Even 2 weeks with SGS2 I have troubles to get internet experience as I would like it (and as I expected it to be). Can anyone help me to answer at least one of these questions ?
1.) Are there some other browsers besides Opera Mobile that can do pinch zoom
with text reflow (and I mean exactly how it works in Opera Mobile) ? For
some reasons which go totally beyond me this feature seems to be
"uninteresting" for Android developers
2.) Are there some browsers where you can do fast switching between two
modes of opening links ? (like left click vs. mid click on desktop browsers)
mode 1: click on link = open in active window
mode 2: click on link = open on background in new tab
I need to be able to execute those opens in both modes very quickly which
means by single fast click, otherwise (e.g.: pressing link until popup is
shown) browsing feels terribly sluggish. For example good way of switching
between two modes could be by gestures ?
3.) Alternatively to second question - is there some other good way how to be
able to open fast in active window and also in background new tab (without
switching modes) ? E.g. double clicking on link = open in new tab... ?
4.) Currently I have about 11 web browsers installed and when I click on some
URLs in default browser (Miren browser as well) it will ask me
"Complete action using" with list of all installed browsers. Set default works
only for session its self at best. How do I get rid of it once and for all ?
How can I make it open in the browser from which it was clicked on ? (which
is like the only possible action which I think could ever make sense - so
again - this annoying "feature" of letting you choose which browser to use
goes totally beyond me Anyone can explain to me why someone
would like to have it like that ?)
5.) How can Samsung release default browser which seems to have major flaws
- like impossible to permanently set desktop mode without hacks ? (For a
supposedly best browser phone on the market - moreover the UA string for
desktop is actually not recognized as desktop on ALL web sites)
Checkerboards while scrolling ? No pinch zoom with text reflow (opera style)
? Most likely impossible to permanently set default action (see. 4.) with
multiple browsers installed (without hacks).
Does this mean Samsung doesn't care about the most important
application in the entire phone ? Does it mean it will stay like this also in
official future updates ?
6.) Is it possible to ask for some of this features "somewhere" with chances of
"someone" listening and implementing them ?
comrad said:
Even 2 weeks with SGS2 I have troubles to get internet experience as I would like it (and as I expected it to be). Can anyone help me to answer at least one of these questions ?
6.) Is it possible to ask for some of this features "somewhere" with chances of
"someone" listening and implementing them ?
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Write to Samsung .
Contact developers of Browsers .
Set up a fund for a developer to develop what you require .
jje
comrad said:
4.) Currently I have about 11 web browsers installed and when I click on some URLs in default browser (Miren browser as well) it will ask me
"Complete action using" with list of all installed browsers. Set default works
only for session its self at best. How do I get rid of it once and for all ?
How can I make it open in the browser from which it was clicked on ? (which
is like the only possible action which I think could ever make sense - so
again - this annoying "feature" of letting you choose which browser to use
goes totally beyond me Anyone can explain to me why someone
would like to have it like that ?)
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That's because the browser that came with the phone is still set as default. From your home screen, go to Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All (tab at the top) then find "Internet" on the list, click on it and in the bit that says "Launch by default" click on "Clear defaults". After that, whichever browser you select with the "complete action using" and provided you tick the set as default box underneath before clicking on it, will then stick as the default browser
JJEgan said:
Write to Samsung .
Contact developers of Browsers .
Set up a fund for a developer to develop what you require .
jje
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Or I can do it myself, right ? Excellent. The thing is I am quite sure there are many more people that would appreciate e.g. "text reflow with pinch zoom" so I don't exactly understand why I should pay for development of overall useful feature like that - similarly if you had a web browser that doesn't have any way to input URL you could hardly say that if I want to enter URL I should pay for developing this feature. I consider pinch zoom text reflow to be essential on any mobile browser. Maybe not all people consider it essential but lot's of do. (and those who don't consider it essential would probably used it as well if it was an option in their browser)
Also - why do we have well defined actions on desktop browsers like left clicks and mid clicks (all major desktop browser have it like that) and on the other hand they don't have long press link popup menu with options "open in new tab" (no major desktop browser has it like that - because it would be slow and tedious) So if it makes sense to have those actions on desktop I don't see why it wouldn't make sense on mobile as well. Or why this should be a feature that I would need to pay for. (I don't need to pay for it on any desktop browser where it is a common standard for many years as tabbed browsing is etc.) If this feature is not viewed by majority as essential then I think either majority of users don't realize they would benefit from it or they genuinely don't need it (in which case that would be quite surprising to me - due to fact it is so common on desktops)
At last: regarding Samsung - I have already payed for the phone for which I expect the stock browser to work and I don't think that impossibility to permanently set desktop mode or checkerboards when scrolling qualifies as an OK working product. In this case I am quite sure it is not up to me to pay more money to get right what should have already worked at the moment I purchased the phone. Btw if the stock browser would work OK I wouldn't need any other browser to replace it. (nor to pay for the development process as you suggest)
Isadora said:
After that, whichever browser you select with the "complete action using" and provided you tick the set as default box underneath before clicking on it, will then stick as the default browser
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Thanks - I wanted to be able to always open link in whatever browser I clicked on it - not just to set default browser. (because e.g. Miren browser also shows this pop-up menu and also uses application set in there). Something like that should be possible right ? However now (following your advice) I was at least able to set Internet as "default" and for reasons unknown to me now it will stick as default even after reboot). Yet to make all "Internet" links open in "Internet" and all "Miren" links to open in "Miren" somehow doesn't seem possible (without pop-ups). For now it's quite OK to have at least "Internet" links open by "Internet".
However here is again my favorite desktop analogy:
If on desktop PC I couldn't make open links in the same browser they were clicked on - the PC would probably very soon ended up being thrown over the window. So either I am stupid and there exists some easy and totally obvious solution how to do it on Android or otherwise the whole thing is just absurd.
Hello, does the absence of answers mean that 1.) indeed can not be enabled on any other browser besides Opera Mobile and 2.) can not be done on any Android browser ? And so on...
Or does it mean that none knows / doesn't care ?
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Or does it mean that none knows / doesn't care ?
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Probably no one thinks it is that important. Since you have 11 browsers installed i think you are probably the best qualified person to tell others which browser supports what. If i make a poll, i doubt more than 1 % of the galaxy s 2 users have more than 4 browsers installed. You might get a place in Guinness Book World Records with 11
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Does this mean Samsung doesn't care about the most important
application in the entire phone ? Does it mean it will stay like this also in
official future updates ?
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Interestingly I thought the most important feature on the phone was the ability to make a receive calls...
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Ohhh, you brave souls... haha
I was in the o2 shop this lunch having a play with their live unit (well, except it had no SIM or web connectivity. for this type of phone that's pretty limiting!)
some questions i was unable to get help with, i am hoping you have more experience of, before i consider the device further:
1. SMS display. i much prefer the look of iPhone's SMS "dual conversations" - its very clear which side of the chat is which and generally more friendly and usable. can the x10's change to this type of layout? rather than listing each reply above or below each other. found no options in the main settings area from the home screen (not sure if the context-specific settings under messaging is any different...?)
2. mac compatability. is this possible? can it sync properly with itunes? does it use a 3rd party app to do so? could this be "culled", ala blackberry/palm syncing with itunes? does the x10 appear as a mounted usb volume? (in this way, i could use applescript to manage the library - horrible, but it might work). someone with actual experience here with a mac would allay my fears, rather than commenting it might be possible (sorry if that seems abrupt in advance...)
3. other syncing needs. i guess most other aspects for sync'ing are removed/negated with an android handset - are we as users supposed to follow the "cloud computing" google-masterplan? do others sync with desktops and for what purpose?
4. browser/app zooming. the device doesnt have multi-touch (plenty covered on this, and other forums!) but, the iPhone has other methods of navigating around the browser and apps. i.e. double tapping a block of text, which i would consider a single fingered gesture. as the test unit i was playing had no web connectivity i couldnt test it out - can someone comment?
here's hoping for advantageous answers
jingo_man
1. use Handcent SMS , can make it look 100% like iPhone sms
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1. SMS display. i much prefer the look of iPhone's SMS "dual conversations" - its very clear which side of the chat is which and generally more friendly and usable. can the x10's change to this type of layout? rather than listing each reply above or below each other. found no options in the main settings area from the home screen (not sure if the context-specific settings under messaging is any different...?)
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3. other syncing needs. i guess most other aspects for sync'ing are removed/negated with an android handset - are we as users supposed to follow the "cloud computing" google-masterplan? do others sync with desktops and for what purpose?
4. browser/app zooming. the device doesnt have multi-touch (plenty covered on this, and other forums!) but, the iPhone has other methods of navigating around the browser and apps. i.e. double tapping a block of text, which i would consider a single fingered gesture. as the test unit i was playing had no web connectivity i couldnt test it out - can someone comment?....
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1. Well, probably the handcent sms thingy, never tried it tho.
or you could go into contacts and find the contact there. When you go there the sms messages are listed in a simmular way as on the iPhone.
You on the right hand side
and you friend on the left..
3. I have just used the Cloud sync method to be honest, haven't really bothered to do it in any other way. But there is probably a way to do it.
4. The zooming is no problem to be honest, the double-tap to zoom thing works good enough. So I have to say that I kinda like it Even tho the multi-touch zoom was handy every now and then..
1. handcent works fine on this phone, and has customisable colours and themes.
2. can't comment on mac, but it is APPARENTLY possible to sync with itunes for the PC through iTunes Agent. I know this won't help you but it might help someone else reading this later.
3. cloud seems to be the way forward, and it works great on the x10. when you first plug it in to the usb though you get the option to install some sony ericsson syncing software, which is the same as i used for my c902 to transfer all my contacts to gmail for this phone. it is pretty simple to use.
4. the default zoom on the android is nice to use. browsers like dolphin (available from the market) come with their own zoom, but i disabled this cos the x10 seems to handle it nicely natively.
hope that helps
1. handsent sms. hmmmm... that does look more along the lines that i was thinking for layout/design. but i'm guessing this wont play nice with the timescape app, which seems pretty central.
i thought i went into the individual contact at one point, and it had the same appearance as when displayed under the general. i may make a return visit to the store to check that out...
i dont think i would mind using separately bought apps, but 1 of the biggest selling points seems to be the timescape so not sure i'd want to miss out on using it. though might change once i have used it for a while...
2. here's hoping eventually a mac user stumbles across this thread and is in a giving mood about their experience.
3. cloud syncing. suppose i can get onboard. not a massive issue not to rely on desktop software. i guess this means no-one really sync's it with a desktop then?]
4. glad of the double-tap zoom, atleast thats something. and its generally how i start to zoom on iPhone (in the browser) but how does this work in other apps? i.e. google maps cant double tap, as there's no "frame border" to sync the tap too...
this could a deal breaker for me, for this product. not a massive app user, but love web browsing on these devices when out-and-about. fine control offered by pinch/zoom far more refined and easier to use than the clunky zoom button, which just didnt seem to refresh fast enough to make it smooth...
maybe wont get onboard with all these bits until i consistently use the device, but not paying best part of £500 to find out!
please continue with more insights if you got 'em
2. mac compatability. is this possible? can it sync properly with itunes? does it use a 3rd party app to do so? could this be "culled", ala blackberry/palm syncing with itunes? does the x10 appear as a mounted usb volume? (in this way, i could use applescript to manage the library - horrible, but it might work). someone with actual experience here with a mac would allay my fears, rather than commenting it might be possible (sorry if that seems abrupt in advance...)
hi, Mac user here. Yes it mounts like a USB-HDD, and turns off in the phone. So you can transfere files, and then just unmount it. Transfered 7 GB of musik files, no problem.
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1. handsent sms. hmmmm... that does look more along the lines that i was thinking for layout/design. but i'm guessing this wont play nice with the timescape app, which seems pretty central.
i thought i went into the individual contact at one point, and it had the same appearance as when displayed under the general. i may make a return visit to the store to check that out...
i dont think i would mind using separately bought apps, but 1 of the biggest selling points seems to be the timescape so not sure i'd want to miss out on using it. though might change once i have used it for a while...
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even with that installed, the other messaging app still runs. handsent simply becomes the default. this means that when you load up timescape, it pulls in the messages from the standard messages app and works like a charm.
its a shame we cant just use the screen under the contact to send a message, that looks pretty good. click onto a contact, and scoll along at the bottom, past call log, onto messaging. that is a sweet screen.
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2. mac compatability. is this possible? can it sync properly with itunes? does it use a 3rd party app to do so? could this be "culled", ala blackberry/palm syncing with itunes? does the x10 appear as a mounted usb volume? (in this way, i could use applescript to manage the library - horrible, but it might work). someone with actual experience here with a mac would allay my fears, rather than commenting it might be possible (sorry if that seems abrupt in advance...)
3. other syncing needs. i guess most other aspects for sync'ing are removed/negated with an android handset - are we as users supposed to follow the "cloud computing" google-masterplan? do others sync with desktops and for what purpose?
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Use Salling Media Sync for iTunes sync http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/Mac/
Adress book and iCal has support for google sync, just enable it in the prefs and then everything syncs from google.
Just enter your gmail details.
the web browser on this thing is amazing really. renedering is smooth and pages launch instantly. i am very impressed with the web browser and with the added extra of using dolphin you be on to a winner. web browser on this is better than my N1
you mean like this...?
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Ohhh, you brave souls... haha
I was in the o2 shop this lunch having a play with their live unit (well, except it had no SIM or web connectivity. for this type of phone that's pretty limiting!)
some questions i was unable to get help with, i am hoping you have more experience of, before i consider the device further:
1. SMS display. i much prefer the look of iPhone's SMS "dual conversations" - its very clear which side of the chat is which and generally more friendly and usable. can the x10's change to this type of layout? rather than listing each reply above or below each other. found no options in the main settings area from the home screen (not sure if the context-specific settings under messaging is any different...?)
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here's hoping for advantageous answers
jingo_man
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I dont know about all the other questions, but did you mean something this? (Oh, crap! Where is my image? Ok, no image, dont know how to get one into this post)
I mean from it you see exactly who is on which side of the conversation
i just put the new rom of Team Whiskey Bionix-v 1.2.1 and its work great
the only thing is that i see web pages special made for mobile!
why i cant see regular pages like i see in my pc or as i see in other samsung vibrant phones ?
there is a way to fix it? i already install adobe flash player 10.1
but still nothing the web pages look sucks !
please help me i am new for all of this
uh.. look for a tiny link that says... "full website view / view full website"?
as you are using a mobile browser.. some sites default to mobile view.
wizel420 said:
there is a way to fix it? i already install adobe flash player 10.1 but still nothing the web pages look sucks !
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OMG! LOL. Great title, etc.
Anyway...this is quite a common issue not really specific to any one phone or rom. Flash has very little to do with whether a site is displayed as a mobile site or not. If you don't like having to to hunt for the "full site" link, here's a some options:
1) For stock browser (the one that's pre-installed), type "about: useragent" into the address bar, tap enter, go or whatever appears on your keyboard to execute it. Then, select "Desktop". Many (but not all) sites will display the non-mobile sites now. However, you may have to repeat this every time you run the browser since the setting doesn't persist across sessions.
2) Install a different browser from the market, run that browser, hit menu -> settings -> Change User Agent -> Desktop. The advantage here is that it will stay this way and not make you set it more than once.
If you want browser recommendations, the android market has reviews and this has been discussed often here so a search would probably yield much.
For a few days now, my touchpad is redirecting to mobile-sites.
For example: when I want to visit: www.hln.be , I get redirected to m.hln.be.
This is very anoying because the screen is perfect for non-mobile sites.
How can I change the settings so I always go to the non-mobile sites?
Just scroll to bottom of page and choose to view the normal site?
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Just scroll to bottom of page and choose to view the normal site?
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What part of "always" don't you understand?
He wants to change the user-agent, so that the Touchpad always goes to the desktop version, like on Android, where you can chose desktop or tablet.
Would love to know as well, as occasionally I come across a mobile website, which is annoying (and they often don't have a view full version button...)
Even on Android that doesn't always work though, I do dislike websites that think they know better than I do what I want
The worst abuse of it is sites that user agent sniff and think Opera is only a mobile browser and give you the mobile site when you're on a desktop PC
McDonalds used to have this problem and runnersworld.com
Maybe if you install the Hulu Fix from preware it will fix the problem since it changes the user agent to Linux.
Not sure if it will work but you can try.
Thanks to the awesome power of Google, I found the path to the "UAString" setting.
Many posts on XDA are a little more advanced than NOOB that refer to this setting.
Why would you want to have the browser default to desktop view? Because we have big screens and most mobile sites are HUGE on this screen. This post is not about auto zoom.
Open the Default Browser, type about:debug in the address bar.
Open the menu in the upper right hand corner.
Open settings.
Bottom left panel, open debug.
Third down on the right, open UAString.
Choose desktop from the popup menu.
"What did I just do?" You set the browser to identify the tablet as a desktop. The internet is so smart that it displays pages according to the type of device requesting the page. But internet thinks Android is a mobile platform and sends you a mobile view by default. Pretty cool, huh? So now you've outsmarted the internet. Sit back and enjoy.
PS: I did search the forum. I couldn't find out how to "set the UAString", thus, the new thread.
CaptainKelley said:
Thanks to the awesome power of Google, I found the path to the "UAString" setting.
Many posts on XDA are a little more advanced than NOOB that refer to this setting.
Why would you want to have the browser default to desktop view? Because we have big screens and most mobile sites are HUGE on this screen. This post is not about auto zoom.
Open the Default Browser, type about:debug in the address bar.
Open the menu in the upper right hand corner.
Open settings.
Bottom left panel, open debug.
Third down on the right, open UAString.
Choose desktop from the popup menu.
"What did I just do?" You set the browser to identify the tablet as a desktop. The internet is so smart that it displays pages according to the type of device requesting the page. But internet thinks Android is a mobile platform and sends you a mobile view by default. Pretty cool, huh? So now you've outsmarted the internet. Sit back and enjoy.
PS: I did search the forum. I couldn't find out how to "set the UAString", thus, the new thread.
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Well documented. Props! Btw this should work for all if not most android devices and the stock browser. People may choose to do this if they don't want to have several different browsers.
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cool find but why can't you just select "request desktop site" from the menu? I already had that selected and desktop was already enabled in the debug settings.
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cool find but why can't you just select "request desktop site" from the menu? I already had that selected and desktop was already enabled in the debug settings.
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Seems like that box is website dependant. If you go to another site, you have to check it again, like it's cookie or cache dependant.
So this method sticks after browser is shutdown or device reboots? Or will these need to be applied every time?
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Seems like that box is website dependant. If you go to another site, you have to check it again, like it's cookie or cache dependant.
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ok.. yhea I do see that.. maybe it stays by website .. have not played with enough to see when it does stick or not.. hopefully this will.
I'll just stick to ICS browser +.They got it right the 1st time.
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ok.. yhea I do see that.. maybe it stays by website .. have not played with enough to see when it does stick or not.. hopefully this will.
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I believe you have to request desktop site every time you open a new tab in the ICS browser, which is quite annoying if you always want to open websites in 'desktop' mode.
even with the ua string set to desktop it would still bring up mobile versions of sites for me all the time. quite annoying.
As stated in thread title: Is there a way to disable the swipe between tabs gesture for Chrome on Android?
The gesture interferes with my ability to use certain websites that I now rely on that currently do not have an app for Android. I've tried searching for an answer to this and I've just been flooded sifting through irrelevant results for Mac, custom ROMs, etc. So far, the only solution to this has been to use another browser, but I enjoy the seamlessness of Chrome's remote tabs feature. I would like to know if there is an advanced settings section similar to "chrome://flags" for the desktop or a workaround that involves root.
If someone can answer this it'd be greatly appreciated.
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As stated in thread title: Is there a way to disable the swipe between tabs gesture for Chrome on Android?
The gesture interferes with my ability to use certain websites that I now rely on that currently do not have an app for Android. I've tried searching for an answer to this and I've just been flooded sifting through irrelevant results for Mac, custom ROMs, etc. So far, the only solution to this has been to use another browser, but I enjoy the seamlessness of Chrome's remote tabs feature. I would like to know if there is an advanced settings section similar to "chrome://flags" for the desktop or a workaround that involves root.
If someone can answer this it'd be greatly appreciated.
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None that I know of. Use another browser for those websites.
That's the same problem I have with some Google apps, they are always looking nice, functions well but with limited options for customizations. The same problem with their Nexus devices too, Great devices, no external storage.
I believe some people at Google must really love some of the Apple policies.
Too bad!
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Thanks for the response.
The site that is bothering me the most is the mobile version for Nirvana, recently my favorite GTD (Get Things Done) tool. This has become quite an issue for me being able to productively manage tasks on Android since they currently don't have a working Android app. The irony (in response to your point) is that their mobile site works perfectly fine on Chrome for iOS. I only have problems with Chrome for Android and I've found it even affects Google sites such as Google Reader Play that also use swipe gestures. I figure this has to be related to the way gestures are handled on Chrome for Android since I do not have as much problems with the stock browser or with Dolphin browser.
Hopefully, this is fixed in a future update or the developers for Nirvana can update their Android app from an alpha build to a stable beta version sometime soon.
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Thanks for the response.
The site that is bothering me the most is the mobile version for Nirvana, recently my favorite GTD (Get Things Done) tool. This has become quite an issue for me being able to productively manage tasks on Android since they currently don't have a working Android app. The irony (in response to your point) is that their mobile site works perfectly fine on Chrome for iOS. I only have problems with Chrome for Android and I've found it even affects Google sites such as Google Reader Play that also use swipe gestures. I figure this has to be related to the way gestures are handled on Chrome for Android since I do not have as much problems with the stock browser or with Dolphin browser.
Hopefully, this is fixed in a future update or the developers for Nirvana can update their Android app from an alpha build to a stable beta version sometime soon.
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I hope so too
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I can't stand when there are multiple threads for the same problems/topics...
I too would love to disable this "feature". It is useless to me, as I rarely switch between open tabs. I like being able to close the tab I was previously on before switching. For example, I'll go to a site (say, hardocp.com) and open stories I want to read in multiple background tabs. When I'm done opening links from the main page, I'll close that and start reading the other stories. When I finish one, I hit the tab button, swipe closed the tab I'm leaving, then select the next.
The swipe to switch tabs feature drives me up the wall. It has also seems to have become more sensitive on my newest phone (S4). I am usually just trying to move a page that is zoomed in left or right when the piece if crap tab swipe invokes. I find that I have to stay within the center third of the screen to keep it from happening. It's even worse since I don't use the tab swiping in the first place.
The absolute worst, however, are mobile pages that utilize swipe features. They are practically useless. I normally get to the point where I'm about to throw my phone through a wall before I give up and force the page to open in desktop mode, which of course, only works about 1/2 the time in chrome. I usually end up switching over to Dolphin (which uses too much memory for me to use it as my default browser).
Chrome/Google really need to add an option to disable this junk. I often wonder how many people are actually using it (I'm sure Google is tracking this through statistics). I love chrome but hate this "feature"....
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I can't stand when there are multiple threads for the same problems/topics...
I too would love to disable this "feature". It is useless to me, as I rarely switch between open tabs. I like being able to close the tab I was previously on before switching. For example, I'll go to a site (say, hardocp.com) and open stories I want to read in multiple background tabs. When I'm done opening links from the main page, I'll close that and start reading the other stories. When I finish one, I hit the tab button, swipe closed the tab I'm leaving, then select the next.
The swipe to switch tabs feature drives me up the wall. It has also seems to have become more sensitive on my newest phone (S4). I am usually just trying to move a page that is zoomed in left or right when the piece if crap tab swipe invokes. I find that I have to stay within the center third of the screen to keep it from happening. It's even worse since I don't use the tab swiping in the first place.
The absolute worst, however, are mobile pages that utilize swipe features. They are practically useless. I normally get to the point where I'm about to throw my phone through a wall before I give up and force the page to open in desktop mode, which of course, only works about 1/2 the time in chrome. I usually end up switching over to Dolphin (which uses too much memory for me to use it as my default browser).
Chrome/Google really need to add an option to disable this junk. I often wonder how many people are actually using it (I'm sure Google is tracking this through statistics). I love chrome but hate this "feature"....
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Holy crap it has definitely gotten worse! I also have an S4. You literally have to be in the dead center of the screen before starting your swipe gesture. I'm assuming they changed the code recently to increase the space on the sides that initiates a tab switch. Because you used to have to have your thumb right on the edge of the screen in order to swipe tabs, which I was somewhat okay with. Because it happened so infrequently that it took me a while to even figure out what was triggering it. Dumb feature.
That sounds like a good theory. It definitely was not an issue until recently.
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Flapjack said:
That sounds like a good theory. It definitely was not an issue until recently.
Sent from Tapatalk 4 on my Verizon Galaxy S4!
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I agree 200%! I also have an S4 and this is unbearable!
From reading other forums, I've found that if you use more than one finger and chrome pans instead of switching tabs. OR, as mentioned here, start your panning at the center of the screen. I find both annoying as I've always panned in all of my androids with on finger and from the furthest point to get maximum page movement.
This is being tracked under chromium issue 117657
Issue 117657: User reports difficulty scrolling sideways (page pan); tab swipe gesture recognized instead
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117657
jreed69 said:
From reading other forums, I've found that if you use more than one finger and chrome pans instead of switching tabs. OR, as mentioned here, start your panning at the center of the screen. I find both annoying as I've always panned in all of my androids with on finger and from the furthest point to get maximum page movement.
This is being tracked under chromium issue 117657
Issue 117657: User reports difficulty scrolling sideways (page pan); tab swipe gesture recognized instead
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117657
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VERY happy to see it being tracked.
S4 user here. I have exactly the same issue. Was hoping to find some options under the about:about menu but to no avail. Can't wait for an update. Hopefully they will let you set a border for when the tab switching kicks on as opposed to scrolling sideways.
I just tried out Chrome Beta and it seems to fixed in the most recent version.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta
jazic said:
I just tried out Chrome Beta and it seems to fixed in the most recent version.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta
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I can confirm jazic's finding. It definitely seems to be fixed. So happy. It really is the little things in life...
Flapjack said:
I can confirm jazic's finding. It definitely seems to be fixed. So happy. It really is the little things in life...
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You're welcome.