Recent Discussions on JollaTides Community Port

Who Really Needs Official Flash Support On Sailfish?

JollaTides — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:36:59 +0000

With the transition from flash to HTML in mobile well under way, we ask is it really still worth supporting an old, dying technology in 2014?

I suppose that during this transitional phase and while HTML isn't 'quite' there yet, some stop gaps would be nice to allow us to still access certain features that may only run on flash maybe?

But there are many other options now to help make the transition to HTML less 'painful'. All the major OS's including android, IOS and even windows phone (gasp!) have apps or web browsers available that can enable some kind of flash functionality without the full official Adobe support, if indeed you need it.

It may even be possible to run some of these android-based 'stop gaps' on Sailfish via the inbuilt compatibility layer?

If the 2 major OS's (Android/IOS) have both dropped full Adobe flash support long ago, it's time to accept that flash on mobiles is going to die, and that train left the station a long time ago, so the sooner we can all board it and leave behind the under performing, browser crippling, flash technology the better don't you think?

New Native WebCat browser for Sailfish includes landscape browsing

JollaTides — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:33:51 +0000

Optimised Browser For Community Interaction From Your Jolla

JollaTides — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:58:21 +0000

As posted in another thread, I think I've worked out the perfect browser for interacting with the forum directly from your phone.

The app is available for free download from the aptoide store here:

http://apps.store.aptoide.com/app/market/com.opera.mini.next.android/22/984973/Opera Mini Next web browser

From your Jolla phone, just click on the link above and click install which should prompt you to install the aptoide store if you haven't already and then allow you to download any android apps as you require.

The opera mini next browser automatically renders the mobile friendly version of the forum which makes it very easy to interact with on a small screen... plus it's optimised if you're on a 3G/slow internet connection which is a bonus.

I have not yet tested the Opera browser with the Jolla phone, but only on another mobile phone so would appreciate it if someone could actually test to see if this particular Opera browser works (it should).

I also haven't yet had a chance to try the native Jolla browser with the forum 1st hand, but assume it will render the 'full site' as opposed to the 'mobile version'.

Feel free to post here with any questions or posts relating to that, ideally from your Jolla! ;-)