Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Internet Desktop View

A big screen owned by Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Internet apps as one of its pre-loaded applications of course will expand your experience of using this phone to meet your need of browsing activity. Moreover, this apps also has an option that will allow you to enjoy browsing the web page in full screen mode.

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Another option available on the stock Internet apps which will extend your experience of browsing a web page on a big screen is an option to view the web page in the desktop view mode. As we all know, today some webpages already have their mobile version so with this option you can load the webpage as what you see in the desktop.


How to turn on or off Internet desktop view?
If you want to browse web page in desktop view or mobile view, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the required webpage you wish to view.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. Depending on your current settings, tap Desktop view to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the browser will load the web page in the desktop view.

After reading the steps mentioned above, now you can set your browser to load web page in desktop view by enabling this option or to load in mobile view by disabling this option. FYI, by default this option is set to off and will be back to off whenever you close the browser so to enjoy browsing in desktop view you need to check this option every time you launch the browser.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Browsing Web Pages in Full Screen

As we all know that Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with big screen which will be able to provide you different experience while you using it to play the game, watching the movie or browsing the webpages.

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To extend your experience on using Galaxy SIII's big screen while browsing a web page, you can utilize an option available under Internet settings menu to set your browser in full screen mode.


How to turn on or off viewing web page in full screen?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the web page you want to view.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. On pop up menu select Settings.
6. Tap Labs.
7. Depending on your current settings, tap Full screen option to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the browser is now using the full screen mode.

Enabling this option will hide the notifications bar and will allow you to enjoy browsing the web page in full screen mode. For the record, while you're on full screen mode, the soft button will stay displayed but with the very dim dots.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set Web Browser Home Page

When using the stock Internet application on Samsung Galaxy SIII you will be able to know your favourite pages or the most visited pages by seeing the list that you can find under history tab.

See also: How to Find the Most Visited Pages List on Samsung Galaxy S3

Knowing the list of your favourite pages of course will help you to easily accessing those pages. Another way that you can do to easier your experience of using the stock browser is by setting the certain page as its homepage.


How to set browser homepage?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
4. Tap General.
5. Tap Set homepage.
6. Now you will see four options available on pop up menu. They are:
• Current page: choose this option if you want to set the page you're currently viewing as the browser homepage.
• Blank page: choose this option if you want the browser to load a blank page whenever you open the browser.
• Default page: choose this option to set the default page as the browser homepage.
• Other: choose this option if you want to set another web page to set it as the browser homepage.
7. Tap the required set homepage option you wish to use. When the dot indicator next to the option shows green means the option is selected.
8. Finish. Now you have managed to set homepage on your browser.

Setting the browser homepage to the desired page of course will useful to help you save the time because now you don't need to navigate from the unwanted homepage whenever you open the browser.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Web Pages Loading Images

You can find several options available under settings menu while you're using the stock Internet applications in Samsung Galaxy SIII. One of which is a find on page option which will allow you to easily find a text or string on a web page you're currently viewing.

See also: How to Find Text on Web Page on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option that you can find under settings menu in Internet apps is a bandwidth management option that you can use to set the browser to display or not the image on the website you're viewing.


How to turn on or off loading image?
Here are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Settings.
4. Tap Bandwidth management.
5. Depending on your current settings, tap Load images to enable or disable loading image. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the option is enabled.

By knowing how to set your browser to display or not the image on the website you're viewing, now you can set it to on or off according to your need. If you want to load images then you can enable this option, while if you don't want to load images or want to save more data then you can turn this option off.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Find the Most Visited Web Pages List

If you go to the bookmark icon in the stock Internet application in Samsung Galaxy SIII, you will see some tabs available there, one of them is a saved pages tab which is contain saved pages for you to use for offline reading. This of course will useful if you want to read them later without having to use Internet connection.

See also: How to Offline Reading on Samsung Galaxy S3

Still at the tabs under Bookmarks, another tabs that you can find is history tab. Here you can see the history of your browsing activity grouped into some categories and the history of your favourites pages that grouped into the most visited category.


How to Find the Most Visited Website List?
If you want to see which pages you're often visiting, then kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap Bookmarks icon .
4. Tap History tab.
5. Tap the Most visited category to expand and viewing the list.
6. To open the link, long tap in the required link you wish to open then on pop up menu select Open to open the link in the current page or select Open in new window to open the links in the new window.

By knowing where to find the most visited pages list, now you can visit your favourites pages using the stock Internet application easily. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Find a Text on Web Page

Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with the stock Internet apps that you can use to browse a webpages you likes. In this apps, you can see some options available under its settings menu, one of which is an option called saved for offline reading for you to save certain webpage to read it later without having to use Internet connection.

See also: How to Offline Reading on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option that you will see under Internet apps settings menu is an option to allow you to search for certain text or string on the website you're currently viewing. This of course will useful to helps you find the text you're looking on the website.


How to search a text on a web page?
Below are the steps to do so:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the web page you want to open.
4. To find text or string, tap the Menu key then select Find on page.
5. Enter the text you're looking for in the search text box.
6. Tap the Up arrow key to page up or tap the down arrow key to page down.
7. If there is a match text in the website, then you will see the text will be highlighted.

By knowing how to use this option of course will make you more easier to find specific text or string that you're looking for on a website. So, hope this helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Offline Reading

In certain condition or area, you're prohibited to use radio transmitter, such as while you're on a plane or in a hospital. Fortunately, Samsung Galaxy SIII provides you an option called flight mode which will allow you to stay using your phone in this area. This mode will turn off the wireless signal on your phone for safe use in this area.

See also: How to Turn On of Off Flight Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3

While you're on flight mode, surely you can't use Internet connection to browse webpage. But, if you still want to read certain web page, there is an option on the stock Internet apps which will allow you to save certain webpages for offline reading. Once you've saved the page, you can open and read the pages later without having to use an Internet connection.


How to save a page for offline reading?
Below are the steps to do to save certain pages for you to use it for offline reading:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Navigate to the webpage you wants to save for offline reading.
4. Once it completed loading, tap the Menu key then select Save for offline reading.

How to read a saved page?
Once you've finished saving the page, later you can read it offline by following the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Internet.
3. Tap Bookmarks icons .
4. Tap Saved page tab.
5. Now you will see thumbnails of the saved page.
6. Tap the desired saved page to open the offline page.

Knowing how to save page for offline reading then read it later will of course helps you to stay be able to read your favourites pages while you're on flight mode or when you have no Internet connection.