Typically this tag refers to web browsers such as Firefox, Chromium or Opera. However, other types of browsers such as Nautilus or a network browser may use this tag as well.
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Fonts look squashed or stretched in the browser on Ubuntu
Fonts in the browser on Ubuntu look look squashed/stretched compared to Windows/OSX.
This image shows exactly what I mean: http://i.stack.imgur.com/suUXX.png
I installed msttcorefonts and ...
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Flash for linux is discontiued. What does it mean for linux users? [closed]
I read here that Adobe does not support it's flash plugin from version 11.2 onwards. However, user can download chrome which will be updated using Pepper API. Does that mean chrome should be the ...
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Why do pages not load in any browser after updating Ubuntu 12.04?
First thought its a network problem but it isn't everything is fine.
My system is is fully updated, flash and java all up to date.
Just did a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 every thing was fine, ...
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How to circumvent “Illegal instruction error” with midori, luakit and surf
I just installed a fresh minimal ubuntu 12.04 system, first without X, then I installed xinit and xmonad. After that I installed some lightweight browsers: surf, luakit and midori.
When I start one ...
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Why is Chromium not updated automatically as Firefox is?
Firefox was automatically updated to version 14 a few days ago through update manager, but Chromium web browser is still stuck in version 18 while Google Chrome is already in version 20. Why does this ...
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Facebook and other sites do not open
When I try to open Facebook in Ubuntu 10.10, it stopped at some point and the status is loading s.static.ak.fbcdn.net in the status bar. I tried Firefox, Chrome, Opera with the same result. Using the ...
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Touchpad scrolling reloading web pages
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome classic. I'm using Firefox 13.0.1.
In my browser, while I use my touchpad to scroll up and down a page, previous web pages are simply being loaded again.
eg: If I ...
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Minimize function not working with internet browsers
When I go to minimize the window, it minimizes, but I can't recover it. If I go to the launcher it just opens a new window. Also when I have a browser open the little arrow doesn't appear by it in the ...
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How to make browsers re-adjust web pages because of the sidebar?
It does get annoying sometimes. Chromium has to make a bottom scroll bar for pages because the web pages are configured for the whole screen, and all because of the side application launcher bar. ...
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No sound in any web browser(s)
Hello I recently decided to try and compile and update alsa from source via this guide http://www.stchman.com/alsa_update.html.
Afterwards the sound in any web browser I open Firefox, Opera, Chrome, ...
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Can Ubuntu 12.04 be tuned to improve internet browser connection performance?
I'm using a dual boot PC. When booted to Ubuntu 12.04, Chrome 19.x browser is very slow and connection attempts time out before loading a page. When booted to Windows Vista, the same browser, Chrome ...
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How to efficiently preserve a really big navigation history in Firefox?
When I was using Mac, my Firefox stored items in its history for really long times. Sometimes I needed to find a link to a site I have seen two years ago and it found it! Also, the autocomplete in the ...
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Save chromium browser's session
How to manually save session in chromium-brower.
I have a Notebook with damaged battery (only gives 5~6 minutes of backup, planning to buy a new one), and in our country "Load Shedding" (power ...
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Change web browser shown in the Ubuntu Desktop application launcher?
I'd like to change the web browser shown on the application launcher, from Firefox to Chrome.
This setting obviously differs from the default web browser known to the system because I already set ...
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Java wont run in firefox?
I have Icedtea installed, but when I go to run my favorite Java application, Runescape, in the browser, it says I don't have Java installed in Firefox. Is there any way to say, turn it on?
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How can I browse Ubuntu Wiki offline?
I am accustomed to offline wiki browsing. I thought it would be great if I can read Ubuntu wiki in the same way.
Is there anyway I can read Ubuntu Wiki offline? Help will be much appreciated if I ...
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Lightweight browser for ubuntu jaunty
I am looking for a lightweight and stable browser for ubuntu jaunty. I tried midori, however the version from the jaunty-repository seems not to be very stable (crashes for example when going to ...
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Running java applets in the browser [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install Java?
With my 12.04, if I point my browser (either firefox or chrome) to
http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp
it will say that java is not ...
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Thunderbird uses the wrong browser
I'm unable to make Thunderbird open the default browser.
In the browser preferences, Chromium is selected as the default browser. It's also selected in "Default Applications" in System Settings.
In ...
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Is there a way to emulate pinch-zoom?
I'm looking for a way to emulate pinch zoom in either an android emulator(android SDK-less desirable) or a (preferred) native Ubuntu web browser that I can resize to a specified size for initial ...
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My browsers in ubuntu redirect my saved web pages into google.com automatically
I have saved a web page as index.html.
Its dependent files also has been saved automatically.
When I try to open my saved web page in any browser, the browser automatically redirects the html file ...
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Browse internet inside terminal
Is there any other package other than elinks so that I browse internet inside the terminal using terminal as a browser. I feel elinks is a bit difficult to operate.
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Chromium doesn't open anymore
My Chromium browser doesn't work. It doesn't even start up.
Typing chromium-browser in the terminal I get this error:
[18118:18118:5103105507:FATAL:profile_impl.cc(315)] Failed to create ...
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How do I install only Chrome on a minimal installation?
It's something like Chromium-OS, however even more minimal.
I was thinking, if it is possible at all???
That I use an Ubuntu 12.04 minimal, just to install the base OS, and then on top of it only ...
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12.04 LTS: Wi-fi internet speed for terminal is slow, internet speed on web browser is fast
I just installed a fresh install of 32-bit 12.04 LTS Pangolin today. When I tried to install a few applications, it was really slow. But when I download a .deb or .tar.gz file from on my web browser, ...
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Why does myPhpAdmin open in a different browser to the one that is set as default?
I have 3 browsers installed on my Ubuntu 11.10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
First I had the problem that Software Center did not respect my default browser choice. I fixed that by running:
sudo ...
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Unable to save images by dragging and dropping them from browser to Nautilus or desktop
In Chrome on Windows I usually save images by dragging them from the browser to the folder I want to save them to. I prefer this method compared to navigating through the file browser as it is much ...
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Can't view URLs that contain hyphens before them
Some Tumblr URLs contain hyphens before them (-example.tumblr.com). In Windows, I was able to view these URLs without any issue. In Ubuntu, I've tested it in Chromium, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera so ...
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How to run a web browser as a screensaver
I would like to set up a custom application (a separate profile of Firefox browser in my case) to be fired instead of screensaver. I am using Gnome desktop environment. Technically it doesn't have to ...
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Why do I have poor video performance in browsers with a ATI HD3650 GPU? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
I'm experiencing poor video performance on Youtube, both in Firefox and in Opera - Flash and HTML5 (all of the combinations). HTML5 is ...
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How do i install and run Opera browser on Ubuntu 10.04?
I have been trying to run Opera on Ubuntu but wine is installing the application but not running the application, any suggestion and how to approach the problem?
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Keyrings; How do I stop the keyring coming up everytime I go online? [closed]
a question, when I click on my internet browser and click on say gmail, ubuntu then asks for the keyring. its annoying. I know its a security thing, but some help would be well received!
thanks guys ...
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My Home Bank doesn·t work well
Using Firefox or Chromium it·s not possible to pay bills or transfer money on Itau website. I was able to do this at Ubuntu 11.10. It demand to install a java script on browser, but it not occur. My ...
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Chromium in 10.04 only showing blank pages [closed]
I have a problem in Ubuntu 10.04...all pages with Chromium showed blank.
The first time I've noticed this problem was with Google Chrome, and because of that I've uninstalled and installed Chromium.
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Web browser that support userscript beside “chrome”, “chromium”, “opera”, “firefox”, “seamonkey”, “songbird”, “midori” [closed]
Can anyone suggest web browser on ubuntu that support userscript beside those in title, "chrome", "chromium", "opera", "firefox", "seamonkey", "songbird", "midori"?
I'm not sure if I ask the question ...
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When I switch workspace all workspaces are merged
When I switch workspaces it looks like all workspaces are "merged" into one workspace and then they re split again. This would be no problem if it weren't for the fact that all my browser windows get ...
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Can't browse the internet although I can ping www.google.com
I have a PC running Ubuntu 11.04 with 2 nics. eth0 is internet and eth1 in Internal Lan.
eth0 is connected to the internet talks and receives the correct DHCP addresses from ISP.
I can from this ...
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Facebook.com redirecting to SearchMagnified.com
Please need urgent help.I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 and using chromium browser latest build.When ever I go for facebook.com on my browser it redirecting me to SearchMagnified.com. This issue is found only in ...
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browser freeze crash [closed]
after updating to 12.04, google chrome will crash and lock up the screen at random times when i am scrolling on the page.
afterward, the mouse and keyboard work but the screen will not update (clock ...
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Too slow web content loading in all browsers [closed]
In 12.04 all browsers loading content really slow with regard to same browsers in Windows. Often appears message "there is no web content" and "server not found".
Network controller: Atheros ...
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Why doesn't Chrome or Firefox auto-highlight the address bar?
In Windows, when you click on the address bar, it automatically highlights all of the web address so you can enter another one without having to drag across everything. I've noticed that it doesn't do ...
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Filetype icon not being displayed when downloading something in Chrome
Whenever I download something in Chrome, the little icon in the center of the download that shows the file type icon, around which there's the download progress bar, isn't displayed. If that sounds ...
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How do I open Youtube content in an app instead of my browser, while clicking on a link?
Now when I follow a link in my browser to Youtube, it opens in a new page of my browser, in my case Firefox.
I would have liked that it provokes the launch of another app, for example Minitube, VLC ...
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open nautilus as new tab in existing window
Currently, if I click a launcher/shortcut icon etc i will get a new nautilus window. If there is already a nautilus window open, I would rather it open up in a new tab in the existing window (as if I ...
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Watch QuickTime videos in the browser?
It's rather frustrating to me that I can't watch any of the videos on Apple's site. Is there a QuickTime plugin for Chrome or Firefox, and if not, why?
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Keyring won't Unlock untill web browser is open
Using Ubuntu 11.10 on an HP MINI1010nr. Ubuntu does not ask for Keyring unlock untill after I open either Chromium or firefox. Also sometimes I may be on for 30+ minuets then the screen blanks and I ...
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Flash debug player installation problem
Standard Version:
When I download the player without the debugger from here and place the libflashplayer.so file into the ~/.mozzila/plugins/ directory the player works fine.
Debugger version:
But ...
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System wide browser protocol handlers?
When developing an application for a Windows system, there is a registry entry you can make on the client machine that sets a 'protocol handler' in the system. In the same way that mailto links work ...
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Loading web pages slow! [closed]
Somebody please help me!
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10, and I have problem with web browsing. Downloading speed is good, but Chrome load web pages too slow. So do Firefox and Chromium. At first, I ...
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cannot execute iexplore.exe when I create a symbolic link to it
I do something like:
$ ln -s '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe' /usr/bin/iexplore
I am expecting that at the shell I can just type the following and ...
