Chrome vs Stock Browser in Note 3?

[JW4VZW]

Without a doubt, Chrome. Does anyone know if I get the apk for Adobe Flash Player if it will work in the stock browser like it did on my S3?

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

I use Chrome. Despite any advantages other browsers have, I really like the sync feature better, for bookmarks and being able to view my history and open tabs from other chrome instances on my computer.

My wish list would include a "Home Screen" button, and a better way to access bookmarks, as others have mentioned.

Only time I use an alternate browser is when I absolutely have to use Flash...and honestly those instances are becoming fewer and fewer as time goes on.

Without a doubt, Chrome. Does anyone know if I get the apk for Adobe Flash Player if it will work in the stock browser like it did on my S3?

It might...

You can get the apk and try it out...
Archived Flash Player versions

 

[JW4VZW]

It might...

You can get the apk and try it out...
Archived Flash Player versions

I will have to give that a try, thank you.

 

[mike griffin1]

I have been testing both since the first day I purchased Note 3, and I don't see any difference between both. Can you please share your experience? I want to make a decision and set a default browser asap.

well my experience and didnt realize til after root and delete stupid browser bar and browser but u can not log into lets say an at&t hotspot bc chrome nor firefox will bring up the splash page for accepting and logging on. and im off to try everyone out there to see if there a fix. but yea so starbucks internet no longer works if u rid the stock browser.

 

[IceCold803]

Is there any way to scroll all the way to the top of pages on either browser? I know when I had my iPhone and Blackberry z10 I could just tap at the top of the page and it would auto scroll back up.

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[TheMacs]

IceCold - quick flick should bring the top of the page into view. Not sure in stock, I don't use it much.

I use Dolphin mostly (sonar - voice and gesture shortcuts, and the add-ons), and Opera Mini when the signal is weak and I need speed, but have added Chrome beecause I picked up a Chromecast. (We'll see how that all works out.)

 

[mickeyboat]

How do I move bookmarks from stock browser to Chrome? How do I move Firefox bookmarks to Chrome. I can NOT find the "import bookmarks" choice in my Note 3 Chrome browser settings.

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[IceCold803]

IceCold - quick flick should bring the top of the page into view. Not sure in stock, I don't use it much.

I use Dolphin mostly (sonar - voice and gesture shortcuts, and the add-ons), and Opera Mini when the signal is weak and I need speed, but have added Chrome beecause I picked up a Chromecast. (We'll see how that all works out.)

Thank you. I will give that a try.

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[anon8126715]

I performed the Flash workaround as described in another thread, so now I'm using Firefox as my go to browser. Firefox on a flash rich website doesn't even break a sweat.

 

[JW4VZW]

I performed the Flash workaround as described in another thread, so now I'm using Firefox as my go to browser. Firefox on a flash rich website doesn't even break a sweat.

Would you please post a link?

 

[anon8126715]

Would you please post a link?

Sigh, you're going to make me do a search for you? I'd better get a "thanks", a "like", and your first born better be named after me!!!

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...lash-player-your-samsung-galaxy-note-3-a.html

 

[JW4VZW]

Sigh, you're going to make me do a search for you? I'd better get a "thanks", a "like", and your first born better be named after me!!!

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...lash-player-your-samsung-galaxy-note-3-a.html

Done! Well, except for the first born. That is a few years away for my wife and I. Thank you though! I couldn't get it to work, so I was just curious how you were able to get it to work. Thanks again TXGTOU!

 

[anon8126715]

Done! Well, except for the first born. That is a few years away for my wife and I. Thank you though! I couldn't get it to work, so I was just curious how you were able to get it to work. Thanks again TXGTOU!

lol, yeah I'd hate to be the reason some kid is picked on and beat up in school...."What kind of name is TXGTOU anyways, are you some kind of 'farener'?" Oh and if you have any specific questions about enabling flash, you may want to post in that thread. I didn't get it to work on Dolphin or the other browser mentioned so I just went ahead and did it through Firefox, and I'll admit, it even works better than it did on my Rezound.

 

[JW4VZW]

lol, yeah I'd hate to be the reason some kid is picked on and beat up in school...."What kind of name is TXGTOU anyways, are you some kind of 'farener'?" Oh and if you have any specific questions about enabling flash, you may want to post in that thread. I didn't get it to work on Dolphin or the other browser mentioned so I just went ahead and did it through Firefox, and I'll admit, it even works better than it did on my Rezound.

I got it to work with Firefox, so I am happy. I wasn't able to get it to work on the stock browser and sadly Chrome isn't flash compatible. Oh well, I like Firefox anyway. Thanks again for your help.

 

[anon8126715]

I got it to work with Firefox, so I am happy. I wasn't able to get it to work on the stock browser and sadly Chrome isn't flash compatible. Oh well, I like Firefox anyway. Thanks again for your help.

Don't thank me, thank the OP of that thread, and I agree about Flash, I'm not sure why Google didn't try to advance the one technology they had out of the box that wasn't compatible with Apple. They missed an opportunity on that one. I would've purchased Adobe, and advanced the hell out of Flash so that EVERY website would've completely embraced it and then force Apple to beg me to give them the licensing rights. It's not as if Apple doesn't already get enough money from its competitors for having to appease all the idiotic trademark and copyright laws, "Oh you say you have a cell phone that people use by putting it up to their ear? Well we here at Apple invented that, we call that active listening, you must pay us $2.00 for every device you sell!" Evil empire indeed.....

 

[JW4VZW]

Don't thank me, thank the OP of that thread, and I agree about Flash, I'm not sure why Google didn't try to advance the one technology they had out of the box that wasn't compatible with Apple. They missed an opportunity on that one. I would've purchased Adobe, and advanced the hell out of Flash so that EVERY website would've completely embraced it and then force Apple to beg me to give them the licensing rights. It's not as if Apple doesn't already get enough money from its competitors for having to appease all the idiotic trademark and copyright laws, "Oh you say you have a cell phone that people use by putting it up to their ear? Well we here at Apple invented that, we call that active listening, you must pay us $2.00 for every device you sell!" Evil empire indeed.....

I hate Apple, and would never own any of their products. I agree with you though. Google should have purchased Adobe and advanced it. The only thing that I would do different from what you said would be to refuse to license it to Apple.
Interesting related story: I remember when the Droid Bionic first came out and I went to a Verizon Wireless store to get one. The rep there kept pushing me to the iPhone and I wouldn't budge. I told him that the iPhone doesn't play flash. I still to this day laugh at the response. The rep said that "the only thing that would need flash for is watching porn." So what I then did was walk out, and go home and order it online.

Posted on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon Wireless, America's largest 4G LTE Network. Please excuse any errors.

 

[anon8126715]

I hate Apple, and would never own any of their products. I agree with you though. Google should have purchased Adobe and advanced it. The only thing that I would do different from what you said would be to refuse to license it to Apple.
Interesting related story: I remember when the Droid Bionic first came out and I went to a Verizon Wireless store to get one. The rep there kept pushing me to the iPhone and I wouldn't budge. I told him that the iPhone doesn't play flash. I still to this day laugh at the response. The rep said that "the only thing that would need flash for is watching porn." So what I then did was walk out, and go home and order it online.

Posted on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon Wireless, America's largest 4G LTE Network. Please excuse any errors.

I used to work for Apple and one day me and my co-workers were kind of put out because there was a playoff game going on while we were at work. 2 of my co-workers were comparing real-time sports score applications and one was like, "Mine gives me the score before you get it on yours". So I turned on my phone (it was Windows based, yeah I know) and was like, "wow that's pretty slick, here's the game actually streaming live on this website...this FLASH BASED WEBSITE". They both looked at each other, looked at me, and then walked away....

 

[akdj]

I hate Apple, and would never own any of their products. I agree with you though. Google should have purchased Adobe and advanced it. The only thing that I would do different from what you said would be to refuse to license it to Apple.
Interesting related story: I remember when the Droid Bionic first came out and I went to a Verizon Wireless store to get one. The rep there kept pushing me to the iPhone and I wouldn't budge. I told him that the iPhone doesn't play flash. I still to this day laugh at the response. The rep said that "the only thing that would need flash for is watching porn." So what I then did was walk out, and go home and order it online.

Posted on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Verizon Wireless, America's largest 4G LTE Network. Please excuse any errors.

Thankfully, you're NOT in charge or in any capacity to make decisions at Google! Scared me for a sec...both you and as someone asked about his/her name's response..."Don't thank me, thank the OP of that thread, and I agree about Flash, I'm not sure why Google didn't try to advance the one technology they had out of the box that wasn't compatible with Apple. They missed an opportunity on that one. I would've purchased Adobe, and advanced the hell out of Flash so that EVERY website would've completely embraced it and then force Apple to beg me to give them the licensing rights. It's not as if Apple doesn't already get enough money from its competitors for having to appease all the idiotic trademark and copyright laws, "Oh you say you have a cell phone that people use by putting it up to their ear? Well we here at Apple invented that, we call that active listening, you must pay us $2.00 for every device you sell!" Evil empire indeed....."

Flash is absolutely DEAD Technology. Awesome for its day...and incredible 'engine' for our computers to animate, play video...fun, latency filled games, etc. But even Adobe is abandoning Flash support for mobile. It's not code written to be run on SoC/Mobile hardware, regardless of the processing 'speed', 'muscle' ....horsepower, RAM, NAND or eMMC speeds, I/O---ALL. Irrelevant. HTML 5 is next and I don't think will last half as long as Flash has...front here, WHO knows what's next. I'm brand agnostic. Owned every iPhone. Xoom, both Nex7 tabs, several Android phones and each iPad (it's literally transformed my audio/video production business of 22 years...as has the Note!). We've now got pocket computers. Real, true computers that weigh nothing and last all day without a charge. Phenomenally fast LTE and offered WiFi options around the world. The infrastructure is only growing. Without Apple, Google doesn't innovate. Without Google, Apple sits on its ***. Without either, those of us old enough to remember (I'm 42), we've got Microsoft....and WinXP
Competition is good...no, GREAT....for everyone! Who gives a rat's *** who invented what? Just a half dozen years ago...I remember wondering why the hell I'd want a camera on my phone. iPhone purchased. I also bought the HTC Dream. Now, five years later I can't imagine a phone...or maybe even the other way around. More software between the App Store and Play Store is available than any point in history....we've got access to such a massive amount of 'apps' to choose from, it's insane! And each system has it's strengths. Music, photographic and motion manipulation iOS is a big win! For the geeks in each of us, the open-ness and ability to pick and choose what and which software is your 'default', awesome community of folks to help you explore, exploit....and get the MOST from your phone, unique to YOU....there's Android. There a thousand other strengths, pros/cons, etc....but honestly, as an owner of both of the top shelf devices, Note 3 (I've had it a month, upgraded from the original....OMG, Night. And. Day. Difference. Amazing performance!) and the 5s. A Nex 7, 7.2, and Xoom! As well as bunch of iPads...again, many specific to business, I can honesty say....you fellas ought to really reconsider what each have done for each other.

I used to work for Apple and one day me and my co-workers were kind of put out because there was a playoff game going on while we were at work. 2 of my co-workers were comparing real-time sports score applications and one was like, "Mine gives me the score before you get it on yours". So I turned on my phone (it was Windows based, yeah I know) and was like, "wow that's pretty slick, here's the game actually streaming live on this website...this FLASH BASED WEBSITE". They both looked at each other, looked at me, and then walked away....

Man...no wonder you don't work for Apple anymore!! Since 2008, Skyfire, Photon and a dozen other iOS browsers run Flash! I've watched the last three Manny Pacquiao fights and four Floyd 'WAY TOO MUCH$' Mayweather's fights, via Skyfire and it was gorgeous! HD. Mirrored to Apple TV...and not a SUNGLE stutter, dropped frame Or connection. Anyway....there's an 'app for that' holds true as lame as the clich? is

Sorry....couldn't help. Long time reader. Very occasional poster. As mentioned, I like 'me both too much to give one up for the other and HONESTLY didn't mean to thread jack OP, I promise! As I'm not only trying to (& have for a month) decide my default browser....I'm stunk trying to figure out if I like stock, GO Launcher, NOVA....too many choices!! It's killing me.....every time I do anything I'm asked 'always' or 'just once'. Often, after five, ten seconds of hesitation.....I punch 'just once'. Figure I'll make up my mind next time! LoL
This gGnote 3, BTW....Flat, Bad, ***! The increase in performance from the original is out of this world!

 

[anon8126715]

Thankfully, you're NOT in charge or in any capacity to make decisions at Google! Scared me for a sec...both you and as someone asked about his/her name's response..."Don't thank me, thank the OP of that thread, and I agree about Flash, I'm not sure why Google didn't try to advance the one technology they had out of the box that wasn't compatible with Apple. They missed an opportunity on that one. I would've purchased Adobe, and advanced the hell out of Flash so that EVERY website would've completely embraced it and then force Apple to beg me to give them the licensing rights. It's not as if Apple doesn't already get enough money from its competitors for having to appease all the idiotic trademark and copyright laws, "Oh you say you have a cell phone that people use by putting it up to their ear? Well we here at Apple invented that, we call that active listening, you must pay us $2.00 for every device you sell!" Evil empire indeed....."

Flash is absolutely DEAD Technology. Awesome for its day...and incredible 'engine' for our computers to animate, play video...fun, latency filled games, etc. But even Adobe is abandoning Flash support for mobile. It's not code written to be run on SoC/Mobile hardware, regardless of the processing 'speed', 'muscle' ....horsepower, RAM, NAND or eMMC speeds, I/O---ALL. Irrelevant. HTML 5 is next and I don't think will last half as long as Flash has...front here, WHO knows what's next. I'm brand agnostic. Owned every iPhone. Xoom, both Nex7 tabs, several Android phones and each iPad (it's literally transformed my audio/video production business of 22 years...as has the Note!). We've now got pocket computers. Real, true computers that weigh nothing and last all day without a charge. Phenomenally fast LTE and offered WiFi options around the world. The infrastructure is only growing. Without Apple, Google doesn't innovate. Without Google, Apple sits on its ***. Without either, those of us old enough to remember (I'm 42), we've got Microsoft....and WinXP
Competition is good...no, GREAT....for everyone! Who gives a rat's *** who invented what? Just a half dozen years ago...I remember wondering why the hell I'd want a camera on my phone. iPhone purchased. I also bought the HTC Dream. Now, five years later I can't imagine a phone...or maybe even the other way around. More software between the App Store and Play Store is available than any point in history....we've got access to such a massive amount of 'apps' to choose from, it's insane! And each system has it's strengths. Music, photographic and motion manipulation iOS is a big win! For the geeks in each of us, the open-ness and ability to pick and choose what and which software is your 'default', awesome community of folks to help you explore, exploit....and get the MOST from your phone, unique to YOU....there's Android. There a thousand other strengths, pros/cons, etc....but honestly, as an owner of both of the top shelf devices, Note 3 (I've had it a month, upgraded from the original....OMG, Night. And. Day. Difference. Amazing performance!) and the 5s. A Nex 7, 7.2, and Xoom! As well as bunch of iPads...again, many specific to business, I can honesty say....you fellas ought to really reconsider what each have done for each other.



Man...no wonder you don't work for Apple anymore!! Since 2008, Skyfire, Photon and a dozen other iOS browsers run Flash! I've watched the last three Manny Pacquiao fights and four Floyd 'WAY TOO MUCH$' Mayweather's fights, via Skyfire and it was gorgeous! HD. Mirrored to Apple TV...and not a SUNGLE stutter, dropped frame Or connection. Anyway....there's an 'app for that' holds true as lame as the clich? is

Sorry....couldn't help. Long time reader. Very occasional poster. As mentioned, I like 'me both too much to give one up for the other and HONESTLY didn't mean to thread jack OP, I promise! As I'm not only trying to (& have for a month) decide my default browser....I'm stunk trying to figure out if I like stock, GO Launcher, NOVA....too many choices!! It's killing me.....every time I do anything I'm asked 'always' or 'just once'. Often, after five, ten seconds of hesitation.....I punch 'just once'. Figure I'll make up my mind next time! LoL
This gGnote 3, BTW....Flat, Bad, ***! The increase in performance from the original is out of this world!

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[JW4VZW]

Coolstorybro.jpg.gif.png.whatever.medium.you.think.is.supposed.to.be.cutting.edge.skyfire.seriously.are.you.trying.to.spam.us.with.a.browser.that.seriously.almost.as.old.as.netscape.I.can.see.why.you.don't.post.that.often.com.net.org.us.uk.ca.aus

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Pretty much. I don't think that flash is dead, it is just the apple fanboys that want us to think that it's dead.

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