole-in-aosp-web-browser/
Using uc browser.... but heard dolphin is a godd one...
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Until now I still satisfy with Chrome and didn't install other browsers.
-- Stock ROM.
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Habit Browser. It has a lot of features. (e.g. changing tabs with gesture, quick menues, flash support etc.)
I have chrome of course, opera, Firefox, and Dolphin. I like to use all of them. I have to say I really like the gesture bookmarks in Dolphin. That one may be the one I use most currently. But I am testing a lot of them.
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AOSP with Adobe Flash works for me.
noobdroid_90 said:
I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok
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I don't follow what you are saying. Any app that stores passwords locally even encrypted with a key is not secure on rooted devices since all they need is the encryption key. My guess is Google does this on purpose since obfuscation would just make people think it is secure without it actually being secure.
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I don't follow what you are saying. Any app that stores passwords locally even encrypted with a key is not secure on rooted devices since all they need is the encryption key. My guess is Google does this on purpose since obfuscation would just make people think it is secure without it actually being secure.
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(logic dictates that) An app that stores passwords with an encryption key would not make that key easily available to other apps. Maybe im wrong and even encryption stored passwords are easily accessed. Makes me all the more thankful for PDroid.
Chrome of course! Simple and fast. I like stock browser too. Tried next browser and I really liked it. For simplicity, speed, and just everyday surfing chrome for me hands down!
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Browser and chrome as second choice. Firefox if all else fails.
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Google Chrome!
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it seems like alot of people have problems with chrome being slow and causing reboots, etc.
what other browsers are better? i heard chrome beta is good?
jamaaal said:
[for non-rooted only]
it seems like alot of people have problems with chrome being slow and causing reboots, etc.
what other browsers are better? i heard chrome beta is good?
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anyone know other good browsers that they dont really have problems with?
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anyone know other good browsers that they dont really have problems with?
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Pretty much anything that's not Chrome. I've always used AOSP on the N10, but I've used Dolphin and One Browser on my Photon. My Photon is also on Gingerbread though, so YMMV.
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Pretty much anything that's not Chrome. I've always used AOSP on the N10, but I've used Dolphin and One Browser on my Photon. My Photon is also on Gingerbread though, so YMMV.
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ok. though im unrooted, stock only and cant use AOSP.
does anyone know if firefox is good? is there a risk of my n10 data being like..gone from some error by using chrome?
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ok. though im unrooted, stock only and cant use AOSP.
does anyone know if firefox is good? is there a risk of my n10 data being like..gone from some error by using chrome?
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as a matter of fact you can use the AOSP browser without root, take a look at here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385933
I have been using it and it's way better than chrome at least in my N10, it seems to work better in my N4
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Mainly use Firefox myself because I like the sync with my desktop and support for browser add-ons.
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Mainly use Firefox myself because I like the sync with my desktop and support for browser add-ons.
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Same here and never like Firefox on my mobile devices before but seems much better on my nexus 10...
I've read where you can get flash to work with it also but so far no luck here getting it to work, after flash installs it never shows up as a add on? I haven't rooted my N10 and honestly not sure I'm going to...
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