Is there an easy way to make all pages 'think' that the browser is a desktop? Like if I go to google.com I want it to take me to classic instantly, and any other sites that automatically adjust to mobile sites if it detects a phone.
If you use Dolphin Browser you can set the user agent to desktop and it will load all pages that way.
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How does dolphin compare to the stock browser?
Dolphin HD is slow in my opinion, you could also try opera mini 5.1.
I still prefer the stock browser.
here is a trick to always view your favorite websites in desktop view. I don't know how to make every site open as desktop, just your most frequent ones.
Go to a website.. such as www.google.com
it will auto open mobile view...scroll down in the website and click on desktop. once desktop view opens.. set this page as a bookmark... now everytime you access the pg via bookmark, it will go to desktop view.
another option, if you want to set google.com desktop as your homepage.
again click desktop, when desktop google comes up, copy the link, paste this new link as your homepage. and your phone will automatically go into desktop google everytime you open your browser.
you can bookmark many webpages, so just set up your most favoritely frequented sites to be bookmarked as desktop view. simple!
There is a code you can enter into your browser that gives you more settings. One of those is the ability to make your phone appear as a desktop, not a phone.
However, I tried this and my browser crashed and I had to delete all data and cache to get it to work again. This DID work on the Nexus One when flash came out (allowed us to watch hulu.com)
The string is about:debug, then go to web settings. Last option is ua string. Change to desktop. Again though, I DO NOT recommend doing this.
s15274n said:
There is a code you can enter into your browser that gives you more settings. One of those is the ability to make your phone appear as a desktop, not a phone.
However, I tried this and my browser crashed and I had to delete all data and cache to get it to work again. This DID work on the Nexus One when flash came out (allowed us to watch hulu.com)
The string is about:debug, then go to web settings. Last option is ua string. Change to desktop. Again though, I DO NOT recommend doing this.
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Can't seem to find this option :S
I don't know about everyone esle but i like SKYFIRE browser from the market: allows you to choose between Android, Desktop or Iphone i think as your default loading method. It's very speedy to load in desktop mode. Try that out
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I don't know about everyone esle but i like SKYFIRE browser from the market: allows you to choose between Android, Desktop or Iphone i think as your default loading method. It's very speedy to load in desktop mode. Try that out
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Yep, this works well. A few pages still detect the presence of a mobile browser, but 9 out of 10 pages load the desktop versions.
I always experienced Skyfire on other phones as laggy. Does it run as fast as Android stock browser?
I have a Garmin Nuvifone A50 running android 2.1.
I have a problem where Apps with Ads automatically launching the browser and the ad is shown there instead of inside the app.
For example: When running ASTRO file manager, when the ad icon loads, its icon does not show in the app but rather the browser launches and you see the small rectangular ad.
This happens in most of the apps with ads and it never used to happen before. I tried clearing and resetting the phone but no change. I need a solution because as soon as the ad opens browser and you go back to the app, it launches browser again after 5 seconds and so on.
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I have a Garmin Nuvifone A50 running android 2.1.
I have a problem where Apps with Ads automatically launching the browser and the ad is shown there instead of inside the app.
For example: When running ASTRO file manager, when the ad icon loads, its icon does not show in the app but rather the browser launches and you see the small rectangular ad.
This happens in most of the apps with ads and it never used to happen before. I tried clearing and resetting the phone but no change. I need a solution because as soon as the ad opens browser and you go back to the app, it launches browser again after 5 seconds and so on.
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Install addfree from the market, and you should be ok.
Odd Chrome behavior: I have an html file (list of all my favorite URL's, well organized). It will open in Boat (or most any other browser) with file:///....html address. I can then bookmark it, and "try" to open it in Chrome. Chrome just sits there. But if I long press the bookmark in Chrome and select open in new tab, it opens fine. There are no changes in the address, so even bookmarking the new tab link, it still has the same behavior. Not a big deal, but one of the only reasons I have a second browser on my N7. I really have grown to like Chrome.
I noticed the same. But after today's OTA update to 4.2, I can't get Chrome to open a file:///...html file at all.
Using Xscope 100% now. Hope 4.2 doesn't f it up... don't have the update yet.
I use the stock browser and I set in options to open new windows in background, that is I want links on a page to open in another tab
While this works for 99% of websites this is not working with Google: it keeps on opening search results links into the same window
I have even set the same option in google's settings with no avail
I do not have this problem with firefox
Even though you have desktop mode selected, clicking on a link on that same page and same site opens up a new tab in mobile. So, every time you open a new tab, you have to keep requesting desktop site, which is BS. There is no good reason for Chrome or Samsung Internet browser to force mobile sites on us if we don't want to use them.
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Even though you have desktop mode selected, clicking on a link on that same page and same site opens up a new tab in mobile. So, every time you open a new tab, you have to keep requesting desktop site, which is BS. There is no good reason for Chrome or Samsung Internet browser to force mobile sites on us if we don't want to use them.
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You could try "Dolphin Web Browser"
or another browser im sure many others do the same
in the apps settings you can set it to whatever you like android/ios/desktop etc