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On my phone, I switched from Chrome to Firefox because many websites had ads that used the phone vibrator, others redirected to the play store, etc. It's insane

On my phone, I switched from Chrome to Firefox because many websites had ads that used the phone vibrator, others redirected to the play store, etc. It's insane and you can't disable it from Chrome...

marak830 10y ago
This. That damn vibrate is so annoying. Especially as someone who wakes up 30 mins before my alarm, and decides to read news on my phone with my wife asleep next to me.
- madeofpalk 10y ago
  Here, and people say that Apple is holding back 'the open web' by not implementing all these web standards. Maybe people will start realising why...
  - raverbashing 10y ago
    It will be like Motorola shipping "the first Android tablet with Flash" then quickly giving up on the idea
illumin8 10y ago
What? Android lets websites vibrate your phone and launch the Play store without permission? That's insane. This is one of the reasons I will never have an android phone.
- rincebrain 10y ago
  There's an HTML5 API for vibrating devices, including phones; this isn't necessarily an Android-specific problem, and there are legitimate reasons for browser content to use features like vibration. (It isn't implemented in Safari, but it apparently works in other browsers on iDevices.) The Play store launching without permission I haven't seen, so I can't guess at.
  - lmz 10y ago
    Launching the play store just uses a custom url that is handled by the play store app. See: https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/linking.html#OpeningDetails https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/linki...
- gruez 10y ago
  You do realize that happens on iOS devices as well right? Open any iTunes/appstore link and it gets opens in the respective native app
- Grishnakh 10y ago
  I have an Android phone, and I've never seen anything like this. Then again, I don't do a lot of web surfing on my phone, and when I do, I use Firefox with uBlock Origin. Smooth sailing here.... Does iPhone even allow you to use a different browser? That's why I would never own an iPhone: you're supposed to pay a ton of money for something you can't replace the battery on or upgrade the storage on, and then you're not even allowed to customize it in any way or use any alternative apps to the Apple ones.
neotek 10y ago
Holy shit, is that actually a thing? Ads that can make your phone vibrate? Does it affect iOS or Android or both?

marak830 10y ago

This. That damn vibrate is so annoying. Especially as someone who wakes up 30 mins before my alarm, and decides to read news on my phone with my wife asleep next to me.

madeofpalk 10y ago
Here, and people say that Apple is holding back 'the open web' by not implementing all these web standards. Maybe people will start realising why...
- raverbashing 10y ago
  It will be like Motorola shipping "the first Android tablet with Flash" then quickly giving up on the idea

illumin8 10y ago

What? Android lets websites vibrate your phone and launch the Play store without permission? That's insane. This is one of the reasons I will never have an android phone.

rincebrain 10y ago
There's an HTML5 API for vibrating devices, including phones; this isn't necessarily an Android-specific problem, and there are legitimate reasons for browser content to use features like vibration. (It isn't implemented in Safari, but it apparently works in other browsers on iDevices.) The Play store launching without permission I haven't seen, so I can't guess at.
- lmz 10y ago
  Launching the play store just uses a custom url that is handled by the play store app. See: https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/linking.html#OpeningDetails https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/linki...
gruez 10y ago
You do realize that happens on iOS devices as well right? Open any iTunes/appstore link and it gets opens in the respective native app
Grishnakh 10y ago
I have an Android phone, and I've never seen anything like this. Then again, I don't do a lot of web surfing on my phone, and when I do, I use Firefox with uBlock Origin. Smooth sailing here.... Does iPhone even allow you to use a different browser? That's why I would never own an iPhone: you're supposed to pay a ton of money for something you can't replace the battery on or upgrade the storage on, and then you're not even allowed to customize it in any way or use any alternative apps to the Apple ones.

neotek 10y ago

Holy shit, is that actually a thing? Ads that can make your phone vibrate? Does it affect iOS or Android or both?