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[Android Apps and Games] julio66:
Very nice work my friend. As there has been said, the "drawing" of the tabs are still some inconsistent ....maybe I could suggest that you use a border around the thumbs also (to mark them better on the white background).

Slide gesture from bottom (show tabmanager) is nice. The slide function in addressbar I am embarrassed to admit but I haven't figured out yet

Now I really hope the startpage is getting closer ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Jagdish84:
I'd love to see the URL bar at the bottom of the browser as well, besides it being more comfortable(imo) it will make the usage of URL bar gestures more intuitive...

Thank you for an awesome browsing experience!
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Hey friends :)

Tonight I've added some new great features.

Some days ago my favourite tech magazine - ComputerBase.de - has published a news about the desktop browser Vivaldi, which has got a feature to take screenshots (up to 30.000 pixels height) of the entire webpage.

There was a lot of comments by the impressed readers, so I wanted to add this feature to Slimperience too :D

So now, it's here :) I've tested it with some websites and it works like a charm :) One of my screenshots got a height of about 33.000 pixels ;)

Furthermore I've added settings for screenshots, so you can choose the screenshot file format (png, jpg and webp) and its quality (50 to 100).

A new beta with this feature will be published later this day :)

Screenshots have a limited size on XDA, so I can't upload a preview screenshot of an entire page, but here are some screenshots from the settings and a 'screenshot of an entire page screenshot' :D
[Android Apps and Games] pelucaslee:
Hello, first of all thank you for this excellent browser, nice and fluid. I just need to be my daily browser, to import the bookmarks from another. I use habit browser and I can not import them. For me it would be the only thing missing.
[Android Apps and Games] Schrotty35:
How can i sync with google for bookmarks?
[Android Apps and Games] ugvpkn:
No longer possible with non-Chrome browsers.
[Android Apps and Games] filip2805:
why status bar disappears?
[Android Apps and Games] Osh1:
Have you set the browser to full screen under settings ?
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
It's the last point on my to do list, because the databases are not final yet. Will be integrated, when everything else works :)

To have more space for the tabs and because it's part of my toolbar implementation ;)

Start page is on the way, will be released with a last beta or an RC build next week :)

Needs some modifications on the app bar layout (which is used for the scrolling behavior of the toolbar). I'll work on it, when the other more important things work ;)
[Android Apps and Games] filip2805:
No :(
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
[MENTION=1255308]SaschaHa[/MENTION] Thank you!

How will you monetarize your work?

I hope there will be also a paid app version, which will not show ads and will not send data to tracking and analytics services?

There will be many users, who want to pay by money and not by their data.
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfcity:
As far as I know the playstore version is unlockable to premium for an amount of 4,19€.

Btw, Vivaldi is a real cool and innovative desktop browser. Maybe there are some more features to implement. ?
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
Thx, this is for the current version. What about the new one?

And what about the privacy aspects I mentioned above?
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
It will be like before, the app will be free from ads and free from tracking and analytics (expect for these which are integrated in the WebView itself). I want all users to have the best possible user experience, so it will be a clean build :) Like before there will be pro features, which can be unlocked via inapp billing. Currently I don't know exactly, which features will be for pro and which ones for free. I do my best to make it fair 4 all.

Exactly :)

I have a huge list of new features, which I'm working on :) Today I've started to work on a reader mode and a TTS engine to get the websites spoken by the app. When the update is done and my ideas are implemented, I will look for other new features and of course I will give Vivaldi a try. It looks pretty cool.

New one will be released at PlayStore, when all issues are gone and all features are working as expected. Until then the beta can be downloaded here.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
As promised here is a new beta, even with new features :)

Changes:

1. added entire page screenshot feature. I've tested it with huge pages up to a vertical resolution of about 51.000 pixels now. It works good :)

2. added new settings for screenshots: You can now choose the file format (png, jpg and webp) and the quality between 50 and 100

3. Changed the heap size to large*

4. added a first implementation / placeholder for a reader mode. I will work on it tommorow and increase it to a good one ;)

*Heap size

This feature has a bad reputation because a lot of developers use it as workaround for worse optimizations in their code. But here this is not the case and it is only used, when it's needed. In other words:

I've implemented it for point 1. (entire page screenshots). Such screenshots can have sizes of about 100 megapixels (my todays biggest one was around 70 or 80 megapixels). Each pixel has at least 36 bit (8 bit for each sub-pixel) of size, so a screenshot of such an huge size would need 300 MB when it's taken. To get rid of an "out of memory" issue, this flag needs to be set. There are no disadvantages in this case, because the heap size is handled by Android and will only be increased, if the app uses it. And in 99% of the time this will never happen :)

The good side effect: A big heap size allows the user to have even more tabs opened. I tried it with 25 pages and it was no problem, I had not even a singlle redraw.

To do list now until the update is ready for release:

1. adding a dialog for editing bookmarks

2. adding an increased color picker as pro feature

3. creating introductions and credits for the app

4. adding localizations

5. some minor things like finalizing the read mode and increasing some implementations

That's it :)
[Android Apps and Games] adl:
Thanks for all the hard work you put in this browser! One thing which isn't currently working is setting a blank page instead of the Google homepage, right? At least I still get the Google homepage, even if I disable "homepage" in settings.
[Android Apps and Games] kost7:
[MENTION=1255308]SaschaHa[/MENTION], you are making this browser better every time! A start page would make it perfect for me.

Thank you for your work, I am definetely getting the pro version when it hits the Store.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Yes I haven't decided yet, how I want to handle it with the new start page, that's why I haven't linked the setting yet :D

Coming soon with the new start page :)
[Android Apps and Games] Osh1:
Coming along really nicely,your were talking about a start page,does that mean a homepage with bookmarks available and able to be swoped or a site page as home page,
[Android Apps and Games] ainurrofiq:
Do you planning to add ublock? It will be great . I love it coz the way it block ads is awesome. If it is added on your slimperience, it will be fastest n safest browser ???
[Android Apps and Games] source2sink:
Great nifty browser app. Thanks a lot for your responsiveness to the queries that you get here.

I notice that the URL display in the status bar is truncated because of insufficient space (between the < and > brackets). There seems to be sufficient space around the menu buttons on either end, the 3 horizontal bars or the 3 vertical dots. They could be aligned to show more of the URL and page title. My screen is 720x1280. Right now I can see only till the word forum in xdaforums.com after https. Maybe some optimization can be done here.

Another aspect is that I notice that a download from Google Drive via this browser causes incomplete downloads. I get a prompt for a download, which asks for System or Share and it fails when I select System. I am on AOSP with Nougat. Are you able to download from Google Drive?

Is there a way to see the certificate of the site for https connections?
[Android Apps and Games] SibiMobile:
Hi man,

Just checked your browser and it's nice indeed.

The pull refresh feature has issue with pages with fixed header, for instance google amp pages, it's very problematic. And I believe there're other websites out there also cause issue with pull refresh gesture.

I'm also developing a browser, so just dropped in my note here for you to be aware, maybe you can have an idea of how to handle it, I just disabled this feature for now :)
[Android Apps and Games] :
great browser, however downloads are not working, says download unsuccessful
[Android Apps and Games] daleski75:
This may sound like a dumb question but how do you clear the internet history on this browser?

Weird bug I have to tap on the clear option twice for it to do something and get no feedback to state anything has been cleared.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
It will contain favourites (most important bookmarks), the history and the homepage, which will be preloaded in background :)

Slimperience already has a fast adblocker, but this might be one of the features which will be only available for pro users ;)

The toolbar icons are work in progress, there might be some changes in the final version.

Google Drive, Mega and some cloud services currently are not optimized for Android's default WebView. I need to add special methods for it. I'll try to find some, but I can't promise it yet.

Currently there is no method to show certificates of a site. Maybe I will add it with another update ;)

Thanks :) Yes some websites contain inner scrollviews, which cause some unusual behavior to the nested scrolling feature of the webview, because the webview can't measure its height and its scrolling behavior will be replaced by the inner one of the website. I also tried to recognize these inner scrollviews automatically, but in some cases it works not as good as intended.

Have you allowed the app to write to internal storage? And on which websites did you tried it?

Currently there is only a message missing, but clearing databases should work ;) I will add messages to the final update.
[Android Apps and Games] SibiMobile:
Try this link and you will see what I mean

www.google.com/amp/m.wikihow.com/Take-Screenshots-on-an-Android%3Famp%3D1

First scroll down, then scroll up, the pull refresh gesture will be triggered and you cannot scroll up for this page
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Works fine here. Are you on v1.2.3 (from PlayStore or OP) or have you tried it with the latest beta (posted some days ago)? Because the beta works good here, there I've added a workaround for this issue, which should work in 95% of all cases ;)
[Android Apps and Games] SibiMobile:
Sounds good, yes I installed the app from playstore
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Ok the PlayStore version is from July 2016 :D The current beta is a completely rework of the app. You can find the latest one here #1109.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yeah i checked and access to storage is enabled. I was trying to download K9 mail material from an xda thread
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Ok I will try to increase the download behavior even more.

But I highly recommend to use an external download manager. In my opinion the best one is ADM, I'm using this one for years ;)
[Android Apps and Games] ainurrofiq:
So are you gonna add ublock origins for pro user?
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
hello.this browser makes muuuch time to load pages both on my moto x play and xperia z3 tablet both running MM.is this only me??
[Android Apps and Games] kost7:
Hm, if there is something I really like about this browser is that does load pages quite fast actually. I'm on nougat though, don't know if this makes a difference.
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
hmmm weird..my pages take about 30 seconds to load!bith on phone and tablet!both with wifi and data...
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Can't confirm that. For me it's loading very fast.

No it has an own adblocker, so it doesn't need another one :D
[Android Apps and Games] ainurrofiq:
Yeah. But pop up is always messing my browsing time. Especially when downloading from site like usercloud and etc
[Android Apps and Games] primaleph:
I have this issue also. If there is a download window in any tab, every time i open the browser i get prompted to download it again. When there are multiple download page tabs, this happens two or three times, which gets frustrating quickly. I've had to disable session saving to prevent it.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Ah now I got, what you mean :D Ok I will add a boolean to the Sessions helper, to get noticed if a tab has an download intent, so this tab will not be restored again.
[Android Apps and Games] primaleph:
Awesome. Sorry I didn't mention this sooner.
[Android Apps and Games] classic757:
[MENTION=1255308]SaschaHa[/MENTION],

Wow! Where has this browser been hiding?

Excellent work! Thanks so much.

Question: Is there any way to increase the font size in the settings menu?

Also, is it possible to import my bookmarks from Chrome mobile?
[Android Apps and Games] polarcell:
pls make a new sale week i will get premium :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] jamieunit:
Im a bargain hunter but It's worth the full price
[Android Apps and Games] TheForce:
Hi Sacha, I am using Slimperience now for some weeks, and I like it very much. [emoji1] [emoji106] I miss however the possibility of making a backup from the bookmarks. (I change sometimes from a ROM) Maybe I look over this feature?

Could you tell me if this is possible or not or how to make a backup.

I'm now using the latest version 1.2.3
[Android Apps and Games] Sander9847:
You could make a complete backup of the apps data with titanium backup ?
[Android Apps and Games] Sr. Zé Alguém:
An option to export settings and bookmarks would be great for users without root.
[Android Apps and Games] noabody:
I'm really looking forward to the next release but am currently hesitant. I'm not saying Slimperience has a premium asking price but the browser I'm currently using was less than half that and is open-source. Hoping you're next release will "sell" me.
[Android Apps and Games] -zalo:
great work ! [MENTION=1255308]SaschaHa[/MENTION] thanks!!
[Android Apps and Games] Zero3K:
Is it possible to have a tab and address bar at the top of its window? If not, then the options of having them show should be added to it.
[Android Apps and Games] badohn:
That will be great..
[Android Apps and Games] Nicolas72:
Just came back to the thread to see how it is progressing...Nice work.

One question tho..Did you change the target SDK level ?

Since my device is stuck with KitKat it seems that I can no longer use the newer Base.apk builds.
[Android Apps and Games] TheForce:
I copied map: Com.Saschaha.browser from data/data in root-map which did the trick. [emoji12]
[Android Apps and Games] julio66:
Hmmmm....it has been awfully quiet the last 3-4 weeks...

Hopefully everything is ok, just take some time gathering together the beta release right?????
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Sascha isn't certainly doing this for business. I'm convinced there's a family, friends, bodies, a profession or studies and examinations, and probably a lot of other things that take precedence over building a fantastic browser like this one for all of us for free.

Even if it occured more frequently and for extended time periods that it's quiet in this thread I'd simply maintain my patience. Sascha is setting the priorities - and that's fine!:good:
[Android Apps and Games] mqnuiawx:
It is So powerful
[Android Apps and Games] Phuntsok009:
Sascha your browser is amazing would be perfect if it had a dark mode for screens amoled (full screen),Inverted mode is very good but changes at every moment.Thank you very much, great work
[Android Apps and Games] asms5583:
its very good browser but it didnt save password can you fix it thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
That is well known and intentionally done.

It's good "tradition" by the forum rules to first read the OP of a thread and second to use the search engine prior to posting.

At the OP you're going to find the link to FAQ where the reason for not saving passwords is explained.
[Android Apps and Games] AviralOmar:
I think you can be a little less rude, "sir".
[Android Apps and Games] Adarsh2000:
How can I stop my history both displayed when I enter a new url,I don't want to delete me history so that I can find things which I lost, but May be useful.

Thanks.

It Replaced chrome.?
[Android Apps and Games] Osh1:
Any updates on what's happening with the new release,
[Android Apps and Games] SDMU:
It seems to be 98~99% done
[Android Apps and Games] asms5583:
i read why your browser didnt save password but you can make it as addon if any one want this option take it can you make that for me please
[Android Apps and Games] SDMU:
I am not the developer :D
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Hey, sorry for my absense in the last couple of weeks. I had some unexpected private issues, which I needed to fix first, so I had less time as intended to finalize this app.

Now I've added the last few features. Currently I've a private test for these features, for example new dialogs (the old ones had one major layout issue), the new (and final) databases, new browser agents, new search engines, and so on.

I'm very sorry for the looong waiting time!

Gesendet von meinem SM-N930F mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Sascha, you've no obligation at all to apologise for anything. You're developing a fantastic tool in your leisure time for free; you are setting the priorities, nobody else - even if some few guys are crying. You're the only one who knows what has to take precedence. I don't want to set your priority order but your family, your friends, your business or studies and examinations, your buddies come first. Please take whatever time it needs - even if this project sleeps for a while.

Anyhow, I'm looking forward to my experiences with the new Slimperience. I know it's gonna be great!

Thanks a lot for everything, my friend!
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Thank you very much! :)

Here is a new picture of how the bookmark dialogs will look like.

If the browser finds social media links on the website, it will be automatically be added to the dialog and saved to the bookmark. You can also change the title and description of the bookmarks or add social media links manually.

If you let these entries unchanged, they will be updated everytime you visit the website.

In the right drawer there will be added entries to open these social media pages.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Sascha, is this functionality going to be customisable?

For privacy reasons, I'm not using any of these "social" media at all, and I'd appreciate if no automatism is adding something to anything.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
The mechanism only searches for meta tags with those links within the html document and lists them in the right drawer. Nothing get stored on the device then (only in ram, but even without extracting them they are still in the html code which is in ram too). When you add bookmarks, the dialog above appears, where you can add those links or remove the autofilled ones, so they get not stored into the bookmarks or any other database.

The mechanism doesn't send any data to the website or any server and it does not store any of those links on your device (only in ram), until you not add these links to your bookmarks.

So the privacy is untouched ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Udzi:
I've searched for a new browser yesterday. BOOM: Slimperience.

I could beat myself not seeing it for so long :rolleyes: Amazing work!

I have 2 suggestions for improvement:

- Search the page

- Swipe gesture to change the tabs (like in v1)

I'm very excited to see the full version of 2.0, especially the color picker.

Continue working on the browser :good: In my opinion its the best on the market

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] :
Hi! I want to translate browser on Russian, but when translation through apk editor transferred not all lines. You can translate into Russian? or explain to me how to transfer the rest of the line.

Sorry my bad english :'(
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Beta version or old one from PlayStore?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Old in GooglePlay. Where I get Beta-version?
[Android Apps and Games] wattsja:
Title says "Coming Soon" .. so you can get it when it's released. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] kost7:
If I am not mistaken, the latest beta version is here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70990164&postcount=1109
[Android Apps and Games] :
crash on android 7.1.1

Sorry, I translate into Russian and browser start.

And one answer. In this beta is donat?
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Some good news 4 all:

The new database update methods are working now. This means that the upcoming beta version will finally replace the original Slimperience version from PlayStore :) I think I can upload it in 2 days, if I've found no more issues regarding the databases.

A fully rework of the app with much new features.

Donation features are not set in beta version yet.
[Android Apps and Games] julio66:
This sound EXCELLENT my friend. Just one stupid question;

This beta version we are waiting for...will it be available here on this forum, or do you just upload it to Playstore?
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
I will upload it in this thread first :) Currently there are only English and German available, so I need to contact some translators first and create proper credits (and a new introduction), until I can upload it to PlayStore. And some new features need to be tested first (by the community), until it's ready for PlayStore.
[Android Apps and Games] julio66:
Excellent. I don't know for which languages you need help to, but please tell me if you need help to Spanish, English or Norwegian.
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
I've just started to implement a good more or less new feature:

Add your favourite websites as shortcuts to your homescreen

It will not only allow you to quick access your favourite websites from homescreen, but it will also hide the toolbar by default, so it will feel more like an own app. It's only a small feature, but I think it's a good one :)
[Android Apps and Games] :
You can do so that when the close all tabs, browser didn't closed? And more. You can add the feature to close all tabs right?
[Android Apps and Games] Loknic4:
Not possible download attached files. Got queded and download after time is not success.
[Android Apps and Games] luminus:
Is it possible to implement bookmarks import from chrome or from a bookmarks file? Would be great.
[Android Apps and Games] migfer:
Thanks for the work, and updated to the Pro version to support the project since it seems to me a great Browser, I would like if it is possible that you would add a Night mode, sorry for my low English and again thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] palorent:
When i buy today The pro version, will ich get than the new Version or The New beta Version as an update from the play store, or Do i have to pay again for the New Version?
[Android Apps and Games] Osh1:
Any news?
[Android Apps and Games] SaschaHa:
Until now I've never worked with HTML and Json. So I need a lot of learning and tests to override website's html code at runtime. So laybe I start working on that, when I've time again to do so.

The update will also come to PlayStore, no need to buy pro again ;)

Yes, the most features are working good, only one (sadly frequently requested) feature doesn't, so I needed to deactivate it for now.

The most important changes - the new databases and migration from v1 to v2 - seems to work without any issues now.

A public beta test will start this week. Please backup the app before (if possible), so if something went wrong, you should not lose your bookmarks and history.

I've also created a Github account, so after some optimization the main oarts of the source code can go online.