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Model Specific Forums => Gemini PDA => Gemini PDA - Android => Topic started by: inmontanis on July 28, 2018, 01:48:31 pm
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For a desktop-like Internet browsing-experience I installed Firefox, as it's one of the few (or the only) internet browsers on Android which has add-ons.
- Many keyboard-shortcuts you know from the desktop version of Firefox also work on Android.
- you can install ad-blocker, you can install gesture-addons ...
Besides that and according to some postings on the web, Firefox switches to a tablet-UI (real on-screen tabs, more buttons) with a system-DPI-setting of at least 480 (Settings / Developer Settings). I like that setting on the Gemini, a bit small sometimes, but other apps also make much more use of the screen.
- To have the text on the websites a bit bigger again, I changed in about:config
layout.css.devPixelsPerPx -> to 2.4
- To make the scrolling/swiping better, I used the following settings:
apz.fling_curve_function_x1 -> to 0.01
apz.fling_curve_function_x2 -> to 0.0
apz.fling_curve_function_y1 -> to 0.25
apz.fling_curve_function_y2 -> to 0.98
This is how Firefox looks on my Gemini:
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(However I miss a real scrollbar on Android and especially on Firefox. The current one is so small and short (on large sites) and you cannot drag it. There's an add-on but it's not that good, because you have to activate it every time and sometimes it's not working.)
If anyone has more hacks or tips or good add-ons for Firefox on the Gemini, let us know.
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This one might be a bit too extreme for your regular user, but I'm a big fan of the Tridactyl add-on:
"Replace Firefox's control mechanism with one modelled on VIM."
I have been using this (and "vimperator "before) on desktop for a long time, and in a bold mood also installed this on the Gemini - and now can control 99% of the browser by keyboard.