Multi Window apps - Lenovo Yoga Book Questions & Answers

Is there a list of the apps that support multi window? Given the lack of an ETA for the nougat update, I figure I need to get used to using the current system.

Well, to get the ball rolling: I found that the official RAR app supports multiwindow as well as Google's Photos app. Has anyone else found non-stock apps that support it?

Apps that I've found to support multi window:
Chrome (but not beta)
Facebook
Messenger
Gmail
Outlook
Youtube
VLC
Google search
Home
Instagram
Pinterest
Dolphin Browser
Ebay
Paypal
Flow free
Google maps
Google earth
Onenote
WIkipedia

sashlon1138 said:
Apps that I've found to support multi window:
Chrome (but not beta)
Facebook
Messenger
Gmail
Outlook
Youtube
VLC
Google search
Home
Instagram
Pinterest
Dolphin Browser
Ebay
Paypal
Flow free
Google maps
Google earth
Onenote
WIkipedia
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Do you mind if I add this list to my Megathread?

nan0s7 said:
Do you mind if I add this list to my Megathread?
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No worries

sashlon1138 said:
No worries
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You and your wonderful list of supported apps are now in my Megathread. Thank you!
uuang said:
Well, to get the ball rolling: I found that the official RAR app supports multiwindow as well as Google's Photos app. Has anyone else found non-stock apps that support it?
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I have also added your two apps to my Megathread if you were wondering! ;D

Here's a bunch more I found:
ES file manager
Twitter
Evernote
Reddit
Skype
Candy crush saga
Candy crush soda
Candy crush jelly
Spotify
Soundcloud
Opera
Opera mini
Yahoo mail
Viber Messenger
MX player

sashlon1138 said:
Here's a bunch more I found:
ES file manager
Twitter
Evernote
Reddit
Skype
Candy crush saga
Candy crush soda
Candy crush jelly
Spotify
Soundcloud
Opera
Opera mini
Yahoo mail
Viber Messenger
MX player
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Nice. I've updated the list

I found some more:
Google Translate
Shazam
AliExpress
Tumblr
Twitch
Mega
I've found that if an app supports multi-window it'll open in a window the first time you launch it, so its easy to test.
I'm sure people are aware, but just to be thorough its worth noting that windowed apps can be pinned. Pinning them will mean they always stay on top, so they can be overlayed on another app. I've found this very useful. A good example is pinning a window of YouTube or VLC while running something like Chrome, Dolphin or even Facebook fullscreen. Its much like the iPad's picture-in-picture feature or the new Windows 10 screen overlay (which only works for 1 app) except the Yoga Book's solution is far more versatile.

I think that might be it, I haven't found any more.

sashlon1138 said:
I think that might be it, I haven't found any more.
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I guess now we just have to wait for Nougat... :/

On the Galaxy Note 10.1 (first gen), a whitelist existed for supported apps. As such, the whitelist was modifiable. It seems obvious here that there is not a whitelist dictating this. Does anyone know what dictates multiwindow capability here? Is it as simple as a manifest modification?

I think the Lenovo software is tricking Marshmallow to think it's a phone. That makes the inability to resize the windows make perfect sense.

iDO Calculator
after trying about 50 calculator app, I found only iDo Calculator working in multi task on yoga book.
sashlon1138 said:
Apps that I've found to support multi window:
Chrome (but not beta)
Facebook
Messenger
Gmail
Outlook
Youtube
VLC
Google search
Home
Instagram
Pinterest
Dolphin Browser
Ebay
Paypal
Flow free
Google maps
Google earth
Onenote
WIkipedia
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Csilla4 said:
after trying about 50 calculator app, I found only iDo Calculator working in multi task on yoga book.
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Sweet, added that to the Megathread.

new update
An update last week added the ability to configure the size of the multi-window to "large" which is half of the screen so you can place them side by side like Windows.

And every app I've tried since the update now works in multi-window mode

nan0s7 said:
I guess now we just have to wait for Nougat... :/
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Don't give up that fast ...
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Softmaker Textmaker HD, Planmaker HD, Presentations HD
RealCalc
Adobe Acrobat
CamScanner
MindjetMaps
LinkedIn
ezPDF Reader
Detexify
HERE WeGo
Google Street View
Öffi (German Public Transportation Schedule app)
DB Navigator (German Railroad Schedule app)
Kindle
Amazon Prime Video
Maxdome
Barnes & Noble Nook
Audible
TuneIn Radio
TED
Babbel
dict.cc. plus
Amazon
Nine (you can even have any number of items in parallel on the screen, e.g., inbox, calender, contacts, notes)
Evernote
OneDrive
As you might guess from the list above, I'm using my YogaBook mainly as an ultra-light laptop replacement for work and as a media consumption device while commuting ...

docoli said:
Don't give up that fast ...
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Softmaker Textmaker HD, Planmaker HD, Presentations HD
RealCalc
Adobe Acrobat
CamScanner
MindjetMaps
LinkedIn
ezPDF Reader
Detexify
HERE WeGo
Google Street View
Öffi (German Public Transportation Schedule app)
DB Navigator (German Railroad Schedule app)
Kindle
Amazon Prime Video
Maxdome
Barnes & Noble Nook
Audible
TuneIn Radio
TED
Babbel
dict.cc. plus
Amazon
Nine (you can even have any number of items in parallel on the screen, e.g., inbox, calender, contacts, notes)
Evernote
OneDrive
As you might guess from the list above, I'm using my YogaBook mainly as an ultra-light laptop replacement for work and as a media consumption device while commuting ...
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Legendary. I've added you to my megathread (well... by the time you see this I will have) ;D

Has anyone figured out a way to adjust what the defined multi window size is? I feel like it's just slightly too small to run some apps in a comfortable way =/
I ask bc its been months and still haven't not seen any proof of Lenovo giving the ability to adjust this any time in the near future. . .

Related

Off contract UK model - no Social Hub ?

Hi guys ... I have just got an off contract Tab.
Love it ... but curiously there is no Social Hub installed. I spoke to Samsung support ... they came back after talking to colleagues only to say their one didn't have it either ... apparently some do and some don't ... and initially he said there is no way of getting it if you don't have it. I said that was unacceptable .. and he is supposed to be getting back to me.
I wonder what else is missing.
Cheers
Paul.
Sorry guys ... I'm sure this could be UK specific ... but I do need to know if anyone else hasn't got the Social Hub installed on their Tab ...
Please let me know if you have / haven't.
Cheers
Paul.
Got mine from PCWorld, it was cheaper than Tesco and TCW and their crappy free class2 16GB mSD and no pushing for simcard contracts or embarrassing credit checks
No Social Hub, No Media Hub either, unless the media hub is the Samsung movies and Samsung Games widgets?
I have the music hub and the readers hub (news and magazines not available yet) plus the daily briefing widget
Also for what I been reading around here the Samsung App store may have different apps depending on you location?
What is Samsung playing at!!
You have samsung movies and games widgets?
Dont have Social or Media Hub either, but i do have music hub..
Hopefully we can get the apks from the US model (if that has the missing Samsung apps) and install them.
Sent from my GT-P1000
Can everyone check to see if their software build is different to this please ?
This is insane.
PCW and Tescos both market the social hub in their own adverts. I was in Tesco this morning and their Tab is the same - no Social Hub.
I don't want to wait until next year for a new firmware release to get something that was advertised at time of purchase.
What do we do to get Samsung to resolve this issue ?
I think we need to get more of a representative view from other UK people ... are we all missing it ? Are we missing other apps as well.
In Apps I have :
Alarm Clock, All Share, Browser, Calendar,
Camera, Contacts, Daily Briefing, Digital Frame,
eBook, Email, FT Mobile, Gallery,
Gmail, Google Search, Lattitude, Maps,
Market, Memo, Messaging, Music,
Music Hub, My Files, Navigation, News and Weather,
Nova, Phone, Places, Readers Hub
Samsung Apps, Samgung Games, Samsung Movies, Settings,
Sky+, Talk, Task Manager, ThinkFree Office,
Video, Voice Search, World Clock, YouTube
-->
No Social Hub, No Media Hub (are you sure there is one .. I have Music Hub).
Samsung Games and Samsung Movies aren't really apps or widgets - just short cuts to Samsung Game and Movie purchase websites.
We need to ensure we have a proper breakdown of what is missing and somehow approach Samsung to resolve.
Paul.
Picked up my Tab last night from my local PC World contract free. I seem to be missing the Social Hub also. Grrrrrrr.
No calculator?
I cannot find the calculator. Am I being a dunce?
Update
Just got off a the phone with a far better Samsung chap in the Apps group. He spoke to his tech chappie who explained that Social Hub isn't a standalone app like the Reader and Music Hub. It is basically the integration through the Contacts app which is activated when you go into Accounts and Sync and add Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. This then updates the Feeds and Updates Widget (which is too small in my view).
In the contacts ... go to groups tab ... scroll down to your facebook or twitter account and tap the All contacts below it ... on the right you then see all your contacts for that social network ... then if you tap one of those contacts you get a display focusing on just that network with your contact on the right showing their details and last message. Finally if you then click on their profile you get a facebook viewer or twitter viewer to show you those message. A bit clunky ... but that is the 'Social Hub'
As regards the missing media or video hub ... I think that is the 'Samsung Movies' which is just a website like iTunes you can order movies from ... not the fully integrated offering that Music hub is for music.
So ... perhaps it's just really bad marketing making out it was a separate app.
I'm pretty happy.
Aside from 2.2 on my HD2 which I just play with, this is the first real Android device I've played with.
The market place seems pretty good ... lots of free stuff that is actually worth having.
Kindle reader will never replace my new Kindle ... but is good if synced and I don't have the Kindle.
eWallet Viewer is great if you have eWallet for PC / WM which I do. You can't do updates yet ... but it does sync from the PC.
Real Calc is quite a nice basic scientific calculator - I'd really like something like Omega-One 1-Calc, myPlayer (BBC iPlayer ... mainly for the downloads for later watching), Google Translate, Google Sky Map, Google Streets, Google Earth, Yell.com (if you're in the UK). I'm sure I'll find a lot more
Have fun guys.
Paul.
Thanks for clarifying on the social hub, as I had the same issue.
The Samsung.co.uk site also advertises 2 premium games being installed: Nova and Asphalt 5.
On my version from Carphonewarehouse (contract-free), only Nova is installed and other game is missing. I called Samsung, and they advised to swap it around! I did, and new one still is missing the Asphalt game (probably from same batch, with even lower serial number).
Send an email to Samsung past Sunday and still no response. I guess I have to call them tomorrow...
Asphalt isn't preinstalled, you have to download it from Gameloft site.
A guy from Gameloft said it in a youtube video (it was in french)

Open google currents articles in chrome?

Some don't like it but I really like google currents so far. However there is a button for linking to another app. In there I currently have Bluetooth (what would that do?) google+ (not sure what that would do either) gmail andftp (Why it would put my ftp app in there I have no idea...) and colornote that I have installed. All seem useless except colornote, but what I really want is open link in chrome. I wonder/suspect if I install another browser it may show up but why isn't chrome there? Or is there another method of opening an article in a browser.
My motivation is to keep or bookmark an article if desired. I wish currents had a means of bookmarking or 'starring' an article to permanently store the article similar to pulse.
But I'd be happy for now having open in browser. Is there a way to do this or control what appears in the link button?
I too would very much like to be able to share with Chrome. I tried "Andmade Share" but it wasn't able to expand my options very much.
Download an app called Flashify: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nightshadelabs.anotherbrowser&hl=en
Once you've installed, open your article in Currents. Click the 'share' button and select Flashify, and then choose your browser .
It works only from the 'Share' menu, so it won't appear in your app draw.
I have FF Aurora installed and gives an option to send to FF Sync. I just tried it and don't see it popping up on my N7 in Aurora or on my PC in FF.
I also have a send to Gtasks option which I have installed. It sends there as a task with no problem. I can open Gtasks and click the link and it gives me option to open in Aurora or Chrome. And it ends up on all my PC's since I use Google Tasks.
What warrants an app getting in the share list?
I have: Bluetooth, goog+, gmail, flipboard, 7notes with mazec, IM+, andftp, tubemate. and colornote.
Of the above, only colornote is of any use. Why would I want to send a google currents link to flipboard?!
Is this just borked or is there some logic as to what apps go in there?
sark666 said:
Some don't like it but I really like google currents so far. However there is a button for linking to another app. In there I currently have Bluetooth (what would that do?) google+ (not sure what that would do either) gmail andftp (Why it would put my ftp app in there I have no idea...) and colornote that I have installed. All seem useless except colornote, but what I really want is open link in chrome. I wonder/suspect if I install another browser it may show up but why isn't chrome there? Or is there another method of opening an article in a browser.
My motivation is to keep or bookmark an article if desired. I wish currents had a means of bookmarking or 'starring' an article to permanently store the article similar to pulse.
But I'd be happy for now having open in browser. Is there a way to do this or control what appears in the link button?
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Try my app "Currents Web Viewer" (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emseedroid.webviewer), it's exactly for that! It will let you open Google Currents articles in any browser of your choice.
You can also use the free lite version "Currents Web Viewer Lite" (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emseedroid.webviewerlite). Lite version only limitation is that you have to use embedded web browser but it's fully functional and allows a very unobtrusvie full screen mode.
Hope you'll find it useful. If so please give it a good rate on the play store!

Apps we miss!

Symbian Sxx, Windows CE, IOS, Android, etc...
I tried them all but didn't find the ... how to say it.... yes cheeriness & easiness which I found in my new WP8 devices!
but yet, I still feel like I'm left behind, because all of the missing Apps like (Instagram, Whoshere, Tumblr, Keek)
It is true that whatsapp has shortened the distance but it has its flaws like:
1- can't read long messages
2- no broadcast
3- can't save videos to my library
4- slowness
5- can't forward messages to recent contacts
and other things...
I tried to find if whether these application are coming to WP8 or not by contacting the official websites and twitter accounts but no luck!
if anybody has any information about that, please share it.
Thank you,,
No Luck either ...
Yea, I have tried to log a couple of questions with WunderList and SpringPad on their forums/email and the response is working on it. Wunderlist does have an app in the WP8 Store but it's not available/compatible for my phone.
Flipboard pls
I really would like to have TapaTalk (because BoardExpress, ForoPlex and ForumTalk just don't work for me), and TeamViewer.
I would really like a SiriusXM app. That and Google+ integration (just like how Facebook and Twitter are integrated).
I would also love it if the phone had separate "audio profiles". For example, if I plug in a pair of headphones, all the volume should automatically adjust to the settings I had it on last time I had headphones plugged in. Then when I unplug them, the volume should all revert back to what it was set to before.
Also, also a Sonos app would be fantastic!
Snapchat, Instagram, Draw Something 2, official 4Pics1Word, Dropbox, Starbucks, University of Arizona app, etc......
I can tell you that my next phone won't be a Windows Phone.
DarkSeL said:
Snapchat, Instagram, Draw Something 2, official 4Pics1Word, Dropbox, Starbucks, University of Arizona app, etc......
I can tell you that my next phone won't be a Windows Phone.
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While I am not trying to change your oppinion, why do you need the official "4pics1Word" app? It's not a multiplayergame and there are multiple similar games on windows phone ("What's The Word" for instance).
Also, there are dropbox clients for windows phone as well. There's boxfiles for dropbox, there's Filebox and there are others as well. And they work. Why do they not suffice?
Draw Something 2: I got fed up with Draw Something after 2 weeks. What does DS2 do better than DS?
Even Though I do not use instagram I can see how people might want that. Same goes with snapchat for me. I just do not see the use-case for me (appart from sexting), but those are two big names that are missing on WP, alternatives (like Lomogram or Picit) don't cut it because they are incompatible with the already existent userbase on android and ios.
I miss
Ibirds UK
Memory Map navigator or anything that uses the .qct maps
Instagram obviously
Bubble Galaxy
Matching with Friends
Scramble with Friends
Dice with buddies
Battlefriends
candy Crush
mini Golf matchup
chess.com
chess with friends
top quiz
to name just a few, why on earth did i get this Nokia 920, now no one wants to swap with me, big mistake coming to a windows Phone, love the UI, love the phone, hate the lack of Apps...apps make a smartphone, my fault should have done my research, just hope I can swap this phone any time soon
Snapchat, taptalk, instagram
I miss samsung photostudio available on wp7
Haven't switched from android yet, but seriously thinking about it. Will miss;
Minecraft PE, google voice, native google apps (gmail/gcal/g+/etc), and specific apps like memdroid that are easily replaceable
(ranked order)
Missed Hulu for the longest time till it came out last week.
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[Q] [Discussion] What Apps you need for Firefox OS ?

Ehm.. Hello.. I am Ahmed Nefzaoui.. I am a Mozilla Community member.. From Tunisia.. and a Mozilla Official Representative.
No one denies Firefox OS needs more Apps.. OR let's say needs more well performing Apps.. That's what I am aiming at making true.. Or making part of it true.. That is why I am asking around:
What Apps do you want to see on Firefox OS marketplace? Maybe the question should be: What apps you miss from Android or iOS that you want in Firefox OS?
Please list as many Apps as possible. Thanx!
A SSH client
Well, I am a sysadmin, not a developer.
Try port FirefoxSSH to Firefox OS
Calendar and address book app with full caldav and carddav support.
CPU control or something like this
Great ones But to be honest.. I was expecting kind of apps like productivity, utilities, news, weather + some style guides, custom UIs..
Remote desktop to windows machine.
Multimedia apps like NetFlix, Hulu, HBO Go, etc.
Launchers, so you can pick and choose the feel of the phone, etc.
How about "Personal Accounting Software" or like this?
Ahmed Nefzaoui said:
Great ones But to be honest.. I was expecting kind of apps like productivity, utilities, news, weather + some style guides, custom UIs..
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How about a fully customizable open source (!) dictionary software with full (!) support for StarDict?
Whatsapp. None other needed. I have sent a request to the developers but no response as yet. Rest not that necessary...
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Ahmed Nefzaoui said:
Ehm.. Hello.. I am Ahmed Nefzaoui..
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Im an android user ever since eclair and this apps make me stay on android os:
AIDE (on the Phone IDE and compiler)
AndFTP
AndroPHP (on the Phone PHP/MySQL Server)
Android Assistant (Multi-Purpose Phone Monitoring Tool)
Beats or DSP by CM (Sound Enhancement)
Control Panel for cPanel
Dj Studio
Droid VPN
Expense Manager
Fast Burst Camera
Firefox
FPse
Go SMS
gStrings
Guitar PRO
GameBoid
Genesis
Geroid
GBcoid
Halo/Multiwindow
Instagram
Jbed
Joooid
Link2SD
My Tracks
Mx Player
Nesoid
Nova Launcher
Open Bibles
Opera Mini
PPSSPP
Project NOAH
QuickPIC
Root Explorer
Shadyface
SMS Bomber
Sweep2wake
Titanium BackUP
uTorrent
I was browsing around and saw this thread. Good timing too!
I have been thinking a lot about Firefox OS and how it may be the best hope at open source seeing as how Google is slowly taking backing away from open sourcing and making things rely on their closed APIs.
Anyway, I've given it some thought and I've realized that for Firefox OS to ever succeed, it will really be up to the app developers that choose to port or write apps, and lastly OEMs.
I'm not sure the people got the idea as they're listing forms of apps that are non essential or third party entertainment, that will eventually make its way over once the OS gains numbers.
Netflix, emulators, games ...would be nice but not essential to my mobile device as a productivity device. I would love if all my apps could be ported, but that's being too hopeful.
Bare bones, at the minimum, these are the most essential things:
1) A good simple note taking app. Nothing fancy. Think of AK Notepad or ColorNote
2) An office suite like OfficeSuite by Mobile Systems. & A good PDF reader with annotation support like ezPDF Reader
3) A good ebook reader with multi format support, like Cool Reader or Aldiko
4) A Google Voice dialer app (GrooveIP) + SIP and VOIP capabilities
+ A built-in text/messaging app would beat any third party options
5) A good email and contact system. This is a must have. I want to see easy transfer of Gmail and Outlook contacts + no frills push notifications.
6) An intuitive stocks app. I want to be able to gains / loses and real time prices. Lock screen widget of this would be nice.
7) Maps + Navigation (This a must)
It doesn't have to be Google. Although it would be preferred.
8) News/RSS reader + an app like pocket or read it later. + Podcast support
+ A forums reader like Tapatalk
Bonus...
If you guys could get devs or companies on board...
Dropbox
Pandora
Microsoft's recently released remote desktop or another alternative like Splashtop
Might be moot, but maybe you guys can work together with Adobe to port Flash (I know it's a long shot given they called it quits on mobile)
whatsapp. zello, line,viber hangouts...
Thanks
Share files with a computer through wifi
Offline dictionary
Control PC
VPN
Thanks
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SMOKERBUNNY said:
whatsapp. zello, line,viber hangouts...
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Firefox OS WhatsApp reach before end of year
http://www.movilzona.es/2013/10/04/whatsapp-llegara-firefox-os-antes-de-final-de-ano/
VK, google maps, hangouts, guitar tuner, some country-specific apps like 2gis, yandex.traffic, anybalance.
Ahmed Nefzaoui said:
Ehm.. Hello.. I am Ahmed Nefzaoui.. I am a Mozilla Community member.. From Tunisia.. and a Mozilla Official Representative.
No one denies Firefox OS needs more Apps.. OR let's say needs more well performing Apps.. That's what I am aiming at making true.. Or making part of it true.. That is why I am asking around:
What Apps do you want to see on Firefox OS marketplace? Maybe the question should be: What apps you miss from Android or iOS that you want in Firefox OS?
Please list as many Apps as possible. Thanx!
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A MUST for me: Spotify
Not so neccesary: Instagram, Netflix, Photoshop Express, maybe Google Music, Snapchat, native Foursquare, Facebook Messenger...
For me the most needed smartphone apps are (not in this order.) : mail clients, chat clients, internet browser, navigation/maps, file manager, ssh/sftp clients, conversation recording (I'm using it very seldom, but it is a quite nice, almost important feature for me.), camera, sms , smart keyboards are quite nice also, notifications, calendar / task planners, video players... That's it I think.
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Before to get Apps,we need an Excelent App-Caching(the most important part in such OS) and the best Responsiveness we can get.
About Apps,i think you guys(Mozilla) should do a Campaign to incite/stimulate developers to port their existing apps to Firefos OS(i hope all Packaged apps,at least near all of them)so you won't have the need to code,or other stuff related.
I actually own an Alcatel one Touch Fire..as main phone,and i think this will be very handly,i have this hope in Mozilla.
We need an Official channel directly with the our mother(Mozilla) to have upgrades for our phones,cause carriers are going to do a Bottle-neck effect on our phone software,and to do this ,the best choice is to get prebuilded-builds,probably it's hard but not all the people can follow that loooong Wiki on how-to-build-it-your-self.
Take the idea to implement Node-Js,i think it will be helpful this guy already doing something http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374160
As Google and the others company,Mozilla need to do simple way to take care of his Users
about apps: OpenVpn,SSH,PC-remote controlling(i'm thinking about a Gnome-Mozilla Collaboration
If you ask me, Firefox has had "apps" almost from the beginning. They are called "addons" (or, before that, extensions) and they handled all sorts of tasks which, prior to that, had only been possible as standalone applications on your desktop.
So consider my disappointment in finding out that all these addons are gone from the Firefox OS browser. They cannot be installed, as far as I can tell. There is not even any Adblock Plus. To me, this is insane, because the addons are the Firefox browser's greatest strength. Can someone explain this to me?
Graphic calculator will be a nice addition
Screen dimmer/ color editor (to make it look more green or red or anything)
adblock?
Hei Azuz !did you read this?
we all replyed to you,can you show to us a conversation about you and this topic to Mozilla?

Apps U use on your WP8 device

Which apps use on your devices?
Authenticator (think Google Authenticator)
bart mobile (when in the Bay Area)
Fiction Book Reader (for DRM-free ebooks; I've tried a few others too such as Point Reader which is different and cool)
Flashlight (does what the name implies...)
Here Drive/Transit/Maps (of course, although Here Drive pisses me off quite badly at times)
IM+ (for GTalk, Yahoo Messenger, and AIM contacts)
LinkedIn (mostly for answering messages / network requests)
Lync 2013 (for work)
Mango Transit (basically acts like the built-in Maps app but adds the ability to get directions via transit instead of only driving or walking)
MTGBugs NEXT (helpful app for Magic: the Gathering players)
My Account (T-Mobile US carrier account info app)
Netflix
OneBusAway (somewhat regional but very helpful)
oPenGP (PGP/GPG client; not great but does the job)
OverDrive (for getting e-books and e-audiobooks from the library)
Pandora (not a lot, since I have a Zune / Xbox Music pass, but sometimes)
RemoteDesktop (works fantastically)
Skype (of course)
Speedtest.net (just like the website, basically)
The SSH Client (also works great, and yes I use both RDP and SSH servers)
WTA Trailblazer (only useful if you happen to live in Washington, or want to do hikes here, but I do...)
Yelp
This is a pretty partial list - just the stuff that I use *regularly* - and excludes the following categories of apps:
Games (lots of those)
Built-in apps (I don't use all of them, but I use a lot of them)
Homebrew apps (given what I do here, this should be obvious)
#mowithlove (for giving mustache to pics)
advanced english dictionary
CamScanner (very useful app)
Flashlight XT
LazyLens(For pics effects)
Nokia smart camera
Moliplayer Pro(watching Movies)
myAppfree (daily one free app)
Nokia Mix radios
Nokia cinemagraph(Animated photoes)
Youtube HD
Lockmix (i love this app)
Most of the Nokia apps, Bing news & weather, Netflix, mytube, Hulu plus, flashlight x, swipe tunes, various games, Skype, instagram beta, tumblr, pininterest, vba8, snes8, imdb, mediafire, PayPal, Pandora, tapatalk, chronos, contacts, battery meter and baconit. Some others too
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I've got a number of apps that I've installed but only so many I actually use...
Remoting into other computers:
TeamViewer - for when RDP doesn't want to cooperate.
ConnectMe - RDP client, kinda works...NetBIOS names seem to break on WP8.
Music&Video:
onePlayer - a decent DLNA app that kinda works (its really a WP7 app, Nokia's PlayTo does the opposite of what I want; I loved HTC's Connected Music app for WP7)
ModPhone7 - Plays tracker music (MODs, XMs, ITs, S3Ms)
WOMP - Also plays tracker music, it was the first in the store to actually work.
Sat Rad Player - An app that plays the streams from SiriusXM. Its no longer in the store AFAIK...
MPAtool - used to be homebrew for WP7, but its officially a legitamate app now. It mostly adds images from last.fm, but does a basic google image search too...
Games:
Tiny Death Star - A freemium game thats actually playable without throwing real money at it.
VGBC/VGBA/SNES8X/EmiGens/EmiPSX - Emulators that I use to kill time in public. Sometimes I wish they made a shell-like moga controller (I don't actually use these too often where I'd want to purchase one, but not all of these have support for it either...)
Internet Stuff:
UCBrowser - A "private" browser that has previously had a homebrew version for WP7. Also works for downloading stuff that IE wouldn't download.
Amazing Weather HD - Nice live tile.... Thats about it. I solely use this to check the weather. (Radar is meh in all weather apps in the store.)
SysApp Pusher - A must have for checking updates and installing apps for other OEMs.
Skype - I occasionally chat with other xda members using this, but it doesn't always work in the background.
Zinio - I have a few magazines I read using their service. Namely PCMag....
MetroTube - Some might actually object to this, but it just has always worked for me. I also had this on WP7 a year ago. I download some youtube videos using this, but I'd wish it had a transfer to music+videos option to watch it on something else or to download them to the PC.
Gasbuddy - I used to try and report gas prices to help others, but since I'm the one who does most of the driving... its not very useful unless I need to find gas in the first place.
Windows Phone Central - This is kinda the only news I read anymore. Politics and regional news is the same stuff month after month.
Tapatalk - I post here using it when I need to just do a quick update on what I'm doing or if I can actually help someone.
facebook beta - Its facebook... what more can I say about it?
wptorrent pro - a torrent app that plays movies and stuff...it shares the files to the local network via a web-server.
Lockscreen background:
Lock Manager - a visually appealing lockscreen that I can live with that has the weather in a format that doesn't take too much of the lockscreen image away.
glance background - added a monochrome version of Master Chief (John) from Halo and set it too look like it was on 8bit device
Mapping/GPS Stuff
HERE Drive+ - Annoying as h***, I use it mainly for my current part-time job and I'm beginning to feel extreme hate for it. The fact it mutes the audio when it announces things is the first annoyance instead of pausing the music or just ducking behind the music volume while announcing the directions. The second annoyance is that it doesn't announce the address right before I destinate. (at least after the last update it shows the hose number instead of just the street name.) Also, it doesn't always have the most accurate maps, its 3 years outdated in my region, so roads have been renamed and other roads have been outright closed. When not actually not on the road it tends to snap you to the road, so you could be in a parking garage where it snaps you to a road when you are actually on a different one. This app fully assumes that you are still heading the "proper" directions until it recalculates in ~5-10 seconds. All of this just makes me wish the Garmin app wasn't so darned expensive.
gMaps - I use this when Nokia Drive/Bing Maps/anything that uses the OS's maps are out of date and need to get to a missing street.
GPS Voice Navigation - I've dabbled with this a bit enough to say its nice to use, but requires data; navigating around the app isn't as straight forward as it should be.
Developer Apps:
TimeMe - a clock tile with the date, battery percentage and the current weather (just temp and status e.g. cloudy image and temp)
Native Toast Launcher - Used for launching hidden pages inside any app.
US MO Apps - for whenever I can get Fiddler to work right again...
Apps
Whatsapp
gMaps+
Yelp
TileCam <-- best live tile app! I love to see my ski resorts live cam on a tile!
Skype
Bing Weather
Bing News
Shazam
GeoPhoto
Nokia Panorama (with proxy on HTC 8x) :good:
Surfcube Browser
FlashVideo
... and my own apps
WOOPLR
Downloader Youtube of Hidrosoft developer
does anyone know a app that allows you to pin the tethering to the tiles page or some kind of widget, can't seem to find it.
hopefully someone can help.
thanks
Too bad whatsapp isn´t actively developed anymore (still no proper 8.1 support?). Does Facebook have any other plans?
I don't use apps that much, but I prefer the OS above all others
Adobe reader.
Awesome Lock (Live lock screens with weather, news).
Birdy bounce ( Old wp7 game , not in store anymore but I have the xap).
Ebay.
Facebook.
Files (File explorer).
Gizmodo (News reader).
Grapher Calculator.
Heise Online News (News reader)
Hill Climb Racing (Game).
IO Explorer (Homebrew made by XDA User).
Livedrive (same as OneDrive but then paid and 2TB).
Navigon Europe ( Best Navigation there is but real expensive).
Navigon FreshMaps XL Europe ( Map updates for Navigon).
OBD Auto Docktor (Auto Diagnostic Tool).
PayPal ( But sucks).
Preview for Developers .
SamWP8 Tools ( Homebrew by XDA User).
Skype.
Store Deals.
Tapatalk.
TeamViewer.
Twitter.
WhatsApp.
WPCentral (News reader).
WPH Tweaks (Homebrew tweaking tool).
Zombie Tsunami (Game).
From A to Z
Adobe Reader
Amazing Weather HD
Angry Birds Go
Checkers 2
Clock wp 8.1
CloudSix for dropbox
Copter Classic
Empty Tiles
Facebook Beta
Files
Find Me
Flappy Bird
Flashlight
GeoPhoto
Here Drive + ( still missing a Truck option and/or dangerous goods routes )
Lock Screen
Lumia System Updater
Lumia Storage Check Beta
Metrotube
Preview for Developers
Pushbullet Beta
Race the Stig
Stop Music
Super percentage Calculator
Tile-Clock
Torrex Pro
Transparancy Tiles
Uitslag calculator ( my private little project build by another developer, its in the store bud hidden )
WhatsApp
Wordfeud ( pirated version, the original sucs )
WP Central
2015 IIHF Powered by Skoda (Finland!!)
6tag
9gag
Counters by teenurmi (LOL)
Facebook Beta
Flashlifht XT
Geocaching live
Gestures Beta (Really useful app)
Groupon
Here Drive+, Maps, Transit (Hope that Here apps developing does not stop or decrease (no Windows Phone banner even here.com site right now ))
LinkedIn
Lumia Camera
Lumia Creative Studio
Lumia Moments
Lumia Panorama
Lumia Video Trimmer
meme Generator
MixRadio
Movie Creator Beta
Movie Maker
myTube!
Netflix
Office Lens
OneDrive
PDF Reader
Photosynth
Preview for Developers
Simple Training Timer
Skype
Speedtest.net
Spotify
Health and fitness
Translator
TuneIn Radio
Twitter
Video Tuner
Vine
WhatsApp
WhatsApp Video Optimizer
Windows Insider
WolframAlpha
#1Toolkit - tools for different quick measurements.
8 Zip - archivator app.
Cornet - good for quick network diagnosis.
Device Shot - posting a screenshot in a device of your choice .
EXIF Reader - quick photo exif data reading.
Fantastic Lock - tile for quick lock
PuTTy - the best SSH/telnet client there is on this planet.
Remote Desktop - MS RDP.
Teamviewer - if no RDP available.
Ringtone Maker
SkyMap - a cool map of the sky with realtime camera pointing and ability to show constelations and other cool stuff.
Tapatalk - for posting to this site .
Total Commander - really great dual pane file manager.
WinBox Lite - mikrotik router os basic tasks
Media Center 8.1 - great and customizable music player with flac and ogg support.
for GPS i use GPS Voice Navigation as here maps are atrocious for my region.
and the usual ones, like:
Wpcentral
Neowin
Tapatalk
Skype
Facebook
Disqus
Twitter
Viber
Messenger
Mix Radio
The most important:
6tag
Facebook
gMaps
Here Drive+
OneDrive
GDrive.NET
Lumia Camera
Messenger
OneNote
Skype
SuperTube
Uber

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