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I have read some Honeycomb trick to always open full sites. Apparently, all androids have some sort of switch. Please enlighten me.
jpatt said:
I have read some Honeycomb trick to always open full sites. Apparently, all androids have some sort of switch. Please enlighten me.
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In your "Web Browser" I'm Pretty Sure if you Select Menu/Settings... Then Uncheck the Mobile View Box, It Should Enable the Desktop View until its Rechecked!!
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Skyfire browser has an option on the main screen. Makes switching really easy. Works well if you are willing to try a different browser or just use like I do and only use skyfire when you want to run the full website.
Thanks. I kinda wanted to know this too.
Now to find out how to disable flash to make sites load faster, and to lessen that damned scroll lag. >.>
nothing beats the speed of 2.1 broswer. :/
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In the browser that comes with the phone i see no option to uncheck the mobile site. I too am annoyed by these stupid mobile sites. As if they were designed for blackberrys or something else crappy.
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Use Dolphin browser, it asked you during installation if you would like to view the mobile sites or desktop.
There is also a plug in for dolphim broeser hd that,toggles between mobile and desktop views. Works pretty good, sometimed have to restart the browser, not often.
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Opera does this as well
can't you go to about:useragent on any browser and change it?
I am not interested in switching browsers. I dont have a mobile view switch in settings and i dont have about:user agent. I'll attempt to locate the article which said all androids can be switched to full view instead of mobile.
jpatt said:
I am not interested in switching browsers. I dont have a mobile view switch in settings and i dont have about:user agent. I'll attempt to locate the article which said all androids can be switched to full view instead of mobile.
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You do have user agent string in your browser. This should work on all webkit based browsers. I had read about this a long time ago, and with a single google search this came up.
http://lifehacker.com/#!5547037/change-the-user-agent-on-an-android-phone
The useragent string may or may not work depending on which ROM you are running. Back when I had stock eclair jfd I tried the user agent trick and all that did was crash my browser. Even rebooting wouldn't fix it, I had to factory reset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7313019&postcount=5
I have froyo.ka6 and haven't tried it again, nor am I interested in trying it again since I have both Miren and Dolphin HD (both of which allow toggling of user agent AND have flash support).
I don't use stock browser anymore. Everyone says it's the fastest but I can't see any speed difference opening same sites with Dolphin HD or Miren...maybe in benchmarks you will see a few milliseconds?
Correct, i do have access to additional settings with about:command but don' have access to UAString which is needed to switch settings. Anyway the more i read about the subject, i found it was only temporary - per browser session. That is a waste of my time so i am moving along. i have eugenes froyo 2.2
If you want full vs mobile websites you definitely need to try another browser. You have lots of choices. Since you're running froyo you don't need the skyfire video capabilities 2.2 has flash video built-in.
Best free browsers for froyo (IMO)
Miren
Dolphin Mini
Dolphin HD (ad supported)
Opera Mobile 10 beta is ok but slower
Firefox is slowest but still in beta
Proxy browsers: (I don't like proxy browsers)
Skyfire
Opera Mini
Fastest for rendering / navigation are Dolphin HD and Miren.
There are a few others out there (xScope, Maxthon, UCWEB, Infinity).
All I can say is try them all decide which you like best - All have their pros and cons but they are all better than stock.
Do you have any suggestions for browsers other than opera that I can use to view internet forums or other wide text-based web pages? I use the xda app but other forums I use don't work on tapatalk. Most browsers I've tried require scrolling left and right to view text. It's cumbersome; there must be an easier way. Thanks guys.
Have you tried Firefox??
have you tried opera but toggled to mobile view?
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I just tried Firefox and thought it was cool but it was still not as comfortable to use as opera mobile view. I like opera but would love to use a browser with more features.
Why is it that when I try to download a file from places like megaupload, it saves the file as a small ".htm" file or if I try to open the download link in a new tab it gives an error message saying something like "you can not access this page directly. Please use the website to download"? This happens with both the default browser and Dolphin browser.
hm yeah I had that EXACT same problem today when I tried downloading an /apk from a filesonic link and it downloaded an .htm
yep,thats the crappines of DOLHPIN and Built in Web.
I thought Dolhpin was a good browser until this,Opera Mobile is 100x better and you can actually download,browse fast and its WAAAY easier to read than Dolhpin;
Dolhpin has better DIsplay and is faster,but oPera is my main
Ok so I need to get Opera Mobile eh? Damn just when I was getting all my stuff integrated into Dolphin. Anyhow I will give it a try now. Thanks guys, this forum is the best!
***UPDATE***
Tested Opera Mobile, downloaded the item without any trouble. Unfortunately I cannot copy all my bookmarks from Dolphin or the default xperia play browser to Opera Mobile. That sucks.
Thanks for the advice dude....trying it right now.
Is there a way to completely clear that status bar at the bottom temporarily while surfing?
I use download buddy. Whenever I have had that issue I use download buddy and it works. Lets you save any downloaded file to anywhere on your phones SDcard.
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Thanks for the advice dude....trying it right now.
Is there a way to completely clear that status bar at the bottom temporarily while surfing?
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Nope,but if you want,you can use Opera exclusivly for Downloading,and Dolhpin with Browsing.
I have both and use both equally
Opera mobile has more functions then mini.. Use mini when using 3g connections because it's optimized to use the fewest data.
While on wifi/downloading or watching streams, use the full version of opera mobile.
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For my work we use kinnser.com to track our patients info. We do receive efax and can attatch pdf into this online website. We can open these pdf from any computer. Calling kinnser support, they stated both Android and iOS cannot open the pdf from kinnser.com. I have tried on my rooted Evo running Mik 3.0, totally stock non-rooted Evo, Lenovo K1 tablet, and ASUS TF-101 to confirm this. When I click on the pdf attatchment, I would get the normal downloading started message. I would then click to view the progress of the download and it would stay at 0%. Would you know if there is something that is preventing me from opening the pdf from anything other than a PC? Thanks.
Not being able to download it is a different problem from not being able to open it. If you can't download it, perhaps they have a secure server or something. Are you trying to open from an email app or from a web browser?
Web browser
I currently have cm7 and as soon as I click a link in browser it automatically downloads the PDF. And is read with adobe reader app.
I cannot recreate this issue.
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Since they told you the option want available on Android, I would assume that's specifically the website and that it wouldn't work. However you can try to set the user agent to desktop. I have been able to download files with Opera Mobile that wouldn't download with other browsers, perhaps you could try using the desktop ua with Opera and see if it works.
If not then I'd think you're sol without the website adding the ability.
Pure brilliant, that's it. I installed Opera and boom, I was able to open up the pdf in Kinnser. I guess the stock browser doesn't like to do it. Thanks everyone as always.
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Pure brilliant, that's it. I installed Opera and boom, I was able to open up the pdf in Kinnser. I guess the stock browser doesn't like to do it. Thanks everyone as always.
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Glad you got it working. Opera Mobile has always been good about downloading files from sites that other browsers couldn't handle for whatever reason.
plainjane said:
Glad you got it working. Opera Mobile has always been good about downloading files from sites that other browsers couldn't handle for whatever reason.
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The other big reason I keep Opera installed as a backup browser is because of its support for "browse local device" on websites, a feature most android browsers shockingly lack.
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Title says it all, I keep going back and forth, the only annoying part of using Chrome is that when you try to to scroll horizontally it is a little trigger happy to switch tabs/windows.
edmchoi said:
Title says it all, I keep going back and forth, the only annoying part of using Chrome is that when you try to to scroll horizontally it is a little trigger happy to switch tabs/windows.
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I use Chrome. I have the occasional tab switching problem you mention but it really doesn't happen often the way I use it. Being able to sync bookmarks, passwords, history, and opening tabs from other devices is invaluable to me.
Firefox Beta and Boat Browser
Chrome
I'm using Chrome.
Is there a way to get a "Forward" button on this thing?
Mhjeff301 said:
I'm using Chrome.
Is there a way to get a "Forward" button on this thing?
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Yea..... Hit menu and select Forward just like any other Chrome on phone.
hyelton said:
Yea..... Hit menu and select Forward just like any other Chrome on phone.
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Never used Chrome on a phone before.
I had the forward button on my Xoom tablet on the address bar.
I use dolphin find it the best overall. However some financial sites block transactions on Dolphin but work ok on Chrome. So for those I use Chrome.
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Never used Chrome on a phone before.
I had the forward button on my Xoom tablet on the address bar.
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Yea, On a TABLET. The ONLY way to obtain a forward button and tabs at the top like a tablet, You would need to wait for CM10 or something for Mutiapp DPI.
You wont be able to do that on STOCK rom..
Chrome and Dolphin here. The only thing I hate about Chrome is the lack of an exit button.
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Boat browser is my favorite, better than dolphin IMO, chrome sucks on android.
The stock browser not supporting a permanent desktop-mode is enough to make me look for a replacement though, this is a HUGE letdown for me. Not only that, but the removal of flash content makes the stock browser almost useless to me other than the text preview function.
However, It seems the stock browser is the only one that supports text preview without opening a link (mostly useful for various forums) in addition to smart scroll.
Which would be the best browser that supports flash while not being laggy/bloated with features and also having a permanent desktop mode?
I've found the latest chrome update to be really slow. In comparison, the stock browser loads the same page/pages in double quick time. Am I the only one or is it a general problem across the board?
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canveen said:
I've found the latest chrome update to be really slow. In comparison, the stock browser loads the same page/pages in double quick time. Am I the only one or is it a general problem across the board?
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I also found Chrome to be too sluggish. The browsers with the highest ratings at least based on reviews were Dolphin & Boat. A lot of the reviews on Boat said it was very snappy, very fast and that imo is probably the biggest factor with Flash support and a permanent desktop mode right behind.
been using chrome, but slowly trying to convert myself to the default browser so i can actually use all the gestures that i paid to have on the damn phone
I personally love dolphin with the jetpack installed. Normal browsing, jetpack turned off. When watching flash, jetpack turned on. With that turned on, flash works like dream on this phone. Can watch full episodes of Colbert no problem =)
firefox
Chrome.
Works great.
So people using Chrome. ...does it have flash support?
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Maxthon all day
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