Best web browser to use? - Off-topic

I think it would have to be either NetSurf or a terminal browser, like links, w3m, lynx or elinks. Firefox is a sinking ship and so is any forks of it and Chrome is obviously not safe, but the best fork of it would be Ungoogled-Chromium, which even then that's not saying it's foolproof, because of the massive codebase that comes with Chromium and the fact that Google is still being supported by proxy. Pale Moon is starting to head in the wrong direction also, and smaller projects like Otter Browser and Suckless Surf, while promising, suffer from small dev teams, little to no addon support and lack their own engines and instead rely on Goooooogle and Crapple instead. But even then, you would have to wean yourself off of the modern web and stick to websites like neocities or wiby.me if you were to use stuff like NetSurf or elinks.
Also, what about email? I'd try RiseUp or Disroot w/ GPG encryption using the Claws webmail client w/ KeePassX or KeePassXC for generating email passwords stored on a removable drive. Although I heard self-hosting is also decent. Which is better?

Brave for surfing/sites, Samsung browser for vids. Pretty much bulletproof unless you do stupid things.
Gmail. ColorNote to save bookmarks.
And this dns setting mod:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

blackhawk said:
Brave for surfing/sites, Samsung browser for vids. Pretty much bulletproof unless you do stupid things.
Gmail. ColorNote to save bookmarks.
And this dns setting mod:
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Thank you for posting this and letting me know about Brave Private Web Browser, I was using Google Chrome then Samsung Internet prior to this. And honestly, I feel like I really missed out for a long time, thinking Samsung Internet sucked when I knew nothing about how it worked. I prefer it now, but I'll start using the Brave Browser as my default browser from now on.
And thanks for the Private DNS information!

Rotting Brain said:
Thank you for posting this and letting me know about Brave Private Web Browser, I was using Google Chrome then Samsung Internet prior to this. And honestly, I feel like I really missed out for a long time, thinking Samsung Internet sucked when I knew nothing about how it worked. I prefer it now, but I'll start using the Brave Browser as my default browser from now on.
And thanks for the Private DNS information!
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You're welcome. Welcome to XDA
Samsung is good for vids if you add some ad blockers from the Galaxy store. Just mind the download folder for unauthorized downloads.
Had a trojan preloader slip by Samsung somehow. It died in that folder
When in doubt try to back out of a bad website, if that fails close the browser tab, if that fails close the browser. If all that fails clear cache. If nothing gets it go full nuke and clear browser data. For over 2 years nothing has made it in again... I check the download folder at least once a day nonetheless.
Brave gets tarded with vids on the borders and I like multiple browsers anyway. The Samsung browser I have more configured for streaming vids. Brave is better for surfing, it's pretty much bullet proof; nothing has ever slipped by it.
My Brave browser has over a hundred open tabs, it don't care

blackhawk said:
You're welcome. Welcome to XDA
Samsung is good for vids if you add some ad blockers from the Galaxy store. Just mind the download folder for unauthorized downloads.
Had a trojan preloader slip by Samsung somehow. It died in that folder
When in doubt try to back out of a bad website, if that fails close the browser tab, if that fails close the browser. If all that fails clear cache. If nothing gets it go full nuke and clear browser data. For over 2 years nothing has made it in again... I check the download folder at least once a day nonetheless.
Brave gets tarded with vids on the borders and I like multiple browsers anyway. The Samsung browser I have more configured for streaming vids. Brave is better for surfing, it's pretty much bullet proof; nothing has ever slipped by it.
My Brave browser has over a hundred open tabs, it don't care
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Thank you for all your help, I'll be sure to remember that process in case I fall into a hole like that again.
Lol.

Spetsnazzzz said:
I think it would have to be either NetSurf or a terminal browser, like links, w3m, lynx or elinks. Firefox is a sinking ship and so is any forks of it and Chrome is obviously not safe, but the best fork of it would be Ungoogled-Chromium, which even then that's not saying it's foolproof, because of the massive codebase that comes with Chromium and the fact that Google is still being supported by proxy. Pale Moon is starting to head in the wrong direction also, and smaller projects like Otter Browser and Suckless Surf, while promising, suffer from small dev teams, little to no addon support and lack their own engines and instead rely on Goooooogle and Crapple instead. But even then, you would have to wean yourself off of the modern web and stick to websites like neocities or wiby.me if you were to use stuff like NetSurf or elinks.
Also, what about email? I'd try RiseUp or Disroot w/ GPG encryption using the Claws webmail client w/ KeePassX or KeePassXC for generating email passwords stored on a removable drive. Although I heard self-hosting is also decent. Which is better?
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Welcome to XDA,
Whatever browser you decide to use, please read before posting.
We have like 3 or 4 threads already with same topic

orb_selektor said:
Welcome to XDA,
Whatever browser you decide to use, please read before posting.
We have like 3 or 4 threads already with same topic
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I'm spilling black coffee as I post
I feel a thread merge a-coming. Or post like the sharks fed; thread frenzy! Or like free ranging long horns graze... those other browser threads were getting like bathroom wallpaper anyway.

librewolf on pc: https://librewolf.net/
foss browser on android: https://github.com/scoute-dich/browser

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Good PDF viewer?

Is there a good PDF viewer available that does not need to upload the pdf to a server to convert it first? All the pdf viewers on the market I've seen seem to upload the pdf to a server to parse/convert it.
This isn't an option for some of the confidential documents I get.
repligo reader
have you tried repligo reader yet because i got it and i have had no problems with it so far
Thanks. I took a look at it. Unfortunately there's no trial version to try out before I buy. Definitely want to try it before I pay $9.
WinMobile has a free version, MobileXPDF. It's great for reading PDFs. Good exact scaling, good speed, bookmarks, pdf to text, etc.
I realize the Android is relatively new so it doesn't have that many options yet. Maybe I'll check out the one that's on the HTC Magic.
aceo07 said:
Thanks. I took a look at it. Unfortunately there's no trial version to try out before I buy. Definitely want to try it before I pay $9.
WinMobile has a free version, MobileXPDF. It's great for reading PDFs. Good exact scaling, good speed, bookmarks, pdf to text, etc.
I realize the Android is relatively new so it doesn't have that many options yet. Maybe I'll check out the one that's on the HTC Magic.
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The one that comes on the Magic is ok.
I second RepliGo Reader. Was the first app I purchased, and it has been well worth the money. Can't you buy it and then refund it if your don't like it?
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we don't allow warez or helping people with warez and sites here...you have been warned
iceman798307 said:
MOD EDIT
we don't allow warez or helping people with warez and sites here...you have been warned
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Just to make it clear. I was NOT asking for warez or expecting any.
erissiva said:
The one that comes on the Magic is ok.
I second RepliGo Reader. Was the first app I purchased, and it has been well worth the money. Can't you buy it and then refund it if your don't like it?
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hmm. I wasn't aware there was a refund option.
I read a good number of the comments for Repligo Reader and it seems like it's missing some key features such as good scaling and bookmarks. Is this accurate?
OffiViewer - quick server side conversions, also does Office docs.
aceo07 said:
hmm. I wasn't aware there was a refund option.
I read a good number of the comments for Repligo Reader and it seems like it's missing some key features such as good scaling and bookmarks. Is this accurate?
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It has support for native PDF bookmarks, but you cannot create manual ones - yet. Their support people are really quick in responding if you need help or have suggestions. It does remember where you were at in a PDF, so I guess it has "autoresume" but not manual bookmarks.
As for scaling...In "reading" mode, the zoom scales text AND images pefectly. I've had no problems reading PDFs with illustrations, and depending on where I'm reading - the text can be pretty small, or big. Also, rotating it gives a REALLY nice reading experience.
Here are some screenshots of it zoomed in all the way, and also zoomed out a bit (all in reading mode):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And here are some images zoomed in an out in regular mode:
if your rooted
aceo07 said:
Is there a good PDF viewer available that does not need to upload the pdf to a server to convert it first? All the pdf viewers on the market I've seen seem to upload the pdf to a server to parse/convert it.
This isn't an option for some of the confidential documents I get.
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Get he ported HTC pdf viewer
erissiva said:
It has support for native PDF bookmarks, but you cannot create manual ones - yet. Their support people are really quick in responding if you need help or have suggestions. It does remember where you were at in a PDF, so I guess it has "autoresume" but not manual bookmarks.
As for scaling...In "reading" mode, the zoom scales text AND images pefectly. I've had no problems reading PDFs with illustrations, and depending on where I'm reading - the text can be pretty small, or big. Also, rotating it gives a REALLY nice reading experience.
Here are some screenshots of it zoomed in all the way, and also zoomed out a bit (all in reading mode):
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Thanks for the details. It was very helpful. I think I'll give the HTC pdf viewer a try for a few days. If I think it's ok and I need the bookmark/remember feature, I'll get Repligo.
I'm actually not even sure I'll be comfortable viewing stuff on the G1 3.2" screen. I used to use my PDA with 4" VGA screen to read pdfs on my commute. Definitely a big difference.

App Like 'Penultimate' for Android?

The Ipad has a great productivity app called Penultimate that allows you to make handwritten notes and sketches and store them in notebooks for later reference. You can also take quick snapshots of the notes and sketches and send them in emails.
See cocoabox.com for info.
Anyone know of a similar app for android? I especially like the notebook feature where you can create notebooks and add items to those notebooks over time.
Love the G-tab!
The closest app I have found is Sketchbook mobile... but is more of a drawing program than note taking.
Haven't found a true replacement yet...
I've been searching for notes apps, but have been failing miserably.
Looks like Phatware made an app for Android called WRITE PAD, but looks like it isn't that great.
I started using FlextT9, which is a keyboard replacement that has tap, slide, voice, and handwriting style keyboard, which is great. Still tough to take notes quickly with it, though.
I've been looking for an app like the you described, or NOTE PLUS, which is for the iPad. It looks like it's EXACTLY what I need, but nothing like it is out for Android yet.
http://notesplusapp.com/about/version-2-2-screenshot
I hope once the Motorola Xoom, and the slew of other tablets drop in the coming months, we'll see a boom in tablet optimized note taking apps. I have my fingers crossed.
yea its kinda disappointing how little note taking apps there are for android - if you guys know of any please post their names here at least,
once that htc tablet comes out that also uses a pen - i hope note taking apps become more popular, love the g-tab so far (except the sleep of death problem) but the htc tablet was what i was looking for, so hope it gets some good apps behind it
like just trying to keep score for dominoes is hard to do on the android - had to use office to go excel to do it
- as always thanks -
I agree, it's very disappointing.
Right now, I'm using a combination of Note Everything and Genial Writing for my hand written notes. Genial writing ALMOST does what I want it to do, but it lacks the ability to draw pictures mixed in with the hand writing notes, as it lines up your text. It's ALMOST passable ... almost.
I use Genial writing with evernote and like that so far. I just share the written note to evernote.
I am developing a penultimate like app for android. I need users to try it out before I send it out to market. please pm me if you can help me fix the bugs, improve it.
Check out TabNotes. It's the closest I've found so far.
Maplepaint
sthrnfat said:
The Ipad has a great productivity app called Penultimate that allows you to make handwritten notes and sketches and store them in notebooks for later reference. You can also take quick snapshots of the notes and sketches and send them in emails.
See cocoabox.com for info.
Anyone know of a similar app for android? I especially like the notebook feature where you can create notebooks and add items to those notebooks over time.
Love the G-tab!
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Have you tried "Note Everything"
aznsrdabest said:
Maplepaint
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How do I convert my notes to pdf for printing?
Another program that I am starting to like is Handrite. It gives you the ability to freehand draw and write but lacks the ability to categorize and tag.
I also like that you can type your headings and then write below.
Definitely worth a look.
Check out "PenSupremacy" It is a Penultimate clone.
It can convert your notes to PDF and send them through email,
and can share with other apps like evernote, facebook...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
debs_basu said:
Check out "PenSupremacy" It is a Penultimate clone.
It can convert your notes to PDF and send them through email,
and can share with other apps like evernote, facebook...
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PenSupremacy is a very nice app. I downloaded it from the Market last night. It's certainly the best handwritten note taking app I've tried so far on the gtab and I've tried all of the other ones listed in this post. My only complaint is that I don't think the gtab's screen is sensitive or responsive enough (even with a stylus) to make it a true replacement for pen and paper when notes have to be taken quickly as in class or in a meeting. But it's only 99 cents and this is probably as close as you're gonna get to penultimate.
Try to use TabNotes.
I developed this app taking best of IPad app like Notes Taker HD or Penultimate.
There's a free trial version with all the features you can find in the full version (only limited number of pages and restrictive choice of papers).
I will be glad to hear about your feedback regarding it.
Eric
Sorry but so far everything has been a real dud. Nothing is optimized for honeycomb that looks even half way decent. Someone please make something.
Agree, I can't find anything that come close to working as a handwriting tool, I know I have a cheap stylus but I need to be able to rest my hand on the screen & then write, none of the apps seem to cope with this.
I am prepared to pay for a decent app, $0.99 is throw away money, if someone can actually come up with a decent app (like Penultimate or Bamboo Paper (Wacom)) then I will go for it.
Right now I feel a bit sad that I can't write on my EeePad.
cottinghamm said:
Agree, I can't find anything that come close to working as a handwriting tool, I know I have a cheap stylus but I need to be able to rest my hand on the screen & then write, none of the apps seem to cope with this.
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Uh... memo, the ipad can't account for your hand resting on the screen either.
Do what ipad artists have been doing all this time and wear a glove.
I am prepared to pay for a decent app, $0.99 is throw away money, if someone can actually come up with a decent app (like Penultimate or Bamboo Paper (Wacom)) then I will go for it.
Right now I feel a bit sad that I can't write on my EeePad.
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Pensupremacy and tabnotes are great apps. I tested them out last night and wow they were great!
Bought them both, btw.
There are a few apps on the iPad that attempt palm detection so you can rest your hand on the screen while using a stylus. See the end of the video on this page:
http://notesplusapp.com/
Integrating this sort of detection would greatly increase the usability of these apps.
goodintentions said:
Uh... memo, the ipad can't account for your hand resting on the screen either.
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Notetaker HD and Penultimate both have very effective palm rejection.

[APP] CNN Mobile -[R]- 12/11/2010 -[U]- 1/14/2011 -[V]- 1.4.0.0

CNN Mobile
Hello everyone, I am looking for feedback on my apps I created. Here is my first app. Please comment here and if you enjoy it please leave feedback on the actual review for the marketplace. Price is .99 however I offer an fully function ad supported version as a trial. It only nags the first launch it ever does. The ads are removed after purchase. Please let me know. Also this app is under attack on the marketplace by competition you will notice the first 4 posts are all 1 and are by competition (I have verified this with microsoft however they will not remove them).
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
View CNN's Mobile website at the click of a finger. Clicking on the CNN Logo on the app itself will take you directly back to CNN. Using the arrow on the left will function as a back button. This is a very simple and effective web browser. Enjoy!
Source: CyiDev.com
Download Link: Zune Link
Here is another app it is available and has the 1.4 update w/ad support and all the bug fixes.
NewsPaper 7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914052
I tried your app and posted a good comment. Can't really low star you anyways your description says exactly what the app is. BTW it looks like your competition is flaming you with their own app.
just downloaded your app. it looks pretty neat. will leave a good review!
no problem
I will put feed back
Hey,
I just checked out your app. It's nice and quick way to view the CNN mobile webpage. I do have one question, what's the real advantage of using your app compared to just pinning the CNN Mobile homepage to the startscreen?
Btw, I used this website to check on your reviews: ttp://wp7reviews.tomverhoeff.com/AppReviews.aspx?id=cfe3f2e2-db08-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
Looks like the positive reviews are coming through. I won't review you, although i like the concept of the app i agree with some of the review that paying for just a webbrowsercontrol is kind of silly. If you offered it for free it would be 5 stars.
Thank you guys, I really appreciate it. Well the advantage to using my website is not alot of people actually know the mobile site by heart, and my app shows more of the screen than the internet explorer. Also my app shows an icon that goes a little more with the overall design element of the windows phone 7. That's why I'm offering it at .99C plus if you want to just continue using the trial for free it can be the update does have an ad that will support me and there will be no nag screen except during the very first launch if people just want to use the trial. In all honesty i prefer my NewsPaper 7 app. It's got about 14 websites in it and the ability to add two of your own.
Hey,
Just checked your NewsPaper 7 app, to be honest i think that's what should be called your first app since it really ads functionality. It's a really quick way of accessing the mobile webpages.
Btw, just wondering. Are you using ads from MS Ads SDK? How are the results, do you see any good eCPM?
SgtGarcia said:
Hey,
Just checked your NewsPaper 7 app, to be honest i think that's what should be called your first app since it really ads functionality. It's a really quick way of accessing the mobile webpages.
Btw, just wondering. Are you using ads from MS Ads SDK? How are the results, do you see any good eCPM?
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Well, CNN Mobile was what I wanted when I first got it so thats what i started with. NewsPaper 7 is what ended up being kind of a mix of ideas and I did not want to flood the market w/ 1.29 or .99 apps. So I created one I could price at 2.99 then drop to 1.99..1.29...then .99 once my sales went up. The NewsPaper7 app started as an idea one morning and was done that night, the results are very pleasing and what I'm actually using on my phone. I am considering cross platforming this app into the blackberry tablet however I need to look more into that SDK prior to launch.
Yes the ads are from the MS SDK, if you do financial ads like I have the eCPM is averaging between 60-200$ per 1000. It seems the more ads you display the more it goes down. So I am still trying to tweak the right combination.
My CNN App is suppose to have the bug fixes and the back hardware button work correctly, the update is accepted its just Microsoft has declined every version # in between. And since the two apps were developed side by side the version number once it hits the marketplace jumps from 1.0 to 1.4.
NewsPaper 7? I can't find it using the Zune software on my PC... Is that the actual name?
zune looks to not be finding it under that tag for some reason try news paper 7, or just follow this direct link http://bit.ly/dR5L7B I have also now added direct links to zune on both apps.
I left a good review for you since I quite like it. I'm from Canada, and I'm the first to leave a rating, so hopefully this helps out.
Thank you. I honestly hate how the market is segregated by nationality. It should be segregated by language instead. If you haven't purchased it you should try NewsPaper 7. It does more websites than the CNN Mobile. The trial version will run for ever on the NewsPaper 7.

[WebApp] XDA TV v1.3

XDA TV v1.3​
Now you can have all the XDA TV videos wherever you go using this web application.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After that tweet from azrienoch this sunday I've started to work on a webapp version of the XDA TV application. It uses WebKit, so in theory Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7, modern desktop browsers, Symbian will handle it correct, if it doesn't please report me the problems/bugs with screenshots(if needed) and a good description.
I've tried to get the app in the App Store, but Apple rejected it
The technologies used on this application:
iScroll
jQuery
HTML5
My knowledge
Running in my iPod:
Running in my iPad:
Get me to the app!
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PS: If you're having problems with that page(which is a redirector that checks for the screen size to send you to the appropriated version, tablet or phone, you might use this other links for the tablet and the phone versions
Please fell free to donate and help me with the high server costs, which hosts the XDA TV videos for the XDA TV App streaming. Seriously, the server costs are getting pretty high:
​
Changelog:
v1.3:
* WebApp released!
Amazing!
Will write about it
Thanks very much for the support
It's darn slow to load the page. Can't run videos.
Expecting updates
It would be nice to have an app for each of the mobile platforms...
This will be great! Right now it doesn't work so good with ie9 wp7 mango. I can't scroll on first page. When I press on one link I only see back button and upper left corner of the movie frame (it's zoomed in I think and I can't scroll). If I press video it starts playing so that is working.
Thanks for sharing, hopefully you can fix it Best of luck!
I'm working on that, the WP7 browser (IE9) has a lot of incompatibilities with WebKit(as usual from Microsoft...)
Its not Microsofts fault.
Its yours.
The webapp only works in WebKit browsers.
It doesn't work very well in any other browser.
Not in Firefox, not in Opera, not in IE.
I have seen some errors in your CSS.
I haven't seen the JS yet.
awsome will download this right away
irendwer said:
Its not Microsofts fault.
Its yours.
The webapp only works in WebKit browsers.
It doesn't work very well in any other browser.
Not in Firefox, not in Opera, not in IE.
I have seen some errors in your CSS.
I haven't seen the JS yet.
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Ok, WebKit browsers are dominating the mobile market, Android and iOS use them, and latest version of Firefox works with my code, Chrome does too, IE historically has a lot of problems and incompatibilities.
For me what I think is that you never tried to develop web apps for multiple browsers and felt into the nightmare of IE!
I imagine it is much the same as windows mobile...they set some standards and then change their mind and break it all.
Samsung Galaxy S (stock v2.3.3)and XDA TV Dark Edition
Installed it today and seems cannot close it anywhere. Back button doesn't do anything and neither Menu.
What? You can't close a webapp?
EDIT: Ahh, you're talking about the XDA TV app, but at the wrong thread. I'm trying to work around that problem, but it seems to insist. At the time you need to kill the app using a task manager if it's wasting your battery that much.
nathanpc said:
Ok, WebKit browsers are dominating the mobile market, Android and iOS use them, and latest version of Firefox works with my code, Chrome does too, IE historically has a lot of problems and incompatibilities.
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Okay... so you are using a lot of Webkit specific things...
and you really are wondering why IE has problems?
This is too funny....
nathanpc said:
For me what I think is that you never tried to develop web apps for multiple browsers and felt into the nightmare of IE!
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I am a webdeveolper. I've made a lot of websites and applications.
So id do know how hard i can be to make things work in every browser. Thats whzy i do know that the problem is in your code! I had a look in the html-file and in the css and i have found a few errors.
Maybe something like this could help you: validator.w3.org
It works everywhere except for IE. Those aren't errors, but incompatibility issues with the Microsoft fragmentation in IE.
Sent from my GT-P1000L using xda premium
nathanpc said:
It works everywhere except for IE. Those aren't errors, but incompatibility issues with the Microsoft fragmentation in IE.
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No. It does not. It isn't working in Opera Mobile on Android.
It doesn't work very well on a desktop firefox and on other desktop browsers.
It work ONLY in webkit browsers.
You can casll it what ever you want. IE (and other browsers) aren't doing anything wrong.
You are using stuff that works only in webkit. So it's not a incompatibility in IE or something.
It's a incompatibility in your webapp.
Use standard HTML, CSS and JS and it should work on IE!
This is having the same problems as the android application. It's not showing any of the more recent videos of the last couple of months.
Sorry, I've been working hard and also trying to completely redesign the XDA TV app so I can't update the feed, but I'll try to do it today.
Sorry
great S/W....iwill try
Just updated the app feed. My hands hurt after copying, pasting and wget'ing all those videos
Excellent.
Perhaps with a few mods we can generate a script directly from the Xda Podcast util.
I think I updated it a while back to generate a python script (to drive the youtube fetching script) from a Youtube user feed. The GUI isn't too obvious as I was quickly seeing if it would work or not, so might see if I can improve it.
Unfortunately I had problems getting python to run on my budget tablet I intended to use with it, so not done any more on it.

Word wrap complaints in Kit Kat?

I'm surprised not a lot of people are complaining about this.
I switched to Kit Kat (CM11) on my Nexus 4. Everything was working out perfectly. Some features that were in 10.2 were not there, but no biggie; I figured it takes time to port everything.
Then, I opened my browser (Dolphin HD), and noticed that word wrap was not working. Odd.
So I tried Firefox. No word wrap. Getting pissed at this point. So I try AOSP (built in browser). Still no go. Word wrap ONLY works in Opera (of course), with the word wrap option enabled.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378
Googling it, it looks like Google actually regressed instead of progressed. How the heck do you take something as fundamental as word wrapping and remove support for it from the OS in the name of "progress"? If you read the bug thread on Google, they claim it's "WAI", which is Working As Intended.
Please.
This user put it best.
Are you google people purposely pretending not to understand the problem? Is this some diversionary tactic to avoid acknowledging that you've broken something?
One more time just in case you really don't understand. We are talking about TEXT WRAPPING. In the old browser when you zoom a page to a legible size, the text reflows so that you don't have to scroll from side to side. Saying that it "works as intended" is saying "yes, we removed a vital feature for no reason, too bad".
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This is actually a deal breaker for me, so I simply restored a nandroid of CM10.2, and everything works great.
What do you guys think about this? Again, I'm slightly taken aback that not more people are complaining about this. It's sort of a fundamental thing in mobile OS acceptance.
Hey man, I'm sorry you miss that feature. Text reflow on zoom like how it used to work really broke a lot of webpages. The chrome browser is pretty smart with its auto-zoom by double tap, but it won't reflow the text fields.
I'm sorry that it messed up your use case so badly, but I'm glad that we have root on our phones and can load the software that works best for us. FWIW, I think the Opera Android browser is pretty serviceable compared to Dolphin HD, which is also not a bad browser.
What the hell is word wrap?
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What the hell is word wrap?
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Its when the words render to fit the page instead of zooming in and out like you do now.
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Its when the words render to fit the page instead of zooming in and out like you do now.
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You mean like text reflow? Dolphin with Jetpack does that although not every single webpage supports it.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Yes that's what the OP was saying. A lot more browsers use to do this including stock before the KK update.
Doesn't bother me so much as a small screen isn't good for web browsing at the best of times, it does however seem a step backwards from Google though.
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Text reflow does come with some chaos though, flicking a bit upon each zoom and resetting, dolphin always seemed to be the most stable doing it. It's also the all-around most feature rich AND fluid browser out there, especially on ART.
I agree that word wrap/text reflow implmentation on Android isn't perfect, but it's almost essential to browsing on devices like ours.
Dolphin has Jetpack integrated by default for KitKat. I can confirm that even though this is the case, and that Jetpack is explicitly enabled in Dolphin browser settings, it does not work at all. Zooming in then double tapping simply zooms out to the extent of the largest content (text or images) displayed on the screen. Doing the same thing (zooming in, then double tapping) on previous Android OSes (Jelly Bean, etc.) forces a word wrap.

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