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Best and worst browsers.

Due to the lack of multi-touch the better browsers out there can be pretty limiting. So I wanted to share two Gems that I've found so far. Perhaps you'll like them too.
For the best
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1) xScope (I use xScope GL (was the one from 1.6) and it works just as well in 2.1 without the whole "Trial" nonsense that xScope 6 likes to add to it.
With this you double tap, upon the second tap slide your finger right to zoom in and to the left to zoom out. This works, in my opinion, better than multi-touch zoom (no need for two hands~) and works really well.
It also has a quick menu where you can list your favorite sites and go from there. Browser is as fast or faster than those that are out there . And I mean, really. Who needs gestures?
2) Miui browser (Found this via xda's front page. If you don't check that often, do. The xda staff do an amazing job recommending kick-ass apps ^^)
For this one, it has the same type of "home" area like xScope and then some extra treats. The zoom works well too. Double tap to zoom in, double tap to zoom out. I just downloaded it a few days ago but it'll easily become my main browser. I'm still finding out neat things to do with it so it could get even better.
I should mention that miui is in beta as well as when you're adding your favorites sometimes they won't save right away. Exit and restart and they should be there. I've also found I can't remove the Music short-cut but >.>; Should work eventually (in an update?)
But yes, give them a try - you probably won't be disappointed. (Although some of you are married to skyfire - i'd say use it when you know you'll be visiting flash movies sites )
For the worst
1) Firefox 4 beta 2 -
Slowed my phone down to TAR. Really really bad. Looks nice though (albeit a bit too much of a clone of dolphin hd) but what it does to Xperia is well... enough to make me uninstall asap.

thank you for the recommendations. i just tried xscope and i have to say, im impressed haha. i tried dolphin browser and hated it. there was just too much going on. i love the simplicity of xscope and the zoom is rather intuitive

Miui translated is really good. I downloaded it a few days ago and it is the best browser i used so far..
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Xscope is the sh*t. I ended up buying the full version (the demo graphic was really annoying).

[APP] Opera Mobile v10.1 Beta For Android

Its finally here the beta version of opera mobile is finally available for android
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Download it from android market.
Remember u need around 20MB free space for it.The file size itself is about 6.3MB

Didn't it come out a while ago??
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getrdy said:
Didn't it come out a while ago??
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It was opera "mini"

To be honest, I find it a bit lame and slow. The only plus side for most users will be that it does have pinch to zoom. But aside that it might be pretty it really is not a step up from stock. Try the muiu browser it is a bit faster but more intuitive.

Loving it
I find this version is a bit slow on loading, but when the page is fully loaded there is no equal for panning around and reflowing text. However, this is the first beta and functionality can only increase from here! I'm just glad to have my Opera Link back! The functionality is better than stock imo, but the Desire Browser is still the best experience I've had on the Nexus. Although I'm trying out Cyanogen 6.1-RC1 and will be using Opera from now on

I've tried to install it but if failed (because of low memory) and now 5MB disappeared... and even after 5 reboots and deliting few caches i still can't return them

I really like it!
It fast, and beautiful.

agovinoveritas said:
To be honest, I find it a bit lame and slow. The only plus side for most users will be that it does have pinch to zoom. But aside that it might be pretty it really is not a step up from stock. Try the muiu browser it is a bit faster but more intuitive.
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The miui browser can't block ads. I can add a urlfilter.ini file to Opera Mobile the same way I can with Opera on my desktop and ads are blocked.
Working on getting it to use a custom style to reflow the page so that blocked ad space is used and not just a bunch of empty negative space. That part isn't working so well

gggggooooooooooddddddd

[APP] Netfront Life Screen Launcher

Found this floating around the web & thought I'd share, they have a very interesting UI it's rather different.
A home app replacement with an easy-to-use interface that delivers previews of social network updates as well as phone services data. Pick a service, such as Facebook or Twitter, to see recent updates. Choose Call History or Contacts to call someone. Use the app launcher cube to quickly find any installed app and launch it.
Based around a single circle of icons, you can control every aspect of your phone with a single screen. Two to be exact The second of which is the screen that holds all your applications in a very slick cube design.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX96RbxNMeg
Latest version: 1.0.01 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?bbrs6c5z255x04i
PLEASE NOTE: I am not the developer of this app I'm just sharing.

The youtube vid looked pretty cool so i downloaded it to my eris, but when i try to open it gives me an error message and force closes.

Same thing on CDMA Hero.

Tried it on my N1 but found it isn't that smooth....

Love the idea, and it looks great, but it's laggy even on my speedy DX.

kinda nice, thanks for sharing
hope they improve

Yeah, gave it a shot on my Nexus this morning. Needs some smoother animation, more widgets and wallpaper changer.
It looks nice, just not for me.

pinhead875 said:
Love the idea, and it looks great, but it's laggy even on my speedy DX.
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I'd also like to be able to change out the buttons on the circle app launcher, as some of them can't be removed.

Thanks, about to try it out

I downloaded it yesterday, and I must say I love the concept. It's not too smooth on my Droid 1, even overclocked to 1.25GHz using Slayher's Kernel running Team D1-MIUI.
I haven't had many problems. Only problem is that the widget I selected doesn't always appear and when it restarts, it takes a while for it to start.

its alight...a bit choppy on my vibrant but after some streamlining and if you had the option to customize things it could be pretty cool.

Installed but decided to decline the T & C's, now uninstalled. Is it commonplace for apps to use the email address and name of the handset owner? Perhaps I'm being overcautious.

Can anyone set a different mirror or send this to me, had a problem with the original download and now it won't let me download it....
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REALLY slow and buggy on my Mytouch Slide. :/
I'll wait until all the kinks are worked out...

Interesting concept. Would be a good basic OS for some basic phones (non android).. Perhaps flash based etc.
A bit slow and laggy here and there with my Galaxy S. A bit too 'fiddly' for my liking. Good to show off, but too hard to access things quickly.

I used it for some days but you can only have 2 custom icons and you can't remove mixi (japanese social website), the music one play only musics 1 per one and it can't be used on backgrond (it use the one you sometimes have when trying to listen some songs on the phone but not the full featured one)
I've sent my review hopping that they will improve these

its very buggy XD got desire

A bit laggy on my DHD when i swipe to scroll. but when i select an item it scrolls there fast, nice and clean.

Just downloaded and it works fine on my unlocked/rooted N1. Running the latest MoDaCo FRG83D ROM.

Once everything is cached, it runs pretty smooth on both my Captivate and Tab. Icons are pixelated from being stretched on the Tab though.
Major gripe is not being able to have music playing while doing anything else. Definitely going to check out the updates though.
Thanks OP for the find!
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Froyo, crappy browser?

Hey guys I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing a more laggy browser after upgrading to froyo. My phone is rooted but I upgraded before through Kies and im with rogers if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance
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Go to Dolphin Mini and you will have no complaints!

Both Dolphin Mini and Miren browser are really light and fast. Personally, I've been leaning towards Miren.

The slowness of the browser comes from the fact that it supports and does playback flash content. If you disable flash plugin from the browser or change it to on-demand, you will see the browser loads and responds must faster.
And Steve Jobs is right, Adobe Flash is a a piece of garbage.

foxbat121 said:
The slowness of the browser comes from the fact that it supports and does playback flash content. If you disable flash plugin from the browser or change it to on-demand, you will see the browser loads and responds must faster.
And Steve Jobs is right, Adobe Flash is a a piece of garbage.
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Yes, but it's a piece of garbage we all want access to.

Dungeon47 said:
Yes, but it's a piece of garbage we all want access to.
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Other than constant popup of ads, I've yet to see any value of it. But I digress.

Adfree + on demand flash will change your life.
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Ive looked for Flash settings to change it to on demand, but where are the settings?
I like Flash because I was with iOS emailing url's to myself to check out later on desktop, but I have been going to desktop less and less as my phone becomes more and more powerful. Pretty soon all I will need it for is office and NAS use.

You won't find flash settings. It is a generic setting called 'Plug-in setting'.

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Ive looked for Flash settings to change it to on demand, but where are the settings?
I like Flash because I was with iOS emailing url's to myself to check out later on desktop, but I have been going to desktop less and less as my phone becomes more and more powerful. Pretty soon all I will need it for is office and NAS use.
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Flash is available in Dolphin HD on demand. I've only used Dolphin HD; I don't know if it can be done in mini or the stock browser.

Thanks for all the input guys, i have a quick questions what's the difference between dolphin mini and dolphin hd? And ive set my plugin setting to on demand on the deafult browser and also have adfree, but it still seems at times the browser is considerbly more laggy then the browser before froyo. Btw dolphin mini is very good thanks for the suggestion.
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Vik_92_Sandhu said:
Thanks for all the input guys, i have a quick questions what's the difference between dolphin mini and dolphin hd? And ive set my plugin setting to on demand on the deafult browser and also have adfree, but it still seems at times the browser is considerbly more laggy then the browser before froyo. Btw dolphin mini is very good thanks for the suggestion.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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It seems that this is being caused by that whole memory leak bug... anybody have more detail on this?
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Hey ,Dolphin browser HD v5 beta2 makes my phone the PC

After using dolphin browser HD v5 beta1, I totally love this browser. It makes my phone smarter. Now I have updated to dolphin browser HD v5 beta2 which I get from their dolphin blog.
One world can express my feeling when I use dolphin---cool. In this version, the side bar changes a lot. I can check the add-ons, change themes and so on.. Some many things I can do in the sidebar. It’s terrific .The bottom is too small to show so many bookmarks unless open the whole bookmarks in another window. Additionally, the new tab’s UI has both the speed dial and the visited websites. So I can easily find the web I want to browser, which save me much time.
Oh I have to mention its damn fast speed. At least faster than other browsers in my phone.
Dude .If you like my sharing, please give me thanks.LOL
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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thank you
thank you guy, I love dolphin browser, works great on my phone.
hahah

awesome, cheers buddy

atanu89 said:
awesome, cheers buddy
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I like the new bookmarks bar. Not sure if there needs to be a search button there though.
Under quick menu, maybe remove Gesture and add downloads.
Is there any way to be able to customize the color behind the tabs? Thank you for allowing more than 8 tabs. Also how about long press tab area to reopen last closed tab.

I gave up miren browser for the beta two. Its fast.
Hijacked aospCMod Darkhorse GB Hero

surviveland thank you for this info
using it now and it's getting better and better.
i only wish it had the transparent button for tab switching (coz the add-on tab switching doesn't stay on the screen)

I have not tested it for downloading from sites like mediafire,filesonic,fileserver etc..
But the surfing the net part of this Browser is amazing. Turned my phone into a desktop.
Thanks.
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Rycon33 said:
surviveland thank you for this info
using it now and it's getting better and better.
i only wish it had the transparent button for tab switching (coz the add-on tab switching doesn't stay on the screen)
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Rycon33 there are 3 ways to switch the tab.
1. use gesture. sidebar--quick menu--Gesture-- New Gesture--Switch to left tab or right tab
2.setting- volume button action- switch tabs
3. as what you have said , use add-ons
I like use volume button to switch tabs or gesture.

Beta 2 crashes on me like Lindsay Lohan after rehab.

really? it works well on my phone maybe you should write to their customer service to have a test . [email protected] , they have quick reply.