In dolphin if I full screen/expand an embedded video the nav bar pops in and out in landscape, I gave firefox a shot but that won't even play embedded video (audio plays but no video) unless it is youtube.
So which broswer should I go with, or if you guys have a fix for the above issues, I'd prefer something with a lastpass addon but I can do without.
AOSP browser is still my favorite after using a couple alternatives
Chrome or stock are the best ones imho
AOSP is just soooo slow, chrome is still working fine but no plugins means I have to use lastpass to launch websites.
I was hoping there was something better but it seems like I'm SOL.
When I used Dolphin browser, I found it to be close to the stock browser, just more feature rich. I tried using Chrome, Firefox, and Skyfire, but found the stock browser to be more of a favorite. I did try a lil browser that was really good with functionality with no bells and whistles at all, Naked Browser. I liked it and it is Flash enabled. Still, I keep coming back to the stock browser.
fernandezhjr said:
When I used Dolphin browser, I found it to be close to the stock browser, just more feature rich. I tried using Chrome, Firefox, and Skyfire, but found the stock browser to be more of a favorite. I did try a lil browser that was really good with functionality with no bells and whistles at all, Naked Browser. I liked it and it is Flash enabled. Still, I keep coming back to the stock browser.
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What is the stock browser ?
lapocompris said:
What is the stock browser ?
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This one here. I guess I should call it AOSP browser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40867225
aosp browser. and in no way is it slower than chrome, thats just silly.
I use Chrome and Firefox beta.
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simms22 said:
aosp browser. and in no way is it slower than chrome, thats just silly.
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I've found AOSP to be far slower than dolphin (jetpack didn't make much difference for me though) and just slower than chrome.
threeclaws said:
In dolphin if I full screen/expand an embedded video the nav bar pops in and out in landscape, I gave firefox a shot but that won't even play embedded video (audio plays but no video) unless it is youtube.
So which broswer should I go with, or if you guys have a fix for the above issues, I'd prefer something with a lastpass addon but I can do without.
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Not sure what you mean about the nav bar popping in and out as I've had no issues with dolphin, When you view embedded videos make sure to have jetpack turned off (if you have it installed)
Opera Beta
It's based on webkit and extremely smooth.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta&hl=en
tarroyo said:
Not sure what you mean about the nav bar popping in and out as I've had no issues with dolphin, When you view embedded videos make sure to have jetpack turned off (if you have it installed)
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When I view embedded video fullscreen in landscape the navbar pops up then, goes away, then pops up, ad nauseum. This has been happening ever since I first installed dolphin (5+mos ago) and way before jetpack was ever installed.
They seem to have fixed it for youtube but try this http://t.co/5h7Hx3UPCP it's a bill maher whosay link, if you view it full screen landscape in dolphin you'll see what I'm talking about.
So a little testing:
AOSP - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Opera - Won't expand the video
Chrome - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Firefox - Audio plays but no video
threeclaws said:
They seem to have fixed it for youtube but try this http://t.co/5h7Hx3UPCP it's a bill maher whosay link, if you view it full screen landscape in dolphin you'll see what I'm talking about.
So a little testing:
AOSP - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Opera - Won't expand the video
Chrome - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Firefox - Audio plays but no video
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Just tested that out, not seeing any issues with the navbar. Only thing I notice is the video gets cut off a bit in landscape
tarroyo said:
Just tested that out, not seeing any issues with the navbar. Only thing I notice is the video gets cut off a bit in landscape
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Not sure why it would behave differently from phone to phone unless maybe it is a CM/Dolphin issue, although I was running AOKP for a while and it had the same issue, not going to put a new ROM on my phone to check though
Here is a vid of what it is doing www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNI2RReeJ8
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Not sure why it would behave differently from phone to phone unless maybe it is a CM/Dolphin issue, although I was running AOKP for a while and it had the same issue, not going to put a new ROM on my phone to check though
Here is a vid of what it is doing www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNI2RReeJ8
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Took a look at the video, Haven't had that problem.
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Took a look at the video, Haven't had that problem.
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To be honest, that makes it even more frustrating.
Just use AOSP browser and install ICS flash player apk so you can watch all your naughty flash videos with low hassle :thumbup:
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threeclaws said:
To be honest, that makes it even more frustrating.
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Maybe it's just that one site? Or have you seen it on several sites???
Now that the aosp browser is basically useless on 4.4 Kit Kat, will it still be the included browser for CyanogenMod or will they be using Chrome?
Cm11 is using the aosp browser, not chrome
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Cm11 is using the aosp browser, not chrome
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I was just wondering if they were going to change since 4.4 basically breaks the aosp browser. No text reflow, slow and unresponsive at times, odd zooming behavior, and a black bar that appears at the top of the screen for no apparent reason. Browsing posts on xda forums is almost impossible with it. I guess we'll just need to find a browser from the play store.
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I was just wondering if they were going to change since 4.4 basically breaks the aosp browser. No text reflow, slow and unresponsive at times, odd zooming behavior, and a black bar that appears at the top of the screen for no apparent reason. Browsing posts on xda forums is almost impossible with it. I guess we'll just need to find a browser from the play store.
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Yes there is only one little problem : the only browsers that you can use with resize etc are UC browser and Dolphin. But they are slow and they eat a lot of battery. Chrome is even worse...
Finally I got my phone rooted just so I can use a Screen Recorder for my Samsung Galaxy S4.
People recommend to use Screencast, so I did.
Sound is getting recorded but the Screen is ALL Black!
I did the configuration Force GPU Rendering and deactivated HW Overlays.
Any Solutions or alternatives?
Immanueldk said:
Finally I got my phone rooted just so I can use a Screen Recorder for my Samsung Galaxy S4.
People recommend to use Screencast, so I did.
Sound is getting recorded but the Screen is ALL Black!
I did the configuration Force GPU Rendering and deactivated HW Overlays.
Any Solutions or alternatives?
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The only one that seems to work for me is called "Rec" and it's on the Play Store. You must have a 4.4.2 rom to use it.
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Hi guys... I'd like to think this is a great idea like it always had been on ICS.
I upgraded from S2 to S5. Back in ICS on Chrome, I was able to touch the phone number listed on the webpage and the Dialer will catch that number and it opens automatically in the Dialer. I can't do this on my S5 (although I can do this in my Emails on MailDroid). Can some talented one write this app to accomplish this?
Thanks for reading
Try firefox it does what you say just by hi lighting the number
Boat Browser does it too. It would just be nice to have it back natively.
I noticed the same thing. The stock browser on my S3 was able catch numbers on a webpage but not the S5 stock browser. I find it odd that such a useful feature was removed.
I actually like using Opera which also won't do it so I just copy and paste into the dialer.
i thought Skype did it to?