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[Android Apps and Games] Laicure:
No, so tedious.

I'm a new user and skeptical why kiwi needs to inject those.

As I said before, even if those domains are harmless, Kiwi is closed-source.

So the "open-source" tagging should be removed.

Also, your argument is invalid about being open-source.

I merely stated facts regarding Kiwi's Github repo (oh, please do visit the repo and see for yourself. Don't just defend.) and nothing else.

Open Kiwi's Github page and look for the open-source issue and you may take your argument there. (here is the issue, for your reference.)

And see how Kiwi treats the "Open-source" community lightly.
[Android Apps and Games] maurizio de maio:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

Sorry if i insist... :o Would be possible see that feature in the future? :D
[Android Apps and Games] DSP8000:
Regarding Kiwi and Open Source, I also agree. It is either Open Source or not, "progressively" is a bit shaky IMO. Also, even if I disable suggested sites Kiwi still makes connections to some domains which is annoying.

Given privacy is not the main priority for Kiwi I eventually moved to Bromite and now using droidchrome by marmaduke. He's very active and builds Chromium for Windows, macOS, Android.

droidchrome is superbly fast and very light on battery, unlike Kiwi - see for yourselves.

https://github.com/macchrome/droidchrome/releases

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
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[Android Apps and Games] filandry:
nice..but i don't care..

i love kiwi browser :p

cheers..
[Android Apps and Games] Laicure:
The one you shared looks more suspicious.

1 commit + just a readme without any info but still keeps on releasing? Weird, man.

Also, you really sounded like advertising, you know.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Okay let me clarify -

1. search.kiwibrowser.com - It is pinging there because Kiwi uses bangs feature for which it send the search results to the best possible search engine

2. update.kiwibrowser.com - Is to update the browsers search engines in the background. It is because the browsers bangs features the dev updates them differently. It is also used to update Kiwi's adblock filters(If you use it)

I just recommend you using μBlock Origin with its filters and disable Kiwi's in-built adblock engine. (It is disabled by default in the later releases).

μBlock Origin significantly cuts down the battery use of Kiwi. Use it with μBO extra and you've got a great adblocker and browser.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] DSP8000:
LOL, not advertising anyone or anything mate. If you check out the GitHub repo you'll see it is built by getting some patches from Bromite and Ungoogled project (to which I contributed for a while). It is almost always built when Chromium official build is released.

And marmaduke is posting his builds here as well: https://chromium.woolyss.com/#comments

I know Kiwi has good fan base and rightfully so because it is a good browser and the developer is quite active. However when it comes to privacy I simply prefer to use either Bromite or droidchrome, I guess each to their own. This is why Android is good, we have choices.

I all fairness, what is good for me might not be for someone else. Let's not make this thread convoluted, if Kiwi's developer doesn't want to go Open Source it is his decision. I just don't agree with the "progressively open source" bit, but then again, hence I use other browsers so it doesn't really matter.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] djcsurf:
I've not used any extensions yet, gonna give this a try now. Any specific set up required for μBO or just default?
[Android Apps and Games] :
The default is enough, But if you prefer more stricter blocking enable more filter in the μBO settings.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I have Blockada and Ad Away installed. In this scenario is uBlock Origin needed? Esp. when of RAM consumption is an issue. I wonder if there's a way to only keep uBO for its image restriction abilities (I have set it to 100KB) and turn adblocking features off.
[Android Apps and Games] jonvash:
Don't run plug in flash is one game naruto.oasgames.com/en/serverlist/s280
[Android Apps and Games] Laicure:
Lol for you too.

You should have said those earlier than linking a repo with zero info in the readme.

Anyway, we're straying too far from Kiwi's thread.

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Without blocking other apps, uBlock Origin with proper settings will suffice.

If you have AdAway, you don't need Blokada unless you use Blokada for other purposes such as the DNS changer.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
If you have Adaway you can uncheck almost all of the filter lists except Easylist for cosmetic filtering. You don't need those big malware lists. They're for Windows malware.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=10064122]jonvash[/MENTION] kiwi doesn't support adobe flash
[Android Apps and Games] diablos222:
I wish it had dark theme apart from dark and white. It also should work on speed dial, because it looks weird when you have dark mode enabled but speed dial is still blinding you with its white color.
[Android Apps and Games] :
If you have set chrome://newtab as you homepage then night mode will not affect that page.
[Android Apps and Games] fabianmvx:
Hi,

I'm here so say thank you for the Browser.

I am using it for months now and never had any problems with it.

Thank you for developing such an amazing app!

Greetings from ??
[Android Apps and Games] fzoli990:
Hello Developers,

Is it planned to add exceptions for night mode? (like you did for the built-in adblocker in the recent update).

However, your night theme is awesome and works perfectly on almost every website, there are some pages where it is not and I would prefer to disable it.

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Hello Developers,

Is it planned to add exceptions for night mode? (like you did for the built-in adblocker in the recent update).

However, your night theme is awesome and works perfectly on almost every website, there are some pages where it is not and I would prefer to disable it.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9933167]fzoli990[/MENTION] until you suggestion is implemented you can use extensions like "dark background and light text" or "dark reader"
[Android Apps and Games] FlorianReicht:
totally enjoying Kiwi - thank you for providing.

The only page I found which does not work properly in night-mode is event pages of iTeleseminar like upcoming ones

https://instantteleseminar.com/Events/117033492

same as past ones

https://instantteleseminar.com/Events/114574476

On Desktop the only way to "fix it" is when in Chromium images are disabled and DarkReader-AddOn is active.

Also while on topic, are there any plans to implement a "disable images" option on Kiwi?

Keep up the great work

Edit: I've been reading through this thread and it's said that uBlock is more efficient than the in-build ad-blocker. One can also disable pictures with it, so the blue background is gone. One step in the right direction, although the foreground is still blue (the one color which is not recommended at night)

Edit2: Installed Dark Reader and activated grey shades for the site - it is now acceptable for night-time surfing
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] Can you please add a javascript toggle in the menu just like 'hide annoying ads'?
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9994094]FlorianReicht[/MENTION] there's an extension to disable images, you could try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-mode/adelhekhakakocomdfejiipdnaadiiib
[Android Apps and Games] joakimbo:
Have the development ceased?
[Android Apps and Games] :
No. The developer is on vacation.
[Android Apps and Games] ak097:
Hi developer!

I am facing a problem with kiwi browser that is quite annoying for me. I just disabled chrome and started using kiwi as my default. The problem I am facing is, when I open the feeds/news in google discover section, it directly opens in kiwi browser as a new tab. Earlier It used Android system webview powered by chrome to open within the google app. Can I get is feature in kiwi too?
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
settings

privacy

allow custom tab intents(or something similar)

and set kiwi as default browser.
[Android Apps and Games] ak097:
There is no option like this in browser privacy settings. Also kiwi is already my default browser.
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
it should be working then.
[Android Apps and Games] ak097:
It is not working actually ?

Any other solutions?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Wow! Kiwi Browser has more than 1 million downloads now. Congrats arnaud! I remember when it was more like 100,000 downloads earlier this year. But Play Store has a weird way of rounding things so it was probably much more. :D
[Android Apps and Games] :
The problem is the google app, Not Kiwi or Chrome. Google app for what reason I don't only allows Chrome to open links with a custom tab. Other browser will open a new tab as you say.
[Android Apps and Games] ToreSalvo:
Maybe I discovered how to save data (like opera and facebook lite do), I noticed that "via browser" (another very light browser) allows the use of symbian's user agent, which not only loads the photos at very low resolution, but it was also faster (to me, in a couple of attempts) than kiwi and even opera mini and Puffin!

I would therefore suggest, at least for uploading images, the solution that discharges at very low resolution, perhaps with the possibility of reloading them at high quality, in order to accelerate kiwi even with slow connections (for example in my office I have a 7Mb that goes at 2 because of the bad signal, I find myself in the Sicilian far countryside). Confident and happy to have tried to improve this wonderful browser, I await news :)
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9142718]ToreSalvo[/MENTION] you can use textise.net until your suggestion is implemented
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
in accessibility?
[Android Apps and Games] ak097:
Not in accessibility too!
[Android Apps and Games] ToreSalvo:
in the meantime, could we not also disable the option that loads (and therefore saves) pages offline? And the history of the search bar?
[Android Apps and Games] bowlofsausage:
Night mode works not correctly in gmail browser version (f. e. bottom line).

Also as I am new in here, how this browser is good about privacy and anti-tracking?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Depends. If you set it up correctly, You can block many trackers. If not, the default settings is a bit too aggressive in blocking content.

I recommend using μBlock Origin from the Chrome Webstore.
[Android Apps and Games] bowlofsausage:
What default settings? In this browser?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yes. By default the in-built adblocker is disabled. You install extensions from Chrome Store or Just use the in-built adblocker.
[Android Apps and Games] ch3ffy:
any chance for auto-hiding the url bar?'
[Android Apps and Games] Akufenx:
spain news

magnific work ... its very efficient browser ... but my question is: in genie version, How i can import Spanish / spain News to home screen ??

Now i have a only one option: Hispanoamerican news, and many users would appreciate the inclusion of Spanish / Spain News in the list of countries.

thank you very much for your work Arnaud,
[Android Apps and Games] x2k13:
How about an update? Chromium is beyond v76.x.x now...
[Android Apps and Games] DeKaWob:
When can you provide the update?

Also a Kiwi beta version is available :)
[Android Apps and Games] Crazy_Oni:
The beta is from 18 july

Gesendet von meinem MI 9 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] manuwarcry:
I am interested in that feature, but I don't know if its inclusion in later versions would be possible:)
[Android Apps and Games] BigBrosMo:
There's a bug on google news... (news.google.com) Not sure what other sites... But

-if the location/tool bar isn't visible after you've been scrolling, then when you click on a news article directly it opens up without a location/tool bar ... But you can't move around the page to make it appear.

-If the bar is already visible when you click on the article, it opens up with the bar remaining visible and behaves normally.

-If the bar isn't visible and you open the link in the background, then it is visible when you go to that tab.

Is that clear/make sense? Not easy to explain. :)
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I have come across the same issue as well.
[Android Apps and Games] glavinstone:
Any news on update ?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
It's hilarious how bad Chrome and every other mobile browser is in comparison to this.
[Android Apps and Games] ghiki:
Hello, is It possible to add scrolling screenshots? At least, in MIUI phones isn't possible to use this feature (I think Google apps limits this)
[Android Apps and Games] shreeyash:
Hello! Excellent browser with very good features. Problem I found was with bookmarks. When I open a link on new tab via bookmarks the bookmarks page disappears when the new tab opens. I again have to open bookmarks through menu. Can you fix this please.
[Android Apps and Games] colorzpe:
Have a problem when playing fullscreen video nav bar still appear
[Android Apps and Games] joakimbo:
Development ceased? It's over two months since update for a browser app. A bit weird.
[Android Apps and Games] x2k13:
As someone said on kiwibrowser subreddit, the Dev is back from vacation and working on it. We'll see as all we can do ist wait.
[Android Apps and Games] Buchu005:
Can I add Chrome Sync to it unofficially?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Sync is in development and should come in the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] 4Freedom:
Feature request:

pinch-to-zoom: Allow users to extend video to fullscreen on 18:9 devices e.g YOUTUBE and VLC

Video:

https://gfycat.com/splendiddelightfulcivet
[Android Apps and Games] RA_dlanor:
How can we import passwords into Kiwi ?

I have been reading and searching this thread for several hours now, but have not found any information on how to import passwords. I find this surprising since the browser does have a command to export passwords and yet seems to lack any command or other method to import even such an export list created by itself...!

(This is an obvious need for using Kiwi on multiple devices.)

My direct need however is to import a password list exported by Chrome, which should be simple to implement since such CSV files contain all relevant login+password info in a clear text list format. And judging by the content of the file Kiwi exports in my tests, the formats are fully identical. So parsing Chrome's exported CSV file content into Kiwi's internal list should be very easy.

Btw: I have noticed several cases in this thread where others have asked for password import support and were dismissed either with a simple 'search the thread' or with irrelevant advice on bookmark import (which of course already works fine).

So please note that my post is concerned only with the missing support for passwords.

Btw 2: The Kiwi version I tested was installed today from Google Play. (Kiwi Browser 75.0.3770.101)

Best regards: RA_dlanor (aka: Ronald Andersson)
[Android Apps and Games] RA_dlanor:
Suggestion: How to interact with chrome extensions in Kiwi

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Ooops! I had missed that extension entries are made to the bottom of the overflow menu of Kiwi, which does allow site-specific extension interactions. And I also missed that the option to show these entries higher up in the menu was hidden deep within the 'Accessibility' submenu.

So the suggestions I made in this regards are not really needed (hence I edited this post to remove them).

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[/COLOR]

I want to chime in with you on this, and add a suggestion for how this could be fixed.

As I see it there are two problems here:

1: Opening the bookmarks list overwrites the current web page tab. This forces us to first open a new tab manually if we want to open a bookmark link into such tab. This is less convenient than in Chrome on PC where bookmarks use a dropdown menu without leaving current page, where we can then choose between normal click or Ctrl-click to open bookmark site in same or new tab, or right-click with choice in context menu for various bookmark options. The very same thing could be done in Kiwi using short/long taps instead of mouse clicks.

2: Opening a bookmark causes that web page to overwrite the bookmark tab, so we need to reopen the overflow menu and there tap the Bookmarks entry to reach another bookmark. This too is less convenient than in Chrome on PC, where the bookmark dropdown list can be opened just by clicking an icon.

I suggest that instead of using a tab for the bookmark list (like Android Chrome) Kiwi should use a dropdown list (like PC Chrome).

I also suggest that opening the bookmark list should be possible simply by tapping an icon. Either adding a new (optional?) icon, or perhaps by long-tap on the existing bookmark icon.

Best regards: RA_dlanor (aka: Ronald Andersson)
[Android Apps and Games] FauxzTech:
I don't have any tech requests or programming experience.. I do however spend a f@#ktonne of time on the net via my phone... and I just want to say... thank you... thanks for all your hard work creating basically a set of comfy pyjamas that I can sit in every day, with a bunch of tweaks that I wish I'd always had.. so much appreciation
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Would be great if both suggestions were implemented.
[Android Apps and Games] andrea0807:
Why does kiwi browser not propose me to translate pages into other languages ​​even if the appropriate option in language-settings is activated?

Inviato dal mio MI 8 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] sadex99:
dear dev, would you make when I click in blue dot is mean to red dot as picture attached. I need this because I always use my right hand to tap. tq.
[Android Apps and Games] :
It works even if you tap in the blue dot area already :)
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
The clipboard icon to copy links in the address bar in Chrome in a single tap is pretty nifty. Can it be implemented?

Also Scroll zones like in UC Browser.
[Android Apps and Games] sadex99:
oh I am sorry, I just found that its not working when using substratum swiftblack theme. swiftblack is problem with that, tq for quick response.
[Android Apps and Games] andrea0807:
Up!

Inviato dal mio MI 8 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ★Michaelo★:
Because the implementation of translator in Kiwi is different comparing to Google Chrome's one
[Android Apps and Games] andrea0807:
On the google.it site in Dark mode you cannot see the images

Spoiler content hidden.

Inviato dal mio MI 8 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] :
You will have to first go to settings - translator and select one of your choice.

Then go to page which needs to be translated, Click on 3-dot menu and select translate option.
[Android Apps and Games] rohan164:
how to download youtube videos using kiwi browser? is there any 3rd party extension? i tried loading addoncrop extension using zip file, but it does not gets loaded in kiwi browser. is there any solution?
[Android Apps and Games] Racle90:
Web search is downloading f.txt file on latest version.

(long press word > web search)

Example included for word "webview"
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Totally yes, I am aware and I feel myself that it should be black (I am user of the app as well :)).

I am working on speed dial at the moment, and there is big possibility (though not 100%) that the current New Tab Page code gets removed to be replaced with something different; so I didn't want to invest time in something "wasted" (changing color to black, if later I need to do it again).

Hope it makes sense,
[Android Apps and Games] alreadyregistered:
Hello guys. Browser is totally awesome, but after few days of usage browser start little lagging and Android start reporting "high app usage" (oreo 8.1 mokee but also stock miui). Cleaning app data helps but only for few days.

Any ideas how to fix it or help you Dev investigate problem?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Could it be that you have lot of tabs open ?

I suspect in this case that it is simply some old video tabs (like YouTube) that are open in the background and using the ressources.

Probably I should freeze them after certain time unused.
[Android Apps and Games] b.roid:
try this option
[Android Apps and Games] alreadyregistered:
Hardly never more that 2-3. Mostly text pages (like forums). It's appearing while opening new tabs/settings, not while browsing certain page.

@up.

Will try close on exit.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Interesting, if you still have the issue I can propose you two things: an older build and see if it's still there, or, I can install the same ROM as you, on an equivalent phone and try :)

Let me know, I'll do my best,
[Android Apps and Games] worldcompany1200:
Best browser ever made by human hands, Excelent job. Just a recommendation would you add this on next updates:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...ar-and-address-bar-in-newest-chrome-version-o

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-design-ui-updates-media-player-apk-download/

I use facebook on your browser and it keeps whitel. I would like to see blue or change color depends the webpage.

Also I notice it send me to the web-desktop site automatic, would you add to it send me to the mobile versions of sites if its available?
[Android Apps and Games] alreadyregistered:
Hmm. I'm 99% sure that it start's happening after latest update. Gonna try previous one. :)

Thanks for a hint.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Both are actually linked. To be able to use Facebook Messenger, Kiwi pretends to be a desktop computer but resizes the website into a phone/tablet viewport.

Facebook doesn't send theme-color to computers, that's why it's not blue.

The only way for me to fix it is to do "if Facebook, make tab blue"
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Let me know, if that's the case I'll dig into the commits that Google added, as I don't believe that AMP remover or always night are the cause :D
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
A) what part is lagging ? The rendering itself or the whole app ?

B) When you close all tabs, does it take few seconds to open the new tab page ?

C) Is the homepage button visible during the lag ?

D) when going to the homepage, is the homepage visible during the lag ?
[Android Apps and Games] alreadyregistered:
btw. any way to make font smaller in only fb (settings per page)? Stock font size is perfect on every site, but on fb chat it's enormously big (for me of course). :)
[Android Apps and Games] jobhax:
Maybe some help to implement dns from bromite

https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Enabling-DNS-over-HTTPS
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
There is no need, DNS over HTTPS is already in Chromium :)
[Android Apps and Games] penfold:
any timetable for manual bookmark import?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
It depends on your source browser ? The approach is very different for each.

My priority is get Chrome live first (and I have a solution). If you have a specific browser in mind, I can look for you :)
[Android Apps and Games] penfold:
I meant just by importing an html bookmark file that I have exported from my desktop browser ....that is the simplest way and avoids sync hell
[Android Apps and Games] jobhax:
How do we enable it and can we choose Google vs Cloudflare?
[Android Apps and Games] vipinaggar:
How to send the download link to aria2 through KIWI
[Android Apps and Games] fystrified:
There are some times where the browser couldn't load the page link completely
[Android Apps and Games] BigBrosMo:
Not for me. Works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Racle90:
Odd..

And I'm using default search and selected Google (automatic) as my search engine

Video of bug: https://youtu.be/oeZcmFwacXs
[Android Apps and Games] complicazio:
Same for me.

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Same here.