in settings there seems to be very few menu options and all my web pages are loading in mobile format
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you can try ics browser + or to get desktop sites just hit menu then request desktop site
Yea they changed it up a bit. In the drop down when you hit the settings button "request desktop site " is right in that list
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right got full web pages ,is there an option for the address bar to disappear when you scroll up and down
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combat goofwing said:
right got full web pages ,is there an option for the address bar to disappear when you scroll up and down
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If you enable "quick control" in Labs, the url bar is hidden.
got that now never used stock browser always used dolphin for pad ,but want to give it a try,so i have deleted the book marks thumb nails i dont want but on the page that shows the bookmark thumb nails hoe do you creat new folders to sort you book marks into catergories
thanks for the help
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I am still using dolphin HD, the bookmark swipe layout is the best, was hoping to use chrome but the default text size is too small .
I am assuming Dolphin HD is the stock browser just different layout design because it is behaving almost exactly like the stock browser when u select text etc. Now on ICS it has the magnifying popup same as stock.
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I am still using dolphin HD, the bookmark swipe layout is the best, was hoping to use chrome but the default text size is too small .
I am assuming Dolphin HD is the stock browser just different layout design because it is behaving almost exactly like the stock browser when u select text etc. Now on ICS it has the magnifying popup same as stock.
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I dropped dolphin when they were found out to be sharing users usage data
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It's also possible to enter "about:debug" in the address bar and press enter to enable debug mode, and reveal the debug sub-menu in settings.
There is an option in the debug menu to change the user-agent to desktop. Unfortunately, the debug mode is not persistent; you will have to re-do this after every reboot (maybe even after restarting the browser, sometimes).
Hopefully there will be ROMs, soon, that will enable a persistent browser debug mode (as many did for HC). (I prefer to disable the wide viewport, personally, and as far as I know, ICS Browser+ does not have any similar debug options, otherwise I would already have switched to it.)
(Also, just a passing thought, but something else that surprised me about the default browser in ICS: no list view for bookmarks?! Scrolling through rows and rows of thumbnails, if you have a lot of bookmarks, is very irritating. Such a simple function, why remove it?! ICS Browser+ also lacks this feature, it seems.)
It's cause the stock ICS browser doesn't let you change the useragent by conventional means. You need to be able to change the tags from android > something else.
Need a custom rom like revolver or android revolution, etc where they added features built into the stock browser (this was on HC) everytime.
I haven't updated to ICS yet, but I hope the stock browser is improved. The HC browser was a load of garbage.
Check if Chrome beta is available on market?
Is there any way to get the "requested desktop site" button to stick? I have to recheck it everytime I go any site. Its really annoying.
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First of all, I love my phone and I love the stock Android browser.
With that said, I see two ways the browser could be slightly improved.
I often find myself managing multiple tabs in the browser (4-6 at any given time). I find that when I go to my open tabs (Menu > Windows), it's very hard to tell which one is the active tab. I think they're listed in the order in which they're opened, but that doesn't help me when I constantly jump back and forth between them. There's no indication which tab is active, and the fact that the font is so large and you have a truncated URL and page title makes it difficult to tell what's what.
Is there an option or tweak that allows the active tab to be bolded/colored differently, font size to be reduced, display to be thumbnailed rather than listed, or to arrange the tabs in a different way (ie; last viewed on top rather than first viewed)?
My second question has to do with locking the orientation of the browser to either portrait or landscape. This would be useful if I'm laying in bed on my side reading webpages. I'd want the orientation to "stick" to portrait so that I'm reading like normal rather than have the browser switch to landscape and have to angle my phone so that the accelerometer switches back and stays on portrait.
Is there an option or tweak to force the browser to "stick" to either portrait or landscape mode for a given period of time?
Browser > More > Settings and check Landscape-only display.
Not sure about the other question though.
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Browser > More > Settings and check Landscape-only display.
Not sure about the other question though.
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Hmm, what I actually need it to do is lock into portrait mode, not landscape.
You should check out Dolphin Browser HD. Tabbed browsing, orirntation settings, add ons, tons more. Just search for it in the market.
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Here is a screenshot if how it looks. The tabs at the top can be scrolled to the left or right if you have a few.
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HTC did a much better job at tweaking the browser in Android than Samsung. (myTouch slide is my other phone).
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HTC did a much better job at tweaking the browser in Android than Samsung. (myTouch slide is my other phone).
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I agree to an extent, feels choppy when you choose a window on the slide though, and you're stuck with 3 tabs Max on it, I actually like HTC sense more than espresso.
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Solution: An app called "AutoRotate Switch."
Works flawlessly! Tapping the icon toggles between locked and unlocked orientations. Amazing.
I read about it here: http://lifehacker.com/5621959/autorotate-switch-toggles-screen-rotation-on-your-android-phone
Still in search of a solution to problem #1 which was:
Is there an option or tweak that allows the active browser tab to be bolded/colored differently, font size in tab overview page to be reduced, display of thumbnail overview page to be thumbnailed rather than listed, or to arrange the tabs in a different way (ie; last viewed on top rather than first viewed)?
So far I'm really liking my Xoom but the browser keeps bugging me. Is there a way to change the theme of the browser? The dark browser is driving me crazy.
Also instead of going to a homepage is it possible to have a New Tab page like chrome has now?
I am noticing that some pages are not rendering very well. If you go to eBay's page some of the graphics and drop down arrows are blurry or grainy is the any fix for this?
I dont have it next to me, but you can always try switching it to a desktop version or something...
open a page, then in the address bar replace the web address with "About:debug" and hit enter (no quotes). Then hit the browser menu button, go to settings and the in the left menu choose debug. Click UA String and change it to desktop. Close the settings, retype the web address and hit enter and you should be viewing as a desktop browser. See if that helps at all.
Labs > Most Visited Homepage. That will make it show as chrome does. Some sites will have those minor issues, as they aren't optimized for mobile view.
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Labs > Most Visited Homepage. That will make it show as chrome does. Some sites will have those minor issues, as they aren't optimized for mobile view.
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Been using this for my home/new tab page for a few days now and its awesome. No bugs showing pages yet.
I think it would be bada** if someone implemented the browser circle control (the one where you drag your thumb or finger in from the edge) into a rom, for use throughout the whole system. Granted, it might only be useful for the back, menu, and home buttons, but am i the only one that thinks this would be awesome? instead of having to reach over and hit back every time, you could just slide your thumb in..I know that sounds incredibly lazy, but oh well..i still think it would be cool....i would use that rom just for this feature...Is it possible?
It can be done by loading a module, but someone need to code it.
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Wave launcher?
no wave launcher allows you to put certain apps in it like the palm pre. i'm looking to have that circle of controls in the browser be universal...for instance, when i am on the xda app, i keep sliding my thumb in to go back, but its not there...
I bought my transformer today after seeing this 'circle' functionality in a review, but can'tfind it?
You have to enable it in the browser settings.
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Since I had no idea what it was I went looking and I just found it.
In the browser go to settings then to labs then turn on quick controls.
I am assuming this is it. I turned it back off instantly but maybe you will like it better than me.
Hey guys,
I like Dolphin but ever since running GB and using it, my search button won't work properly. If I'm at a page other than google, hitting the search button brings up the url and drops my cursor in the middle of it - forcing me to "select all" before searching.
The stock browser works fine, it brings up a blank box for me to run a search in like usual (regardless of the site I'm at).
Don't remember this issue before moving to GB, hope there's a fix because I love having tabs. Thanks!
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So I have flashed the italian version of official ICS rom.
I was wondering is the stock browser can be modded to allow more tabs? and set to always request desktop site?
I have found a few mods but they are for phone ICS, not sure if they would work on tablet ICS.
any suggestions?
Edit : i flashed the deodexed, zipaligned stock 4.0.4 and modified the SecBrowser.apk to enable a maximum of 99 tabs, and some faster animations. i have attached the modified apk here for those who need it. note: only works on deodexed stock 4.0.4
rihui said:
So I have flashed the italian version of official ICS rom.
I was wondering is the stock browser can be modded to allow more tabs? and set to always request desktop site?
I have found a few mods but they are for phone ICS, not sure if they would work on tablet ICS.
any suggestions?
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one of the very first things I did:
RE "always request desktop site"
type about:debug in the broswer's address bar
go to the browser's settings
go to the "advanced" (IIRC) tab or something like that
find the voice "UAstring" (IIRC) or something like that to "desktop"
type again about:debug in the broswer's address bar
this setting stays set even after rebooting (which was not always the case in the past)
don't know where/how to change the "8 tabs max" settings but would like to!
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one of the very first things I did:
RE "always request desktop site"
type about:debug in the broswer's address bar
go to the browser's settings
go to the "advanced" (IIRC) tab or something like that
find the voice "UAstring" (IIRC) or something like that to "desktop"
type again about:debug in the broswer's address bar
this setting stays set even after rebooting (which was not always the case in the past)
don't know where/how to change the "8 tabs max" settings but would like to!
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Is this for the stock browser or for chrome or both? Thanks
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Is this for the stock browser or for chrome or both? Thanks
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I was referring to the stock browser. And since I don't have Chrome (a browser which doesn't reflow zoomed in text, like the stock does, is useless to me) I have no idea if it works with Chrome too, sorry.
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I was referring to the stock browser. And since I don't have Chrome (a browser which doesn't reflow zoomed in text, like the stock does, is useless to me) I have no idea if it works with Chrome too, sorry.
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No worries and thanks for the info!
When you say doesn't reflow zoomed in text, do you mean the fact that Chrome doesn't properly fit a page on screen when you change pages?
I have noticed that on Chrome every time I go to a new page it is zoomed in and I have to either scroll to see all text or double tap screen to get it to fit. Very annoying and I don't know if that is just a setting or a fact of life.
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No worries and thanks for the info!
When you say doesn't reflow zoomed in text, do you mean the fact that Chrome doesn't properly fit a page on screen when you change pages?
I have noticed that on Chrome every time I go to a new page it is zoomed in and I have to either scroll to see all text or double tap screen to get it to fit. Very annoying and I don't know if that is just a setting or a fact of life.
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yep, double tapping only zooms out while in the stock browser it reflows (reformats) the text leaving the zoom level you set and making the page readable without scrolling (make sure to also check this in the settings).
frankly this is one of the most basic functions of a browser and IDK how people can live without it. until Chrome gets this elementary feature it's just worthless crap, to me.
BTW, no settings issue, it's "a fact of life" with Chrome. Can't believe so many people rave about it......
oh and, just checked and the way to change the user agent that I wrote in my earlier reply doesn't work with Chrome.
Dolphin browser + desktop toggle is what you need. I have given up on stock browsers on all my devices. Dolphin is miles ahead.
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Thanks for all the input.
I've found this on the S3 forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723182
I'm not familiar with compiling/decompiling, can anybody do the modification on the browser.apk for the official ICS rom?
edit: okay, tried modifying the apk using APKTools, deleted the SecBrowser.apk and .odex, replacing them with modified one, but ended up having a missing internet icon. Looks like it is not possible to modify apk in non-deodexed stock rom.