yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] Mokura3rd:
A new mobile browser from the developer of the almighty FX File Explorer? That has built-in adblocking and actually lets you disable search engine suggestions? Heck yeah, I'm looking forward to this. One question, though: the "custom filter" issue seems to imply that you will add custom filter functionality in the future, but does this browser support element hiding rules? I just might be able to ditch Dolphin on my older tablet if it does (or will).
[Android Apps and Games] visceralpsyche:
Is the option implemented, whereby closing the last tab takes me back to the bookmarks screen, instead of closing the browser? I think with that in place, it's ready as v1.0 :) Mostly because it's expected behaviour coming from other browsers and logical too.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] fer2503:
There problem of Google position is still here. When i close the browser and re-open that, Google ask to know my position. There is a mode to allow always my position to Google?
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
+1 please or at least exporting to SDcard.

+1 and on some occasions when changing between desktop/mobile page screw up and become a mess.

+1 Yes, Google location is always popping up.

Night mode and download location should be considered. Would also be great if history and cache could be auto deleted on exit.

Lastly, default search providers list is already great but would be amazing if we could define our own. Can you please add https://startpage.com/m/?

Thanks a lot for this unbelievably good browser, Atlas is absolutely top notch. Simple things like source code and resources are those kind of things I could never understood why couldn't be found on any mainstream browsers.

Keep the good work.

Edit: two things I really like on Mercury browser are app password protection and two fingers touch on top/bottom to go up/down.
[Android Apps and Games] anonymous-bot:
I want this too!
[Android Apps and Games] Raziel7:
Hi i'm a daily user of your lightest browser on Android! I'm using it on an HTC 4.1 stock ROM. There's a bit of bugs with text input form (like this where i'm writing this feedback). BUG: when a page loading in background and i use other app on the phone, appear a pop-up message "Network not responding". Ever. With all version still sometimes happen a forceclose when loading a page and i must restart browser.

SUGGEST

- Download manager!

- In Window tab (with one opened and used tab) when i close it the app exit at all. I think it's better with the action of closing the principal tab i open a blank tab with bookmark.

Bye, Roberto.
[Android Apps and Games] mata77:
its possible to add support on userscript?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, spending a lot of time on this now, and it looks like it's a bug with the WebView not appropriately handling a URL with target="_blank" and rel="noreferrer" . For example, this fails it:

<html>
<body>
<a href="http://xda-developers.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">XDA</a>
</body>
</html>

It breaks on Android L and KitKat, but not Jelly Bean (i.e., it's very likely a Chromium WebView issue).

Regrettably there's no straightforward solution, but I'll try and workaround it by checking to make sure the WebView actually loads a URL when it requests a new window. If it doesn't, I'll forcibly load the URL that caused the new window request to be made into the new window. This will likely be some ugly code (e.g. a two second timer on new windows).

In case anyone is wondering why it works on regular Chrome but not the Chromium-based WebView, realize that in the latter case things like "new window requests" are going through the Android WebView API, where the app is told to create a new WebView, display it, and then notify the API of the created WebView such that the API might load its content into it. This is unfortunately a common explanation...the Chromium engine might be okay but the way in which it was thrown into Android leaves a bit to be desired.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I'm wondering ( and I am sure you have too ) if having your own rendering engine wouldn't be cleaner, easier to implement and maintain, and better prepared to deal with eventual changes in Android as an OS.

It's not like you have to make it from scratch, or keep an old engine from previous Android versions ( which I think is what Dolphin did, forking it ) since WebKit is open source, available, and very much in development. I'm not sure about the state of Blink, Opera is clearly using it, and bypassing KitKat's WebView limitations by doing so. And there's Gecko as well. An alternative build of Firefox available for Windows and Linux has just popped up for Android... ( Pale Moon, I understand they call it. )

I consider Dolphin spyware if not worse, but it was another rare example that survived the KitKat massacre of web browsing features. Keeping their own engine might be the only thing they're doing right.

Anyway, either way let's hope you can fix things, Atlas is already a huge improvement on what's available.
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
+1000 on the above post. On stock android devices, Browsing fails, Google Play Services integration (as useful as the vermiform appendix and the Pope's schlong), and various restrictions in KitKat has prevented me from upgrading my devices....forcing chromium engine is a deal breaker. WebKit is a lot better but does not integrate with KitKat "dumbed down" features. No privacy mode, no save webpages, no text reflow....the list goes on.....

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The workaround for this bug is going into next release, which I hope to have out within a few hours. Working on geolocation setting persistence as well.

1.0 will be a WebView based browser, and I imagine I'll always offer a version of Atlas this way. I definitely want to look into using either a custom Chromium engine or something else though. The WebView API was very poorly designed and the iterations have been for the worse.

If anyone needs proof of that, just take a look at this beauty, the CookieManager: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/CookieManager.html

Some fun facts:

It's a singleton. One instance per process.

It stores the cookies in a location of its choosing within your app's /data directory.

It provides no ability to approve/disapprove the setting of specific cookies.

It provides no method to list cookies.

It provides no means to delete cookies.

It doesn't even use proper grammar ("removeAllCookie"?) I think this is actually a reference to similar naming in the HTTP spec, but the method naming is not even consistent within the class itself. Reading it is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Here's how you'd do CookieManager properly:

Make it an interface with two methods: getCookie() and setCookie().

Make a default implementation that looks/behaves like the current one, that way we can all completely ignore it and never use it. Or don't.

The "Cookie Browser" in Atlas (which will remain experimental for a while longer) is simply reading the CookieManager's database at its known location.

So yes, I really need to look into what derivative/open-source engines are maintained and available. :D
[Android Apps and Games] visceralpsyche:
Is there a way to bypass having each new opened tab ask "are you sure you want to close" when hitting the back button?

Currently, opening a new external link (say from Facebook) in a new tab, then hitting back (to go back to the last viewed tab (the originating tab) asks me if I'm sure. That gets old quickly ;)

Thanks!

Cheers from Tokyo,

Paul :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Atlas 0.97 Released

Direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/atlas/r97/Atlas_r97.apk

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.atlas (Just uploaded at time of this post, may take an hour for general availability).

Added support for remembering geolocation settings on a per-site basis. Saved geolocation settings may be edited via Settings->Privacy and User Data->Geolocation. Remembering geolocation settings on a per-site basis will be available in the free version.

Added workaround for WebView bug where new windows wouldn't load if the launching site specified a "no referrer" attribute in a link. This is the bug which was introduced in KitKat/Chromium, and affects sites like news.google.com.

(And again) Please let me know if you're encountering any critical issues, I'd like to release a 1.0 in the near future and then begin development on 1.x releases.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
At present there is not, but there shouldn't be a dialog being displayed there, just a "toast" message instructing to press the back button again. It allows up to five seconds between back presses (you don't have to "double click" the back button). I do want to make this more configurable, but it may be a 1.0.x-version feature.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks for reporting, do you mean Sense 4.1 or Android 4.1? What phone is it?

Currently downloads are handled entirely through the stock Android download manager...definitely looking into doing this within Atlas instead (possibly as an option).
[Android Apps and Games] gordonbennet:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]

Feature suggestions:

1) Have an option to auto turn off images when not on wifi (e.g. 3g).

2) Have an option to open pages zoomed in rather than in overview mode.

Thanks, trying to use it as my daily driver and will certainly support when paid version is available (converting from Naked Browser at the moment).
[Android Apps and Games] Raziel7:
Hi,

I have HTC Desire X with latest ota release 4.1.1

I think an handling of download it's important for mobile browser i think :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
A silly bug; magnet links are not recognized and give a protocol error instead of opening any application present to handle them.

And a question... Any thoughts about font inflation ? I thoroughly despise it but seems to be the only alternative in some web sites to be able to read large portions of text without scrolling side to side or squinting to make out impossibly small fonts in overview.

Atlas allows for font size increase, but unfortunately when increasing it the layout of the page in many cases is messed up and images and text overlap each other. One such example is this very forum.

In other related news, turns out even the nightlies from Firefox come bundled with Admob, and now a mandatory 'search' function that shows up even in Android's lockscreen with no way of removing it.

Never mind all-knowing privacy-invading Google... You're showing more respect to users than Mozilla itself at this point.

Edit : Added screenshots, with font inflation and Atlas with text at 280% for comparison.
[Android Apps and Games] anonymous-bot:
Is there any confirmation of this? And if true, is there any explanation/rationalization from Mozilla?

BTW sorry for OT.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Install the latest nightly, check yourself. I don't know what the explanation is, and more than Admob, the search feature is mentioned in several places, but no one seems to be bothered by the fact that it shows up outside of the browser. I was _not_ amused to see it in my lockscreen at all.

And it is off-topic but related. Helps understand the quality of this browser and a comparison with what's out there is always relevant, I think.

Edit : In many places they comment about having a system wide search in Firefox as a way to compete better with Google Now and push users towards using FF instead of Chrome. Doesn't make much sense, and Mozilla gets most of its funding from Google anyway. Added screenshots to my previous post.
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
What app is your last screenshot that shows ad networks and permissions of other apps together? Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
There are many applications that will parse permissions and libraries in an APK and give you this data, or it can be found checking with a root browser at file level. Because it makes it very easy to understand, for the screenshot I used AppBrain Ad Detector.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector

Sorry for the off-topic, now, really. Enough...
[Android Apps and Games] Hybridnoob:
Are there any plans to have this app remember tabs through a reboot? I want to recommend this browser to a few people (that I haven't already), but can't because I know they would be sad to lose their tabs if they had to reboot. It would be a deal breaker for them, so I can't recommend this awesome browser.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I'd be truly shocked if Firefox was truly up to no good here with regard to AdMob. I don't have a clue why that would be in there (have absolutely zero knowledge of how to do advertising in apps and no desire to change that). But Mozilla has a very not-evil track record, and it's all open source.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Indeed, I have no idea what's going on and would like to find out. My best, hopeful guess is that it has something to do with user statistics, not exactly advertising... ?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I found a bug with images with hyperlinks.

when I long press an image that links somewhere the expected options are all there(open, new window, background window, view image) but all options are treated as variations to "view image"

the open, new window, and background window should open the page the image links to, but they open the itself image instead.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Hey, Atlas has just been featured in Octoba.net, an excellent ( and popular ) Android site in Japan for news and application reviews.

(ノ￣ー￣)ノ

http://octoba.net/archives/20140817-android-app-atlas-web-browser-beta-352551.html
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you on 4.4.0 to 4.4.2? Regrettably this appears to be another "early" KitKat bug. I just added some debugging code and Atlas is correctly detecting that the long press is on an image and requesting the WebView retrieve the link URL. The WebView is then incorrectly sending back the image URL (on 4.4.2).

I'm seeing the problem on 4.4.2 phones but not on 4.4.4, 4.0.3, or L.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Awesome, thanks for posting! I did see a big spike in downloads of FX from Japan last week, any idea where that might have come from? I Googled around a bit assuming a site had reviewed it but couldn't find anything (I imagine due to my query being made in English :D)
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Good. Well, the review was about version 0.88 it says, and was actually done a few days ago ( but posted on the 17th ) so I guess Octoba staff have been testing it thoroughly and talking to others about it, probably.

By the way it's a very neutral site, mostly they explain in great detail what an application does and how it works, how to use it, with screenshots, and then data such as developer, version tested, precise date of testing, link to Play Store, and so on.

They have their own application for Android which is useful for news and downloads too and I understand very popular, pretty much mirrors the site's contents anyway.

Edit : I have no idea if they had something to do with the FX downloads, but they reviewed that too about a year ago now : http://octoba.net/archives/20130929-android-app-file-explorer-220540.html
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Atlas 0.98 Released

Direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/atlas/r98/Atlas_r98.apk

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.atlas (Just uploaded at time of this post, may take an hour for general availability).

Fixed bug where "View Mode" setting was never saved.

Added back button to action bar in second-level (or deeper) screens.

Added text suggestions above keyboard when entering locations (can be disabled under settings->user interface).

(And yet again) Please let me know if you're encountering any critical issues, I'd like to release a 1.0 in the near future and then begin development on 1.x releases.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
4.4.2 and it's unlikely to change soon.

I have a Samsung galaxy k zoom, so updates will come slow, and there's very little rom development.
[Android Apps and Games] visceralpsyche:
Is there a way to quickly get back to the top of a page (I'm thinking of Facebook here but others too), like touching the top or swiping down right or left side etc?
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
Yes, something like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54796947

or this

http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.mohammadag.statusbarscrolltotop.

Boat solution is also elegant with arrows to top and bottom.
[Android Apps and Games] Cozmos23:
Hi first I'd like ti say that your Browser is really awesome. Low on battery consumption and fast in loading times.

Is there a way to open more than 4 tabs? I like to surf and open up tabs in background to read later but 4 is some kind of limitating.

And don't know if its my fault, I'm in CM11 M8 the settings are not saved after closing and opening again. (Desktop-Mobile and so)
[Android Apps and Games] anonymous-bot:
[MENTION=5671782]Cozmos23[/MENTION] - If you go into Atlas' settings, there is an option to enable the paid features during the beta.
[Android Apps and Games] DarkWolf747:
I have that turned on in mine and I also have a limit of 4 tabs.
[Android Apps and Games] anonymous-bot:
Which version do you have? I am using Atlas 0.98 and I cannot reproduce it. Without the checkbox:

With checkbox:

Try unchecking the box then rechecking it.
[Android Apps and Games] Raziel7:
With the last 2/3 updates the experience on browser it's better and smoothly. With the same time of browsing and same site of reported bug of my previous post i don't have any crash! Very good for a next stable release.
[Android Apps and Games] razorblade1989:
Now I love that browser since the last few updates :)

Smooth, good looking, stable, and power saving

Thank you for this great one, it has replaced my dolphin browser [emoji4]

Nexus 5 - Purity - Franco
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Any idea why long pressing a URL shows the copy/paste buttons distorted?
[Android Apps and Games] DarkWolf747:
Strangely enough, I just tried to replicate it and it's no longer doing it... Might have been my imagination for all I know, but hey.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
What client are you using that handles magnet links? I do see that Atlas isn't working correctly, but haven't been able to make them work with any browser/torrent client...can you give me an example of a working configuration?
[Android Apps and Games] monikazhang:
What you are saying is true bro, i hate current browsers shortage in here or there including chrome, yours truly fill in the gap, i will try yours now, thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
It's not a problem since one can copy the link and paste it in the application managing torrents, but it sure would be convenient to skip the steps and open it directly.

I have Vuze and Torrentex installed right now. ( Both recommended, no analytics, no advertising. ) Working for me with Chrome Beta, Opera Beta, Habit and Sleipnir.

I haven't configured anything regarding torrent files or magnet links in any of the browsers, or the torrent applications either. I am usually running CyanogenMod nightlies ( 4.4.4 ) on different devices if that has anything to do with it.
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
Which do you prefer and advise more?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
My torrent needs are quite minimal, either one works well, both are simple though. For a full-featured and well made Android client, I would think of Flud as the golden standard.
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
Flud is exactly what I've been using for quite some time but some months ago they decided to put Ads, since then I've been looking for alternatives.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
The paid version removes the ads. Well designed, reliable applications are always clean of any kind of invasive or data mining code, and decent ones are at least in the paid version; full Vignette for example removes all AdMob traces once bought, but whether that's the case with Flud I do not know.

Sorry for yet another off-topic rambling.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, got it solved, was definitely a problem in Atlas and next release should work with any Torrent client.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Will be fixed in next release (by disabling that text editing action bar). You can still long press to paste or get the send the URL via the "Share" button.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Atlas 0.99 Released

Direct download: http://android.nextapp.com/atlas/r99/Atlas_r99.apk

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.atlas (Just uploaded at time of this post, may take an hour for general availability).

Fixed problem opening magnet links.

Fixed bug where thumbnails were never generated for windows opened via "Open in New Window (in background)" option.

Fixed text selection bug in location bar.

(And yet again) Please let me know if you're encountering any critical issues, I'd like to release a 1.0 in the near future and then begin development on 1.x releases.

Thanks again for all the reports, please continue reporting bugs!
[Android Apps and Games] Conte Mascetti:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] I did a translation of strings.xml, actually 75 %, I can share it if you need. Take a look

From GNexus
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Hmm, I somehow wish I didn't report the bug if I know the fix would be to disable the text selection :). It was useful to be able to copy part of a URL.

Isn't there a way to make the text selection buttons show properly? Some other browsers (ie dolphin, Now Browser, etc) show a bar with selection controls when you long press.
[Android Apps and Games] Mystique:
Sorry to be that guy with the elephant in room..

What is this going to cost when you come out of beta?

Thanks in advance.

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
Totally agree with you, this way makes non sense. Why can't be made like other browsers?!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry, that wasn't intended to be the end solution just needed to fix the broken bit.

You can still long press to paste in 0.99.

I can't use the stock Action Bar selection/edit commands because the URL entry box is part of the Action Bar, and the selection/edit action bar will overwrite it. Intended solution is do offer a long press context menu with these commands:

Copy URL

Paste

Paste (Replace All)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This is the same price as FX, SystemPanel, and WebSharing.

Free version of course remains free/ad-free and will continue to be improved (new features do not always land on paid, just look at FX File Explorer if you need proof).
[Android Apps and Games] henrik.dk:
the latest version seems to be buggy. I got problem to on a xda thread to open page 2 link. But it sometimes works. Also for the engadget, some of the link doesn't open.
[Android Apps and Games] tonnykstark:
What is the extra support your web browser provides which is not supported by other browsers....

I think your browser is similar to other browser provided by android... So why should I install ur browser...
[Android Apps and Games] sancho_panzer:
I think you didn't use it enough. Did you see all the options? Please tell us other browsers privacy concerned like Atlas, with two panel windows, source code and resources analysis most useful for webdevs, with personalised settings for each website, gesture accessible panels on both sides... just to name few.

Try it again while is free, if you don't see any difference you don't need all this power and you'll be fine with any browser.
[Android Apps and Games] fpolle:
This is a great browser. Can't understand how can people say it's not good.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you certainly comparing 0.98 to 0.99, or might the earlier version have been older?

Very little changed between the two, the only thing that would affect page loading/link clicking would be the update to handle magnet links correctly, but that's only triggered by a magnet: URL.