Private Browser
Android 1.x users now make up only about 10% of the market.
I was looking at the platform versions that were using Android Market for the first two weeks of February. Android 1.x users now make up 10.1% of the users using Android market. I haven’t been able to figure out how many users use the market in a given month, so I’m unsure how many users 10% is.
For many applications the API changes in 1.x to 2.x isn’t that important. In fact of all my applications, Only Private Browser could make good use of the 2.x API. (Photo of the Day uses live wallpapers, so it has to use 2.x, so it doesn’t count.) I would recommend supporting the lowest API version that fits your applications design, because why cut your market by 10% if you don’t have too. Also, there might be less competition in the 1.x market, because all the new applications will probably target 2.x just because its newer.
There are a lot of great API improvements in 2.x. Opengl support is better, the webkit object actually exports the plugin interface, and the you can catch ssl certificate errors, and redirections. There are a ton of other great changes that are documented in the API differences pages.
So what do you guys think, Should I drop support for 1.x in Private Browser? Are you going to drop support for 1.x in the near future? Take the poll and leave a comment and let me know what you think. Frankly I’m on the fence right now.
-James
Loading ...Version 2.2.5 of Free Private Browser Released!
As my gift to you, I have ported all the killer features from Private Browswer to Free Private Browser. This includes Bookmark support, High Speed Render Support, Mute Media Volume on Start, and a whole bunch of other things. I hope you check it out and enjoy it! If you have any comments or suggestions please leave a comment or send me an email! Merry Christmas!
-James
Private Browser Update
Sorry for no post in so long. Just finished sunspider test of private browser vs stock browser. I have made lots of improvements to private browser and my test version is 15% faster then stock! Look for a new version this week.
-James
Sense Ui Webview issues
So on Private Browser and Free Private Browser the webview is all zoomed in and links don’t work. I’m not doing anything tricky with the webview control. I’m bummed as there dosn’t seem to be a legit way to load the sense Ui in the emulator, and I’m not going to buy a phone just to test out sense. Boo on sense! I hope users start to avoid sense and motoblur, testing is already hard enough on Android!
-James
Samsung Behold II dosn’t have a search button
In Private Browser, you can clear the cache by hitting the search button. I had a user tell me that his Samsung Behold II dosn’t have a search button! See for you self: http://www.mobileburn.com/imagepop.jsp?Id=8251&file=media/samsung/behold2/thumb_samsung_behold_ii-img_0435.jpg Thats why I added a clear button to Private Browser in display.
-James