Google Is Testing A New Mobile View In Chrome

Just now I found out that Google is pushing a test on Chrome browser to help viewing webpages on mobile devices.



As you can see I was viewing a wiki page not optimized for mobile ( a stardew valley wiki, btw it's really hard to understand why they are not making it mobile friendly ), while there was a banner on the bottom of the page. When clicked the page turned into:



It looks much better now and it's sort of mobile friendly. Or at least friendlier should I say. It is not perfect because the tables in this wiki page are not properly displayed at all. But at least it's working.

For years, Chrome is the default web browser for Google's Nexus ( and pixel ) phone line. And for many devices users are far more happier with a Chrome preinstalled than a OEM browsers, which most of the times are just a webview app with loads of OEM links in it to monetize. But fairly speaking Chrome's advantage mostly is integration with other Google services. Yes I know it's fast, reliable, secure and has a data saving function built in. But when it comes to other functions, some of them are useful on a daily basis Chrome is still doing a slow catch up here. Personally I'd like to see this mobile view coming out but hey can I just see the mobilized page at the first time when I load the page?

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Well It Certainly Is Not Helpless

Because Google apparently opened its Blogger API or something there are some third party clients available. Duh.

I'm using one now called bloggeroid and it is minimal, functional and efficient. Just the way I like it.

Oh Shit Blogger Is Forgotten

For Google a software and services company to have a 3.8 rating app on Google play is kind of surprising to me and yes there is one.

And I am using it right now. It's the Blogger app.

Whenever I want to insert a screenshot the picture will turn out to be black and, when I want to delete that block BS, the app crushes on me.

God it seems Blogger is forgotten and ready to be trashed as well.

This App Wants to Track You

Well the story is pretty straight forward.

This android app is a client service app from a major Chinese telecom company. Years ago it has been flagged by Google for malware. Now it seems the reason for the flag is different: it wants to track you.

But honestly which app doesn't. As long as people using apps on smartphones information is leaking like crazy. Track me? Hell people use phone numbers and other identifiable information to log in apps! And these apps are supposed to remember the login! That is to say they are built to track you! Duh.

But anyways. It's hardly surprising at all to see this. Tracking or not I'm numb already.

Oh right, happy new years.