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Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

#1

Post by intull » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 4:28 PM UTC

Link Bubble - A new browser for Android
play.google.com

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

#2

Post by sigvef » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

This is one of those ideas that seem so obvious in hindsight. Waiting for a web page to load on mobile is one of the most annoying things to do on a smart phone - much more so than on desktop because of variable network conditions.

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

#3

Post by rakoo » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:29 PM UTC

So, "Open Link in a new tab" ?

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

#4

Post by fidotron » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:33 PM UTC

OK, this is completely and absolutely inspired. Brilliant, especially the redirect handling.

The design needs a bit of polish, but the core concept is just so damn good it's blatantly going to be copied.

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

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Post by codr » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:36 PM UTC

rakoo wrote: post #3

So, "Open Link in a new tab" ?

It's more of an innovation than an invention, it seems. (nothing wrong with that, to be clear)

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

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Post by aeon10 » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:38 PM UTC

Brilliant stuff. I'm too attached to chrome to let it go completely but this is brilliant when quickly opening links from other apps. Nice stuff

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:39 PM UTC

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#8

Post by agumonkey » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:41 PM UTC

And soon you'll have tab-swell. Causes severe burnout on the long run.

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Post by gprasanth » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:41 PM UTC

fidotron wrote: post #4

OK, this is completely and absolutely inspired. Brilliant, especially the redirect handling. The design needs a bit of polish, but the core concept is just so damn good it's blatantly going to be copied.

I have not installed this app, but perhaps this app itself copied "concept" from the facebook messenger?

Re: Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

#10

Post by JoshuaRedmond » Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

rakoo wrote: post #3

So, "Open Link in a new tab" ?

Yes, but in apps that don't support it. For example, if you are in an app and want to follow several links, currently nearly every app send you to the browser full screen for each link, which is good if you only want to look at one link, but really annoying if you want to load several at once from the same app, and then read.