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uPen posted:Depends on where you live I guess? I never look at radar anything because it always just looks like this: I live in Denver, so our forecast is basically always "Sunshine".
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I installed Chromer and my life changed
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Daztek posted:I installed Chromer and my life changed Huh, that is pretty cool
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Daztek posted:I installed Chromer and my life changed It's really great but I wish I could use a different browser than chrome. I want that adblock.
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What's the use case for chromer? I'm not getting it.
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uPen posted:Depends on where you live I guess? I never look at radar anything because it always just looks like this: It rained that one time, might happen again next year, keep checking
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Tots posted:What's the use case for chromer? I'm not getting it. If you're on twitter or a reddit app etc and there's a link that you just want a quick look at, instead of launching and using your regular browser it'll just open an essentially temporary window. It just cuts down on a bunch of bullshit navigation time where you click a link in an app and it takes you to your browser which then loads the page, then you have to back out of your browser and re-launch the first app and hopefully it didn't reset its position in your feed. With chromer, you just push the back button and that's it.
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That all sounds like exactly how Chrome already works for me.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:That all sounds like exactly how Chrome already works for me. I kinda slides out from the side as if it was part of the app you are using, and then you can seamlessly go back to the app when you close it It's pretty slick, and noticeably quicker Also as it actually uses chrome you get all your saved passwords, cookies, history etc
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So Google went and further integrated Google Now reminders into Calendar; there's now a layer on the web side of Calendar for Reminders and it knocks off Tasks. If you want to see your Tasks you have to click the little arrow next to the Reminder layer label and tell it to switch. I haven't used Tasks in forever but I know folks around here do, so, heads up.
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Chrome custom tabs as implemented by Chromer are faster than Chrome. That's not exactly enough to keep me using it, the next two things are what does it for me: 1. Because I have a ton of data on my mobile plan (though you can configure it to do this only on wifi), I really like the option where it scans everything you're looking at and pre-loads urls so if you click one of them it's already loaded. Here's hoping it's not uploading everything I look at to China. 2. You can stack up a bunch of links in floating Link Bubble style bubbles. So, for example, when I'm looking at my suggested Google Now stories, I can look through them, click the ones I want, and each one pops open another bubble. Then when I get to end of list, I can go through the bubbles and read the articles.
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Thermopyle posted:
It has seemed very hit or miss about loading the page in the background. This is what I liked about Link Bubble was loading several pages from Reddit Is Fun in to bubbles, and letting them load up while I read more headlines. Then opening the bubbles which will have fully loaded in the background. Chromer seems to do this less than half of the time for me. I open a "web head" bubble and then the page starts loading.
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Lowen SoDium posted:It has seemed very hit or miss about loading the page in the background. This is what I liked about Link Bubble was loading several pages from Reddit Is Fun in to bubbles, and letting them load up while I read more headlines. Then opening the bubbles which will have fully loaded in the background. Oh yeah, it does that for me as well. I'll stack 'em up and when I click them sometimes that's when they start to load. It's not ideal, but the loading of the bubbles in the background is only part of the utility to me...the main part of the utility is a reminder to look at this link when I'm done looking at what I'm looking at.
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What's a good tablet IRC client? I'm currently using Yaaic which was okay but it doesn't seem to want to stay connected when it's not the active app, which is really dumb for a chat program. One with a channel changer in a side pane on the screen like mIRC would be preferable Also, what's a good general source for news about good new apps and games? I didn't realize how little people were exaggerating with how bad discovery is on mobile and I have no idea even how to sift through which blogs are reputable, let alone apps
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flatluigi posted:What's a good tablet IRC client? I'm currently using Yaaic which was okay but it doesn't seem to want to stay connected when it's not the active app, which is really dumb for a chat program. One with a channel changer in a side pane on the screen like mIRC would be preferable AndChat will do that on a tablet.
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flatluigi posted:Also, what's a good general source for news about good new apps and games? I didn't realize how little people were exaggerating with how bad discovery is on mobile and I have no idea even how to sift through which blogs are reputable, let alone apps The best Android news blog is Android Police but they generally just cover news with weekly app/game roundups though, I don't know of any blogs focused specifically on just the apps and games. I would imagine such a blog would run out of poo poo to write about fairly quickly though, since most people just settle of a few good apps and don't venture out. By which I mean once you've heard of BeyondPod, PocketCasts, and Podcast Addict, you really don't need to look at other podcast apps and that holds true for most app types where there are a handful of well-known good apps from which to choose. The best resource I've found is this thread, to be honest.
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Don't forget about Grimbo!
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flatluigi posted:yyyep, looks like it's blocked. Any chance of a rooted solution? Try foxfi. Running it on a non root 6p and it is not being blocked on Verizon
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^ - Android Police is good for keeping a hand on the pulse of Android phones and gadgets. And i definitely recommend Pocket Casts. Queuing up multiple different podcasts is nice and easy. What are some recommended apps for customizing the lock screen? I want it to show the temperature, as well as the current time; I don't need anything fancy. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Apr 9, 2016 |
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Thermopyle posted:Don't forget about Grimbo! THE definitive source for all things Android app related
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Skeezy posted:This sounds awesome. Looking forward to it. OTOH, both your computer and your phone have to be logged into your Microsoft account. If that doesn't involve a Microsoft app on your phone, I'm guessing at the very least it will require you to re enable all the poo poo you disabled in Windows 10 so Microsoft can track everything you do.
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Mister Macys posted:I want it to show the temperature, as well as the current time; I don't need anything fancy. If that's all you need, then any weather app with a persistent notification should do the trick.
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I got super annoyed with Google Maps yesterday. I decided to go for a road trip. GMaps gave me two routes: fast but boring and long but scenic. I chose the long route and set out. Instead of driving through town to the start of the scenic road, I took some fun roads around the perimeter. Every time I ignored a turn, GMaps would recalculate the route, but aim me toward the fast one and I had to reselect the long one. Once I got onto the scenic road, every few minutes I got a pop up asking if I wanted to reroute myself to the fast road. No! I picked this one specifically!
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Mister Macys posted:And i definitely recommend Pocket Casts. Queuing up multiple different podcasts is nice and easy. I've used pocketcasts for a while but realising recently you could listen to all podcasts at 1.4 speed and remove silence has really changed up my listening habits.I actually get through my weekly queue now.
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Uthor posted:I got super annoyed with Google Maps yesterday. I decided to go for a road trip. GMaps gave me two routes: fast but boring and long but scenic. I chose the long route and set out. Instead of driving through town to the start of the scenic road, I took some fun roads around the perimeter. Every time I ignored a turn, GMaps would recalculate the route, but aim me toward the fast one and I had to reselect the long one. Yeah, this has been my primary complain about Maps since the beginning of time. Once it decides that this is the Holy Route That Thou Shalt Take, it will do everything in it's power to put you on that route no matter how many times you re-route or ignore it. There are two paths to get to a nearby town that I have to go to a lot, and I prefer the 2nd, slower route because there's less merging and traffic. Despite me taking this route for years, and always ignoring Google or re-routing it, to this day it will loving try as hard as it can to get me onto the first route until there's no choice left but to go with my selection.
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Unrelated to Google Maps: I got the Viewmaster VR kit for Cardboard. What are some cool VR apps to use with it?
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Require More Fire posted:Yeah, this has been my primary complain about Maps since the beginning of time. Once it decides that this is the Holy Route That Thou Shalt Take, it will do everything in it's power to put you on that route no matter how many times you re-route or ignore it. Waze is much better about learning and sticking to a preferred route.
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fishmech posted:Waze is much better about learning and sticking to a preferred route. Does it still look like it was drawn with a box of crayola's by Michael J Fox?
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Does it still look like it was drawn with a box of crayola's by Michael J Fox? I don't know, you tell me: 
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What in the gently caress are those icons supposed to represent? A dead fish and a sunflower with a shield?
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:What in the gently caress are those icons supposed to represent? A dead fish and a sunflower with a shield? It's the avatar icon of other people using the app. Easy enough to turn off what's displayed in the settings.
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I need to know what lane to be on when I'm on a highway and need to make an exit eventually, because otherwise I'll be confused. So I use Google maps! It looks better too. also one time Waze wanted me to go on the cars only lane of the turnpike versus the truck+car lane I was already on so badly that it wanted me to go all the way back to where I was before to do it again
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I leave Waze open in the background for police alerts and use Maps for navigation. Or Waze exclusively when trying to find the best route during rush hour.
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Require More Fire posted:Yeah, this has been my primary complain about Maps since the beginning of time. Once it decides that this is the Holy Route That Thou Shalt Take, it will do everything in it's power to put you on that route no matter how many times you re-route or ignore it. Why do you need Google maps for a route you take often, though? I think Google maps is there as a way to route people from point a to point b as fast as possible, especially when they are in unfamiliar territory.
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Waze is really good in ways that Maps is not and vice versa. Overall I end up using Maps because where it's better than Waze ends up being the most important for me. Really though, it's hard to go wrong with either unless one is just really bad at something important to you. (this completely generic review can also work for any two apps... but also reflects my honest opinion about Waze vs Maps)
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I wish I could combine Maps with Here. I like Here a lot more, mostly for the offline ability and for being able to know what the speed limit is wherever I am. The one killer feature that Maps has is the lane indicator, though.
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Stevie Lee posted:I wish I could combine Maps with Here. I like Here a lot more, mostly for the offline ability and for being able to know what the speed limit is wherever I am. The one killer feature that Maps has is the lane indicator, though. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pluscubed.velociraptor This works great. Overlays speed limits onto Google Maps. Until Google figures out how to do this, we have this. It works really good and is free.
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poxin posted:It's the avatar icon of other people using the app. Easy enough to turn off what's displayed in the settings.
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