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[Android Apps and Games] MiliWanili:
Last update, same old bugs, "show simplified view" and touch register. That's only on my phone, no issues on tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] treboR2Robert:
I like this idea !!!

Would go well with the bottom address bar.

Especially as I've got a Mi Max 3 being delivered tomorrow, it is huge !
[Android Apps and Games] Tomatot-:
I can only agree with this suggestion as I already suggested it :D
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Buttons down yes, reversing the menu maybe I should make an option ?
[Android Apps and Games] treboR2Robert:
Great work dude :)

No need to reverse the rest of it in my opinion.

Thank you !

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Where do the news articles come from ?

If it is google, is there a way to make it recognise what region you are in ?

Under settings, languages I have deleted english US so all that remains is english UK but the news is still all about baseball.
[Android Apps and Games] i8890321:
Quite disappointing on the team

The night mode seems to be an easy task. But fail to make it good.

The long press menu on a link still white in background which hurts my eyes

Pay attention to the details. Please.
[Android Apps and Games] g104:
What's wrong with you? :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] Try it or die:
Night mode seems easy? Maybe its not easy? He's definitely paying attention to the details, but there are a lot details and the browser is still in the beginning.

What team do you mean? The browser has no team, it's one person.
[Android Apps and Games] FaeRhan:
It's the same problem i have (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77560460&postcount=1053) but I never found a solution except disabling news in Settings => Startpage => News on Startpage. The only thing I noticed: On mobile data from o2 Germany I get news from germany, on wifi with german ISP Deutsche Telekom I get news from austria.
[Android Apps and Games] joakimbo:
Lol
[Android Apps and Games] onliner:
This tells me that you have never written code.

Please, be respectful, here there is not a team, nor a job, Anaud is an independent developer.
[Android Apps and Games] skyleet:
Why can't I set kiwi as webview. It would be cool to block ads in webview.
[Android Apps and Games] treboR2Robert:
I found this about the news articles.

"You can see recent bookmarks and suggested articles when you open a new tab. If you're*signed in to Chrome, suggestions are based on your*Web & App activity.

To remove an item, swipe left or right.

To save items to read offline, touch and hold the article. Then, tap*Download link. Learn more about*reading pages offline."

Is there a way to make it work like this based on browser history "without" being signed in ?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
LG V30 Android 8.0

When I scroll up fast and the omnibox reappears it is flashing. Can someone confirm? I'm not sure if I can log it. It might be one of my flags.
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
Buttons down - big yes
[Android Apps and Games] kvevand63:
Quite disappointing on you for criticising the dev. This is not a paid job for him. If you think that this is easy, then go ahead and dev a browser and post it here on XDA. BTW, you should have read the entire thread. Then maybe you would have reconsidered your post.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Sorry I usually never quote but if you put the buttons at the bottom, could you put the "Ads & Trackers blocked" panel at the top? Like switching sides?

I still like to see it. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Tomatot-:
Having the option would be amazing, but that's already a great start. Thank you again for taking into consideration your community's ideas.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Ok ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Momotani-Hitoshi:
Night mode 101%

Love the white text on pure black AMOLED screen. However, hyperlinks are also white, makes it harder to navigate or know which links were visited. This the mode I use during the day time. Any way to get links to not be white?

Night mode 100%

Looks great at night, background is back, and text is readable gray. Downside is if there are images with lots of white coloring you will suddenly be blinded, which also makes text appear dimmer as your eyes dilate. Workaround for me is to use 101% for the white text + CF.Lumen (red screen filter) to ease viewing.
[Android Apps and Games] dadaz007:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] can you add an option to NOT auto hide url bar ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Can you please support Add Exceptions/per-site settings for Cookies under Site Settings? I want some domains to keep cookies (DuckDuckGo, XDA) while other domains shouldn't (Google).

Attached Javascript site settings as an example. Right now you can only enable or disable Cookies with no granular control.
[Android Apps and Games] lukanz:
kiwi is a great browser thx

i have a request:

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if i search for example 'hotel' on google i see all the ads links, could you please use another adblocking list that also get rid of the those ads?1

ps: ads causes eye eancer :D
[Android Apps and Games] alagga:
Don't wanna Spam this thread, so maybe you could write me a PM ..

What's the difference between Substratum and Swift Installer? Any pros / cons? :)
[Android Apps and Games] kryzeK:
And me here wanting my URL bar auto hides :laugh:

Do the following: install TouchTask, enable the accessibility permission, and that's it. Your URL bar will not hide when scrolling the page.

I hate it, but here's my tip for you.
[Android Apps and Games] Try it or die:
An option to disable auto hide would be good anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] 80s Baby:
Would love this as well..been wanting this for months. Dev said it would be released versions ago. I wonder what happened after that
[Android Apps and Games] kryzeK:
Sorry for noob question, but could you tell me where the webview would be used outside of the browser? What are the utilities?
[Android Apps and Games] vkmaxx:
Hey, excellence browser!

I have only one problem, I'm using it in eCommerce to document products before shipping, so I need a webpage to make photo. Browser can access my camera, but it's front facing camera instead of back and I can see what what I'm photographing (but it's perfect for selfies :P). Is there any way to select with camera I wan to use?
[Android Apps and Games] skyleet:
Android WebView is a system component for the Android operating system (OS) that allows Android apps to display content from the web directly inside an application.

Tl;Dr: its component used to disable web content. So basically clean and fast in app web experience if kiwi is used. No need of adblocker. And remove blocked iframe for some sites.
[Android Apps and Games] :
WebView is used in apps in general. Today Weather is the app i could think of right now.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
My webview is stupid non-AOSP called Webviewgoogle. I addressed this to the Bromite community but they're stubborn and said they won't recompile because they don't want the app to match the same ID as Google Webview. Google uses a different format for non-AOSP devices so that webview can be updated. I hope if this gets webview we will see webviewgoogle for all of us who are not AOSP.
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
it would be lovely if kiwi would appear like Firefox in the share menu of apps.

Specific example: when I click on aliexpress on the share button (to share the product link) there are many options (also copy to clipboard) but often I would want to open it in kiwi

KZ ZSN Metal Earphones Hybrid technology 1BA 1DD HIFI Bass Earbuds In Ear Monitor Headset Sport Noise Cancelling Headphones

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/cgyBMAbR

This would be for example the content of the share button on aliexpress. Firefox fetches automatically the link. And if no link found, then a direct search with the content

BTW brand new IEM from KZ, best 20$ you can spend on headphones ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
Kiwi browser blocks ads completely without leaving any dead or grey space. But it's not as fast as Chrome (tested extensively). It's probably because the browser takes time to block/remove ads from webpages. Oveall, it's a good browser.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I dont think so. Chrome has been slower for me since Kiwi was released. I switched to Firefox, Brave, Chrome, Even some outdated CAF browsers and still liked how Brave and Kiwi were significantly faster than the others.

Cosmetic filtering requires some CPU Power, so if you have something in the background while using Kiwi its obvious that Chrome will be faster for you.
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
You should try Chrome once without Google DNS. Go to flags and disbale Google DNS and then clear DNS cache and force close Chrome once. Now try it again. And it really doesn't matter when I use Kiwi browser, it's always slower than Chrome (even if I start using Kiwi browser right after rebooting my device without opening any other apps). Only UC and Puffin seem to be faster than Chrome on my device (Nokia 7 plus).
[Android Apps and Games] jho55:
Hi,

thanks for building this nice browser. I had a request:

Feature request: globally disable Ad blocking.

Why: For people who are already using localhost ad blocking
[Android Apps and Games] █████:
this would be great! Wouldn't it save ram and time on these apps with webview? Because kiwi is always running in Background and never force closed? Webview is a big thing for me. Google news, rss reader, my telcom app, university app, etc.

but i honestly don't care about all those features after you added user scripts :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Btw I don't think we need webview. Google is doing a great job at maintaining webview. It feels far smoother than the actual Chrome browser. Remember OP does this because he loves to do it. Creating webview would just be another browser he has to maintain. He could spend the time making Kiwi even better instead. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Developer23:
Great browser! The developers are great, keep up the good work !!! thank

Great browser! The developers are great, keep up the good work !!! thank
[Android Apps and Games] erto90:
Nice browser! Would be nice to have gestures to go back and forward.. Like a swipe from left to right for back etc!
[Android Apps and Games] dadaz007:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] News feed seems buggy since some versions (at least in french).

When I click more, it always show same news...
[Android Apps and Games] Avhill:
You can disable ad blocking in the three dots menu (see screenshots). Is that what you are looking for ?
[Android Apps and Games] Kaiiela:
Am I the only one getting low resolution videos on sites like YouTube for example?
[Android Apps and Games] totalz:
Strangely I'm not getting the expected contrast in night mode. Could I just set color (white) at least for the text?
[Android Apps and Games] kvevand63:
You can adjust the contrast in Settings/Accessibility. I set mine to 101 as the default, although I find that I have to adjust to 100 or other in some sites for white text color. [MENTION=279401]arnaud[/MENTION] has made some great improvements within night mode with the current stable release.
[Android Apps and Games] jho55:
Not exactly. Here I can disable the ad blocker per site! This is actually great because it memorize the state per site. But I want to have it globally off.
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
+1

The CAF browsers had also this feature.
[Android Apps and Games] arnabghorui:
Go to settings -> site settings -> ads, then toggle to allowed. That's all.
[Android Apps and Games] dcjim96:
+3
[Android Apps and Games] eroigaps:
Android autofill framework does not work even after enabling it in flags. Any solution?
[Android Apps and Games] jho55:
Thanks, somehow I have overseen it.
[Android Apps and Games] lazostat:
Kiwi consumes many mb d ring surfing. Can you add a data saver mode?
[Android Apps and Games] Cstrrider:
Hey love the browser. I have noticed that when I open a link from any other app Kiwi usually takes 5-10 seconds before switching apps.
[Android Apps and Games] Momotani-Hitoshi:
101 makes text white, but also links too. Makes it hard to distinguish what can be clicked or previously visited.

Any way to get links not colored white?
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
Data saver does only work on http sites. The secure https sites can not be manipulated so there is no way do compress the files for less data usage.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Hide annoying ads is suddenly blocking the entire mobile.twitter.com. Can someone confirm?

I just noticed that I can whitelist specific domains so it's not an issue for me. I just enable ads in Twitter. AdBlock on Twitter has never worked in any mobile browser.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Thanks, I knew you would have covered the feature better :) I will try to use your improvements and if I manage I'll credit you in the patch
[Android Apps and Games] lazostat:
How Opera browser can do this?
[Android Apps and Games] b.roid:
same! it just happened for me today.

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love seeing my 2 fav browser devs working together on improvements :good:
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
The same way like chrome does this. Only compresses the unencrypted http traffic. But https is untouched. And now with many http sites dying (which is good) the overall saving with the data saver mode are limited

If you don't understand why http is bad:

http traffic can be modified before hitting your web browser and you would not notice it. also all the data you send to the website with http can be read before hitting the server.

https is secured. No middle-man can read or modify the content between you and the server
[Android Apps and Games] :
But if you use Chrome, It uses a server backend architecture to save data. Unfortunately that server API has been closed by Google stating security issues. That's why There's no sync, Data saver and password managers and Google Translate on Chromium/Blink based browsers.

Chrome team is stubborn and afraid that Chrome will be suppressed by other browsers like the Excellent Kiwi, Bromite, Brave etc.

Grow up Google. Jeez
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Can someone confirm that Twitter is truly encrypted?

mobile.twitter.com is not encrypted for me. Very phony. On the right Bromite browser resolving as encrypted.

It is not resolving to the encrypted Twitter site no matter what I do! It connects to port 80 and no certificates are being utilized. This only happens once you log in. Before you log in it is encrypted. The moment you log in it is unencrypted?! This is a huge problem. Please OP enforce true HTTPS. I tried in Bromite and I do not have this issue.

Edit: Fixed by resetting chrome flags and clearing browsing data.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Works for me:

Kiwi is more strict in terms of HTTPS certificates than other Chromium variants.

If you use a software like AdGuard or a VPN or a hosts filter, it may detect some content as altered and mark it as insecure. As far as I know, other browsers are more leniant.

It could also be that Twitter is using somewhere, a certificate that Kiwi doesn't trust, and that other browsers trust (or a certificate that a censorship provider is sending, like in Turkey)

Do you have any addons on your Android system ?

What do you see when you click on Details ?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I am afraid it does not work like that...why would Google pay the bill for other companies (Brave) or other browsers in general? Brave in fact has an API key to use some Google services, and they pay for it. I am sure you can pick Brave's bill for API usage, or anybody's else ;) but I would not expect that any company (and not Google) does anything for free. This has nothing to do with stubbornness, it is Google's servers and they decide who gets access and how.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
In my estimates, it would cost +/- 0.005 USD per 1000 requests to offer a Data Saver feature (for the infrastructure, cache storage and bandwidth).

If one user does 1000 requests per day on average:

1 user: 1.80 USD / year

100 users: 180 USD / year

10000 users: 18'000 USD / year

and so on.
[Android Apps and Games] KaaMyA:
I'd rather to delete exit button.

Then add a checkbox into Clear data button to enable doing selected tasks on exit.

Bookmarks and downloads could be integrated inside address bar, as well as all-tabs and home button are...

...Or as menu icons... I Don't know if someone is using that forward button, near to add bookmark star. I think it could be replaced.

This way menu gets shorter with easier access.

Icons at bottom are a good choice.

Thanks for such a great work, friend! ?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Android 8.0 Adaway with StevenBlack's hosts file. Other than that I have not made any modifications. It might be one of my chrome flags. Also happens on Google when I search for things. I have flags such as strict site isolation, preconnect and pre-rendering enabled. Maybe they affect this somehow. I checked with my firewall and the connections to Twitter go through port 443 and there are only two connections through port 80 to Rackspace in Texas. Thank you for double checking.

Me and another user are also unable to load Twitter without unchecking hide annoying ads but that might be a completely different problem.
[Android Apps and Games] :
True dat. That's actually enough for me stay away from the server lol
[Android Apps and Games] matrixisreal:
twitter working fine here. Check with mobile internet or VPN if the problem is still there. Maybe it has something to do with your ISP
[Android Apps and Games] Luk4sapps:
can I also use VPN?
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Thank you [MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] and [MENTION=9012416]matrixisreal[/MENTION] I cleaned my browsing history and it was fixed. No clue why.
[Android Apps and Games] tanfidzularus:
Well, i cant open twitter right now. But doin just fine with opera
[Android Apps and Games] Mauwong:
Issue with drop-down menu

Kiwi is almost perfect for my needs except:

1. Can't move the address bar to the bottom on tablet (works on phone).

2. Can't disable script on select site (instead of disable script with exception I'd like to allow script with certain exception similar to Brave).

3. Now and then I get a blank page when clicking on TripAdvisor link when googling. Said links work fine with Brave and Naked Browser.

4. Most importantly, certain drop-down menu doesn't work.

I can't post link but if you go to bestpricevn.com and open up one of the tour and click on itinerary. The arrow down for the Itinerary works, but the imbedded + menu to look at more details won't open. Again works fine with Brave and Naked Browser.

Thanks for your work on this. I really appreciate how fast and responsive the browser.
[Android Apps and Games] k500zm:
I agree the 101 contrast setting is much better as the text is white but the links are also white is there anyway that kiwi could be altered to show links as they are at the 100 contrast setting at 101 contrast then it would be perfect the grey text is just too dark and pictures are too bright at the 100 setting

[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] ?
[Android Apps and Games] replikant0815:
Whoa this browser is fast! Great job!

Would it be possible to include an option to make Desktop Mode the default for all websites?

That's the only thing that keeps me with Brave atm
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yes, It because Tablets use a very different UI adapted to their big screen sizes. The different UI uses a different code than the mobile versions. That's why you can't move the Address bar to the bottom yet. When the dev modifies the code, then the address bar might be movable ;)
[Android Apps and Games] jiraffa:
Hi [MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

I have noticed that browser is sometime unable to play videos. Sometime it works when it is played for the first time... But when you refresh or exit from the page and enter to play the video again... It does not work. Sometimes it does not work even for the first time. It is rare. I do not know if it depends on the type of video extension.

I attach an example. It is the only weak point of this browser in my opinion. I hope you can find a solution

Thanks in advance

https://as.com/futbol/2018/11/08/champions/1541656951_306364.html#
[Android Apps and Games] rodrigoxm49:
Amazing browser. The address bottom feature is the cherry on top.

Any news about PiP support? I noticed that sound is working, the app is marked on Android as a PiP app, but the video doesn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] vlaf:
Hello guys, is there a option to disable play videos on background?
[Android Apps and Games] theasters:
Arnaud,the photos on facebook, do not occupy the full screen width as in Chrome and other browsers, can you make it occupy it?
[Android Apps and Games] Goldenmeadow:
Hi!

First of all thank you for hard work!

I'm new here - came because of dark mode :)

Quick feature request: in dark mode all pop-up menus are still on white background. Is it hard to fix?

Thanks again!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
Can someone confirm if the embedded Twitter videos on this site are working?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/9/...-a-cellphone-terrace-house-hank-green-scishow

Most embedded YouTube and SoundCloud clips work but I'm struggling with embedded Twitter videos. But it might just be my settings. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] onliner:
Works fine for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Emu:
I found out it's due to disabling 3rd party cookies. :good:

My HTTPS broke again. It's not showing the key anymore. This time resetting everything is still not helping. I have no idea why. I will go test another browser for a while to see if the cause is my chrome flags.

I completely deleted data and cache and it's working again. The only flags I enabled and disabled before it broke was "Strict site isolation", "Top document isolation" and "framebusting requires same-origin". Something about these seems to break things. I will no longer touch them :D
[Android Apps and Games] jiraffa:
Works for me...
[Android Apps and Games] Cryte-k:
Hello, can not you add the option to download video from any page? and the option of eyelashes as the dolphin has it? one tab next to the other?
[Android Apps and Games] █████:
XDA and some otger sites are very laggy. Scrolling on the thread site takes 2-3 seconds before it scrolls...

and are there some news about the Update? already 20 days without an update but it seams so added many features to the unreleased version? Make a beta channel on googlePlay and I will Test all new Features

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XDA and some otger sites are very laggy. Scrolling on the thread site takes 2-3 seconds before it scrolls...

and are there some news about the Update? already 20 days without an update but it seams so added many features to the unreleased version? Make a beta channel on googlePlay and I will Test all new Features
[Android Apps and Games] Avhill:
There is already a beta channel in the Play Store, if I remember correctly.

And updates will come when it comes, just give time to the dev to develop and polish it...

EDIT : Just went to XDA Forums with this browser, I don't have any lag (adblocker on, night mode enabled, Android 7.0)
[Android Apps and Games] HemanthJabalpuri:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

In chrome when we hit download icon in options, the page will download into /sdcard/Downloads..

If we do same in kiwi the target path is /data/data/com.kiwi.**/app_chrome/Default/Offline Pages/archives ....

How we can set path to /sdcard/Downloads?
[Android Apps and Games] kot2202:
I wish there was theme settings so I could make the night mode but without the contrast
[Android Apps and Games] alreadyregistered:
Hello Dev, please make "open tabs view" also aware of night mode. I mean it's white all the time. :)
[Android Apps and Games] kris_95:
How to import bookmarks? I mean what extention do I need to import bookmarks from Chrome?