JumbleDuck
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I am not where the tablet and server are, but I'll check when I can. I am pretty sure that ES File Explorer can see NFS shares, but I believe that it doesn't actually "mount" them in the strict Linux sense.
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I am not where the tablet and server are, but I'll check when I can. I am pretty sure that ES File Explorer can see NFS shares, but I believe that it doesn't actually "mount" them in the strict Linux sense.
sailorman
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+1
2nd_apprentice
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Annoyingly Android* was compiled without NFS support although there are a few third party apps. I think they all need root access so not an option for everyone. It's ridiculos that you can mount SMB shares, a Windows protocol and not NFS which is a native UNIX solution.
*ICS but I'd be surprised if this changed with JellyBean.
*ICS but I'd be surprised if this changed with JellyBean.
DaveRo
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Folk report that CifsManager will mount NFS and yes, it requires root. But my device is rooted, and File Expert has some features which require root, so I'm they could do it. I suspect it's a minority interest - they seem to be more interested in adding cloud features, password safes, shredders, and all manner of bells and whistles. It's quite a good app, but I don't know how it compares with ES File Explorer. A File Manager is pretty essential IMO.
Back to browsers. I suspect that the only compelling reason to use Firefox on Android is the addons. Either that or you're already using Firefox on other devices and you want to sync bookmarks, history, passwords, etc.. Chrome users on PCs will presumably use Chrome on Android for the same reason. I think the Firefox tab interface is less obvious than Chrome - though it's recently been redesigned and much improved so if you haven't used it for a while you might take a look.
Firefox doesn't run on iOS. If, like me, there are iPads in the house then Chrome is the obvious choice - I assume you can sync Chrome across all devices (though I don't actually know.) If you use Safari on iOS for some reason there are Firefox and Chrome addons that sync with iCloud - but not on Android AFAIK. Apple doesn't offer Safari on Android - strange that ;-)
Reading the posts above/below I don't know whether Chrome on Android supports AdBlock Plus or not - one says yes, another no, perhaps it depends on the version of Android. But Chrome on Android doesn't support addons like Firefox does. And Firefox runs Flash - at least it does on my Nexus 7/Android 4.3.
JumbleDuck
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I think anything will run Flash if you have Flash installed, but that it's no longer possible to install Flash de novo.
DaveRo
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Hmmm. Not sure.
I do not have an app called 'Flash'. Firefox has the NP Flash Plugin - its version is 11.1.r115 and it's at /data/app-lib/com.abobe.flashplayer-1/libflashplayer.so
Where did this come from? I've no idea. Not from Mozilla. Maybe from an app that was removed by an earlier update, but if so why is this plugin left behind?
http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-install-flash-player-on-android suggests a way of installing it, but also states "Google Chrome for Android does not support Flash, but browser alternatives like Mozilla Firefox or Dolphin Browser are compatible with Flash"
So whether flash works on Firefox with a recent device, which may never have had a flash app, I don't know. But if not it should be possible to fix it.
fergie_mac66
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chrome on android doesnt run flash