[App] [7.+] FOSS Browser [Open Source]

[knipsmoped]

Missing the desktop view also

I'm missing the desktop view also. Without the desktop view i can't download a file from sourceforge.net; example link for custom ROM https://sourceforge.net/projects/resurrectionremix-oreo/files/klteduos/. In desktop view it is possible.

 

[NamitNayan]

Without the desktop view i can't download a file from sourceforge.net; example link for custom ROM https://sourceforge.net/projects/resurrectionremix-oreo/files/klteduos/. In desktop view it is possible.

you can download in mobile view from sourceforge .
(I am not saying desktop view should not be there)

 

[knipsmoped]

you can download in mobile view from sourceforge .
(I am not saying desktop view should not be there)

I don't understand . How can I download ? Do I have to make a setting on the website?
Thank you.

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

I don't understand . How can I download ? Do I have to make a setting on the website?
Thank you.

You must click "download anyway" (or something similar).

 

[knipsmoped]

You must click "download anyway" (or something similar).

Upps, it's so easy. Thank you :good:
Then I don't need the desktop view after all .

 

[bokusen]

It would still be nice to have desktop view added back in though since it's very useful, especially on tablets.
I'm still using an older version of this browser on my tablet because of this.

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

Hi, thank you for this project it's my daily web browser
do have a crowdin or poeditor for app translation ? @Gaukler_Faun

I don't have it until now. But I'm planning to setup crowdin (once I've the time).

This is an awesome browser, it's super fast. Would it be possible to have a version where all webRTC is removed, to protect from unnecessary data leaks? Thanks.

As far as I know, it isn't possible to disable webRTC in Android webview.

any chance to opt out of that behavior for text?
have it work on links only?

The popup-menu always appears, when you click on a picture or any kind of link. When you long press on simple text, the popup-menu doesn't appear. If text and links are "mixed" on a website, selection of text can be tricky. But in this case I can't do anything.

Could really use Desktop View badly.. Some sites don't render properly without it.

I will not include desktop view in near future. Last time I tried it, it was really buggy.

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

Update v 6.0

Changelog:
- updated: adBlock hosts list
- updated: Polish translation (thanks @gh-pmjm)
- fix: problems with characters like ä, ü, ö
- new: Taiwan Trad. Chinese translation (thanks @elmru)
- new: Italian translation (thanks @enricomonese)
- new: Portuguese translation (thanks @Sérgio Marques)
- many more fixes and improvements (thanks @Bo41)

Updates on F-Droid and PlayStore will be there soon. Downloads here and in second post.

Greetings
Gaukler Faun

 

[ratbags]

Nice browser, but is there any way of retaining web pages across sessions? After I open it after it's been closed all the pages vanish.

 

[Oswald Boelcke]

@Gaukler_Faun: Thanks very much for this interesting browser. Just using it for one day but I've the impression FOSS Browser is going to become my daily driver. I downloaded the apk from F-droid after I became aware of it here.
I don't know if it's of interest to you and to how many languages FOSS Browser has already been translated but you might consider to promote your browser here for additional translations (post #2 shows active translators sorted by language).

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

@Gaukler_Faun: Thanks very much for this interesting browser. Just using it for one day but I've the impression FOSS Browser is going to become my daily driver. I downloaded the apk from F-droid after I became aware of it here.
I don't know if it's of interest to you and to how many languages FOSS Browser has already been translated but you might consider to promote your browser here for additional translations (post #2 shows active translators sorted by language).

I'll do it (of I don't forget).

 

[expxm]

Hi,
Thanks for your great work. It's a lovely app. But there seems to be a bug: the font size change in Fast Toggle does not apply to the current window, even tho the window is reloaded. It only applies to new windows. Please test with web pages of twitter.com or maybe any web page. I'm on Android 9.
Thanks a lot!

 

[Avalon]

Love this browser to bits. Using it as my daily driver! K was wonder though if it's possible to disable the changelog pop up though. It opens every time the browser is closed and re-opened.

Sent from my Xiaomi MI MIX using XDA Labs

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

Love this browser to bits. Using it as my daily driver! K was wonder though if it's possible to disable the changelog pop up though. It opens every time the browser is closed and re-opened.

Just click the "check" button. Perhaps you have to scroll down. The button is at the bottom of the dialog.

 

[Avalon]

Just click the "check" button. Perhaps you have to scroll down. The button is at the bottom of the dialog.

Totally my bad. The browser is so minimalistic that I actually didn't try to to scroll down. Thanks!

What would be really be the icing on the cake is if it would be possible to organise bookmarks in folders. But I haven't seen this in (m)any browser so I'm not sure if that's even possible.

Overall I really love it and I shared it with my friends as well.

Sent from my Xiaomi MI MIX using XDA Labs

 

[bntspcht]

Hello,
first of all thank you for developing this app and optimizing it for one hand use!

I have another suggestion: Maybe you can implement a setting so that a user can change the user agent string of the app?

With this option you can circumvent Facebook's totally stupid move to force people to use there messenger app instead of their mobile site..

Thanks and cheers

 

[ShaqB]

Hi,

I love your app. It's would be Cool to have a read mode for articles.

Thank you and a nice day

 

[weissgarnichts]

Hi.
Made FOSS Browser my default one.

I just miss one feature: to create links on the homescreen (or did I missed it?).

I use KISS Launcher, so I do not have a homescreen but it is nice to have important links in your searchlist (that is the way how the KISS Launcher works).

Firefox can do this but you can't name the links (the name is the adress http://...).

This would be great!

 

[Robhein]

Enter:
https://www.google.de/search?source=hp&ei=iNR5W4PsKoLSa_aPmOgF&q=
for your custom search engine. Close FOSS Browser with the back key and restart. It should work. I just tested it.

Thanks a Lot!

 

[Gaukler_Faun]

Hi all there!

I worked on some other apps in the meantime (and also have a.jib and family), so it was quiet here for some time.

At the moment I'm working on an often requested feature: the bookmark management.

- login and bookmarks will be at one tab at the startpage
- a notification with username and password will appear, when you open a bookmark with saved login data from from startpage, automatically
- you can assign to every bookmark a color as icon
- sort bookmarks by color and name
- filter bookmarks by color
- set a favorite link to open at start or open startpage at start

So you must move all your bookmarks to the login database. Also I don't know if it will still be possible to export and import bookmarks.

I still must do some UI reworks, add an dialog on start to inform new users about the changes and some other small changes. I know, I will loose some users, because they will loose some saved user data. But I think it's important to have a better bookmark management in future.

I will upload an test apk this weekend. Meantime here are some screenshots.

Regards
Gaukler Faun