WebFing - Web Browser

WebFing is an enhanced alternative browser for Android.

Main Features

Basic browser features (bookmarks, history, downloads...);

Unlimited tabs;

Easy bookmarks access;

Easy tabs opening and closing;

Bookmarks import from legacy Android browser;

Can be set as default browser;

Ad-blocker (important: learn more);

Ad-blocker Introduction

WebFing used the WebView component provided by the Android framework to display web pages. This component does not allow direct access to elements composing a web page, and thus cannot be used to filter ads.

WebFing ad-blocker operate by injecting a piece of Java-script (provided by AdSweep) to remove ads, right after a web page has loaded.

White list

Websites can be white-listed in order to prevent the ad-blocker to operate an them.

Open the main menu, and go to Preferences;

Scroll down to the Ad-blocker settings section, and select White list;

Click on the menu button, and select Add;

Type the website name, and click on Ok;

How To Use

The bubble

The bubble is a small quarter-circle overlay at the bottom-right of the screen:

Touching it brings up the url bar and the tool bar:

The url bar can be used to navigate to home, type urls, stop page loading, etc.

The tool bar provide easy access to previous/next navigation buttons, open/close tabs and bookmarks.

Notes:

The bars hide automatically after a few time. This time can be changed through Preferences. If a page is loading, bars will hide after the page has loaded;

Touching the screen will hide the bars;

The Bookmarks button in the tool bar can be changed to History through Preferences;

Switching tabs

Switching between tabs is made by sweeping horizontally on the screen.

Zooming

Zooming in and out is made by the volume keys.