CastvideostoChromecast&NexusPlayer.PlayvideosfromSplitBrowseronbigscreens!
Imagineifyoucouldwatchvideosandwriteemailsatthesametimeusingyourtablet!Orcomparetwowebpagessidebyside,ortakenotesalongsideawebpage.Well,youcandoallofthatandmore!
SplitBrowseristwobrowsersinone,workingsidebyside.Itletsyoubrowsetwowebpagesindependentofeachother.Youcanopenlinksfromonehalfintotheotherhalf.Italsoincludesanotepadthatallowsyoutotakenotesfromawebpage.Youcanopenmultipletabsandswapthembetweentwohalves.Youcanalsoresizethetwohalvestosuityourneeds.Simplyput,itisapowerfultoolformultitasking.
Bestsuitedfortabletsand"phablets".
1/14/16-SAMSUNGUPDATE:SplitBrowsernowworksinnewerSamsungdevicesinmulti-windowmode.
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CHROMECAST&NEXUSPLAYER:
RequiresGooglePlayservices(4.2orabove)tobeenabled.LookunderAndroidSettings>Applications.Notallvideoscanbecast(Flashvideos,YouTube,livestreams,etc).LowresolutionvideosmightnotlookthesameonyourHDTVastheylookinasmallscreen.Playvideosinfullviewtocast.
UPDATE7/30/14:YouTubevideoswillnotcastinAndroid4.4devices,pleaseusetheYouTubeapp.
Stepstocastvideos:http://www.appestry.biz/sb#cast
Seethemaindemovideofordetailedcastinginstructions:http://youtu.be/fnKnVt6oY4A
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Here'saquickrundownofitsimportantfeatures:
•Resizethetwobrowserhalvesbydraggingtheyellowdividerline.
•Rotateyellowdivider(vertical/horizontal)independentofthescreenorientation.
•Watchvideosinfullviewwithineachhalf.
•CastvideostoChromecastusingtheremote.
•Startnewtabsandswitchthembetweenthetwohalves.
•Copythecurrentpageovertotheotherhalf.
•Openlinksandbookmarksintheotherhalfand/orinanewtab.
•Autocompleteaddressinputfrombookmarksandhistory.
•Pressandholdback/forwardarrowstoviewhistoryandjumptoapageinthelist.
•Managehistoryacrossalltabsinoneplace,sortedreversechronologicallyshowingthetimeoflastvisit.
•Searchfortextinthewebpageineitherhalvesseparately.
•Separateclipboardoptiontopastethelast10itemscopied.
•Opennotepadsineitherhalvestotakenotesandsave/sharethem.
•[select]texttocopyandpastebetweentwohalvesandnotepads.
•Linkstousefultoolslikecalculator,translator,converters...etc.
•Rememberformdataandpasswords.
•Clearcache,history,cookies,formdataandpasswords.
•Viewpagesindesktopmode.
•WorksindualviewinSamsungdevicesthatsupportmulti-windowmode.
•WorksinbothcascadeanddualviewsinSamsungGalaxyNote10.1tablets.
Additionalfeaturesonlyinfullversion:
•Optiontorestorepreviouslyopenwebpagesandtabsuponrestart.
•ImportbookmarksfromHTMLfilesgeneratedbySplitBrowser,ChromeorFirefox.
•ExportbookmarkstoHTMLfileforbackupandsyncwithotherdevices.
•Optiontoviewbookmarksfromthedevice-ifsharedbythedefaultbrowserorChrome.
•WhenusingChromecastitdisplaysthevideoplaybackstatusonTVscreens.
Besuretocheckoutthetrialversiontomakesureitworksinyourdevicebeforebuyingthisfullversion.
Videoreviewby@howtomen:http://youtu.be/bm5uoVhghh0
Aquicklookatmulti-windowsupport:http://youtu.be/1Czhk8OXAnM
SWIFTKEYUSERS:
YoumightexperiencetextinputissueswithSwiftKeykeyboardinsomewebsites.Wearecurrentlyworkingtoresolvethisissue.MoredetailsinthisSwiftKeyforumthread:http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/116693-2-bug-reports/suggestions/3749006-nothing-is-written