Does anyone know any good browsers? Opera and chrome are slow, especially scrolling. Dolphin is fast but renders many pages including xda often incorrectly. Boat and maxthon's interfaces are too cluttered and take too much screen. And Firefox, just never mind....
godutch said:
Does anyone know any good browsers? Opera and chrome are slow, especially scrolling. Dolphin is fast but renders many pages including xda often incorrectly. Boat and maxthon's interfaces are too cluttered and take too much screen. And Firefox, just never mind....
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You can hide the bottom UI in Boat with a toggle.
Ocean browser
Habit Browser. Extremely customizable, fast. But not for inexperienced users because of the ****load of settings possibilities.
hasenbein1966 said:
Habit Browser. Extremely customizable, fast. But not for inexperienced users because of the ****load of settings possibilities.
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Great suggestion. I've been trying it myself, although I've done it in my SGSII. I still need to try it in a tablet. But so far it's quite fast and I like that has many options.
Greetings.
Vertron said:
Ocean browser
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Oh boy it's fast but oh boy it's ugly too
hasenbein1966 said:
Habit Browser. Extremely customizable, fast. But not for inexperienced users because of the ****load of settings possibilities.
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Very fast, the interface is okay. I only tried it on my phone and it really lacked text wrap but on a tablet it might work. I can't test now though.
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I noticed a couple of threads here talking about a home switcher? I don't like the sense UI, it's phat, slows the devide down and doesn't visually look that much better to me, than plain android. Can I just get rid of it and get the plain android, that is prolly just another windows manager anyway!
yes you can, as described ion the thread 'hero without sens'
you just turn it off in apps and use the home app instead.
Thatnk you, followed it and it works a treat. Much better, suits me down to the ground. Defo not Sense UI for me then Incidentally, the accelerometer seems quicker now. Will investigate this some more...
No reason to own a hero if your not gonna use Sense UI.
You would have been better off with a magic for less money.
I bought it to try the sense UI, the realisty it doesn't work for me. It's pretty out of the box, but runs like a pig. The minute I switched back to standard, I have a very responsive phone. Right down to the accelerometer now takes a fraction of a second to flip the screen, rather than 3 - 5 on average. Defo not work it.
Will spend more time on these forums and find out what's available to download for it and really 'make it my own' ;-)
now that ive turned it off how do i turn it back on?
found it thanks.
That is a good question and one I've asked elsewhere. I really don't want it back, but would like to have another play and mainly have the option to 'switch it back on' as I feel like it..
If I get a response, I'll post here...
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No reason to own a hero if your not gonna use Sense UI.
You would have been better off with a magic for less money.
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Hero has a better camera, multitouch, looks better, more RAM too doesn't it? Probably missing some stuff too.
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Hero has a better camera, multitouch, looks better, more RAM too doesn't it? Probably missing some stuff too.
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Missing a 3.5 jack
iwillgetoutmore said:
Thatnk you, followed it and it works a treat. Much better, suits me down to the ground. Defo not Sense UI for me then Incidentally, the accelerometer seems quicker now. Will investigate this some more...
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You are a person who groans for a minute about a seconds frustration. I implore you to chill out.
If I get any more chilled, you'll be able to chisel ice cubes from my gonads! I buy a minimum of a phone a year and was waiting for the 'right' android phone to come out. I thought the hero was it, but it's not. It's slow with the sense UI, has a rubbish camera and the acceleromenter was a joke, out of the box. Dissapointment doesn't even cover it. For the record, I've been HTC for 2 years, apart from a 3 week interlude with an Omnia. Like it or not, the iPhone is the benchmark (for the record (again), I don't like it) and in usability terms, the Hero 'out of the box' doesn't come remotely close :-(
Thanks to an earlier helpful post, I now have something that is responsive enough to be possible to live with. Who knows, I may even chill a little ;-)
If running non-sense ui, does the new multitouch browser work? How about the People list with fb integrated? Those are the two things that matter the most off the top of my head...
Both things work.
Hey guys post your Y! names, if you want to run tests, or what ever seems like a fun and friendly thing do to.
mine is: wnyzfinest
I think kik messenger is a bit better choice imo, it seems a bit less intrusive to me
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I think kik messenger is a bit better choice imo, it seems a bit less intrusive to me
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Kik doesn't do video chat, which is what I am guessing the OP is getting at
Ah ok, yeah...that thought kinda scares me..i did trade in my G2 for MT4G today but I'd rather keep the video chats to people I know
mine is fivesolas2004
tried and not working im afraid it makes me want a new phone lol.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.claystoneinc
Looks pretty swish! That stack effect is really nice
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tried and not working im afraid it makes me want a new phone lol.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.claystoneinc
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Yeah, I downloaded it, assets fall off the screen and no icons displayed...the swish effect is smooth though strangely enough!
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Wildfire
Not really :/
Yeah, that would be pretty nice.
Man this launcher really is slow on wildfire.
This one is not meant for Wildfire....required lots of Graphics processing ...
Looks quite nice, but very gimmicky. Would probably end up disabling the animations and such to get to apps faster.
Yeah, I mean, these animations are nice and all, but after a week or so you`d be bored of them and just disable them all in order to access stuff faster.
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Yeah, I mean, these animations are nice and all, but after a week or so you`d be bored of them and just disable them all in order to access stuff faster.
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Lol probably.
But!!!! With a newer higher spec phone it would be fast enough anyways with it. maybe oneday.!!!!
" the ability to read is good,
the ability to understand what you've read is great "
I was on the Market and I came across this new launcher. The video is unreal. The price is crazy @$17, especially with a number of the functions in the video not working at the moment. I just wanted to see if anyone was willing to give this a try, and if they were able to get it to work on the Atrix. I sent the dev an e-mail to ask if it is compatible. I have read that there are numerous amounts of FCs associated with this launcher.
At any rate, take a look at this video.
Here is a link to the Android Market --> TSF Shell in the Android Market
I honestly think it looks hideous. Nothing special just a different way of switching screens and a couple of widgets.
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Who the hell is going to pay $17 for a launcher?
The launcher loads ok but gives fcs along the way, motion is VERY smooth! Music and memo widgets market says are not compatible. It has great potential but indeed the price will hold most ppl back from buying it.
this looks like it might be from the guys who made bumptop for the windows desktop
here is the youtube link to the desktop software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqcmPJ-oVL0
I had a hard time giving $15 for shell, but i did, I'm not giving that much for a launcher ever again! Just not worth it compared to the excellent cheaper launchers and the free launchers that are out there.
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Haha 17$? For a launcher? What are you smoking?
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To expensive to buy, IMO..I don't know why the sell that too expensive, an people may think: "well is their app, they may ask whatever they want" but for example SPB Shell, $15 and a 100,000 downloads, if they drop their price to $5 they may need to sell 3 times to reach their goal, but for a luncher like that they may do it quickly because lots of users wants to give a try.
$17 dollars? No way.
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I can not see the tsf shell in the market... anyone with Atrix can see it?
PaoloLast said:
I can not see the tsf shell in the market... anyone with Atrix can see it?
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I was just able to do a search on my Atrix in the Market for TSF Shell, and it brought it up.
I'm on AT&T in the U.S.
17$ for a launcher? No thanks. You can keep it.
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I was just able to do a search on my Atrix in the Market for TSF Shell, and it brought it up.
I'm on AT&T in the U.S.
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Maybe the problem is that i'm on "the darkside"...
This launcher is absolutely freaking amazing!
It is the first launcher ever for Android, and I am not exaggerating, that has iPhone kind of smoothness.
The irony is that this launcher has all those fancy 3D transitions and animations and it's still absolutely perfectly silky smooth throughout.
While simple basic launchers like ADW or LP still get laggy around the edges at times.
This just goes to show that we don't need epic new quad core hardware for our phones, we need devs that know how to optimize for the hardware we already have.
Tegra 2 is more than enough to run anything currently on Android without issues.
Kudos to the devs for the professionalism and their hard work. This really is an amazing smoothest-ever launcher.
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this looks like it might be from the guys who made bumptop for the windows desktop
here is the youtube link to the desktop software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqcmPJ-oVL0
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I was thinking literally the exact same thing. I guess this isnt Google, but didnt Google buy or absorb bumptop?
Second paragraph http://bumptop.com/
So far, I have had 0 problems with this launcher. I'd recommend this, but the price is a little expensive. This is just my opinion, and to each their own.
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So far, I have had 0 problems with this launcher. I'd recommend this, but the price is a little expensive. This is just my opinion, and to each their own.
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agree on both points. im happy w/it tho.
i'm sticking with adw pro. no probs at all.
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actually... i looked into it more and i'm quite intrigued. price is too steep though.
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So far, I have had 0 problems with this launcher. I'd recommend this, but the price is a little expensive. This is just my opinion, and to each their own.
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I've tryed it for the past 2 days, no problems at all with the launcher, is beautiful and really fast, but it slows a little all the rest of the apps...
p.s. And i hate the floating icons, i prefer to have a grid...
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I've tryed it for the past 2 days, no problems at all with the launcher, is beautiful and really fast, but it slows a little all the rest of the apps...
p.s. And i hate the floating icons, i prefer to have a grid...
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Indeed. That was one of the things that bugged me. OCD got the best of me on that. I spent a good 10 minutes straightening my screen up last night.
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Indeed. That was one of the things that bugged me. OCD got the best of me on that. I spent a good 10 minutes straightening my screen up last night.
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Can't you select the icons you want arranged and create a grid...in the video it looks like you can resize a box with your icons in it.
After using the latest iPad, I must say I'm falling in love with the gestures. I still do think the Prime owns the iPad in a variety of aspects. Are there any developers in the midst of porting or creating something similar for us Android guys?
Gmd gesturecontrol
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Go Launcher HD has some useful gesture options, especially for multitasking.
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Search Gesturecontrol everything together in the market, a friend of mine has an iPad 3 and was drooling after he saw what i was doing with gestures hehe.
+1 for GestureControl
This app is freaking awesome and truely deserves to be bought.
thanks everyone!
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Search Gesturecontrol everything together in the market, a friend of mine has an iPad 3 and was drooling after he saw what i was doing with gestures hehe.
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Thanks didn't know this app existed. I just bought it.
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JC0406 said:
After using the latest iPad, I must say I'm falling in love with the gestures. I still do think the Prime owns the iPad in a variety of aspects. Are there any developers in the midst of porting or creating something similar for us Android guys?
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Your post is so descriptive it quite obviously warranted a thread all of it's own. Please give more detail in future posts.
Doktaphex said:
Your post is so descriptive it quite obviously warranted a thread all of it's own. Please give more detail in future posts.
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Or you could type "Ipad 3 gestures" in Youtube and see what he is talking about.
I was thinking the same, seeing my brothers ipad the gestures are so useful for speedy use of a tablet. Has anyone comapred the speed/responsiveness of this GMD Gesture Control to that of an ipad? I'd definitely be tempted to buy it if its as good as the ipads.
As much as I dont like Apple is some ways, in others they really have got some great stuff that we are missing on Android
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I was thinking the same, seeing my brothers ipad the gestures are so useful for speedy use of a tablet. Has anyone comapred the speed/responsiveness of this GMD Gesture Control to that of an ipad? I'd definitely be tempted to buy it if its as good as the ipads.
As much as I dont like Apple is some ways, in others they really have got some great stuff that we are missing on Android
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It is better. The amount of stuff you can do is simply amazing.
You can setup every single pattern you can think of to anything from 1 finger to 5 fingers. And the reaction time is instant. No lag.
The best thing is, it uses absolute 0 extra energy, the tablet has no issues going into deep sleep mode and it just work.
Right now I have something like:
4 Fingers Pinch -> Home
4 Fingers Expand -> Screenoff
3 Fingers Expand -> Recent opened apps
3 Fingers Pitch -> OverSkreen
2 Fingers From left border to right -> Back
3 Fingers Upper border to down -> Hide the Status bar (bar with clock buttons and ICS stuff).
Works wonders, you can also set it up to something like right, up, left pattern, square, triangle, you name it, to do anything you want
Doktaphex said:
Your post is so descriptive it quite obviously warranted a thread all of it's own. Please give more detail in future posts.
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Before you just barge in with your criticism, why not just simply 'Google' it.
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It is better. The amount of stuff you can do is simply amazing.
You can setup every single pattern you can think of to anything from 1 finger to 5 fingers. And the reaction time is instant. No lag.
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Sounds promising! I watched the video from the Google Play store and there does look to be some lag when pinch closing for example, maybe its an old video.
I'll have to try out the lite version and see whether it lives up to my demands! Only problem now is I cant root .21
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Sounds promising! I watched the video from the Google Play store and there does look to be some lag when pinch closing for example, maybe its an old video.
I'll have to try out the lite version and see whether it lives up to my demands! Only problem now is I cant root .21
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You can root. 21! You have to downgrade to .15 root and then go to. 21.
The whole process is somewhere in general
Regarding the app, i first tried the free version but was like meh.... then there was another thread about the app here and i decided to give it a try ... ohman it was worth it ;D