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I downloaded dolphin browser HD from the market last night to give it a try. I wanted to see if it would make the browsing even smoother and faster than it already is on frf91, or run flash better or something. I don't notice anything different. I understand that it has a lot of great features like gestures, tabs, add ons that the regular browser doesn't. But as far as just the performance of page loading or scrolling or anything, do you guys see any difference? What do you like about it?
Lol you answered it in your own post.. It's about the extra features it has
Right I was just wondering if people saw a performance increase in certain types of pages or something. Or if anyone was noticing speed increases.
I don't see any improvements whatsoever with speed. For Dolphin, I have a bunch of gestures set up that makes my lift a lot easier by having a shortcut to "select text".
I guess the only other thing that helps is the convenient access to wipe history and cache. You can also set it to private browsing mode so it never remembers history.
I like being able to exit/close the browser
I have noticed a few features that make Dolphin browser great.
First is the UAs (user agent settings) can be set to desktop client always. I hate going to about:debug every single time on the N1 stock browser. The MT3GS has a stock browser with UAs options in the stock settings. Not having that, after already having it in a stock browser is just annoying.
Downloading is much more efficient with Dolphin for me. I have been able to get everything posted on xda through rapidshare and others. If I am about to download something on my computer, I chrome to phone the link, and use dolphin to download it and astro to move it to the root.
Text clarity is much better on Dolphin. This was especially noticeable when reading text sites, like the news.
The flash player is on Demand, which is annoying when your first testing it out, but I have grown to love that feature. Especially when a lot of sites are fattened up with flash advertisements and useless widgets all over the place. News sites are the worst of all. Even when your in an EDGE only zone a news story should load fine, but an animated advertisement loading in the middle of the page will slow you down.
Downside. I can't seem to establish a secure connection when attempting to connect to a website using verisign to verify the secure connection. I don't know if it is the secure connection that isn't working or the verification? I emailed Dolphin, maybe they will tell me.
I use Dolphin primarily, but the great thing about Android is that you can run both of them, or either of them whenever you please. Getting the best of both worlds.
What I like the most is the simple refresh and stop button next to the address bar
I just wish it had a better theme...the theme tries to be too flashy and the additional themes are equally as gaudy...a simple stock browser theme (same tabs and buttons and whatnot but with the stock android theme styling) would be great...oh well.
Just so I know, dolphin browser uses the default webkit browser core, correct? And it just basically is like the default browser with different settings, UI, and "skin" overtop of the default browser.
no one uses xscope?
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no one uses xscope?
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Only for downloading files that Dolphin Browser seems to not want to download...
Skyfire 2.1 has improved alot. Its fast, the multi touch is better than it was with 2.0, and its flash player works much better than before. I use this when browsing casually (not logging in anywhere.) Love to watch worldstarhiphop videos with it cause flash 10.1 performance sucks on that site.
dmo580 said:
no one uses xscope?
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i use xscope. although i like that dolphin has ability to sync bookmarks
Nope, stopped using Dolphin HD for a couple reasons:
1) It has tabs, which is awesome, but it's a little too complicated to reach them compared to the old dolphin. I liked being able to swipe down to bring down the bar.
2) It's buggy as hell. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it about three times now. Sometimes it doesn't register my clicks, sometimes it brings about the crazy screen problem, and sometimes it just doesn't try to load my pages.
I just wish the stock android browser had tabs implemented.
Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast
The ability for fullscreen mode. That's most important to me as I don't want the notification bar to waste space and to prevent further lcd screen burn in for my N1.
Although that feature is broken in the recent version but a fix is coming.
kolyan said:
Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast
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Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.
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I do. Downloaded X-Scope and Dolphin the same day. There was something Dolphin did that I did not like, but can't remember what it was. But it was often enough it annoyed me. Never had an issue with X-Scope
Love xscope lite. Looks great, great features. many people don't know this but you can set up Flash to run automatically vs. "on demand"
I wasn't sure if all the browser improvements on 2.2 were just for the stock browser but doesn't seem anyone has noticed a difference in speed between stock and alternatives.
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Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.
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Not sure what you mean by text reflow, but I set it to "wide" in one of the settings and it made the xda forums look exactly the same as dolphin/stock browser.
Extract from JH3 Galaxy Tab Rom download from here. Tested work on Nexus one 2.2.1 w/ Cyanmod 6.1 ROM. only problem is that it force closes in landscape mode. I have been searching up and down for this for over half year since first heard of it earlier this year -- it is time to trade Nexus one to a bigger screen phone.
you would need to install all three apks, and only readinghub has launcher icon. from there, you can launch zinio or pressdisplay
for these who do not know yet zinio, it is the largest US e-magazine subscription provider. zinio for ios is one of the most downloaded non-game software. it has reading client for pc, mac, web flash. www.zinio.com
pressdisplay is similar to zinio only that it offers e-newspaper.
It didn't work on my Hero
is there hope for me?
thanks for the apks
tested it on my droid x, zinio couldn't display any picture
does it show pic on your N1?
and it also crashed on landscape mode.
haven't try the pressdisplaythough.
Same here
Same here. I installed on Galaxy tab and it wont work.!
Will it work on Nook Color?
working ok in my Nexus 1.
Has anyone tried using Zinio on NookColor
Has anyone tested this on Nook Color - I run the app and nothing happens.
Tested on Cruz Reader and get Force Close on ReadingHub every time. Is this 3g/4g dependent?
Works and crashes
I got mine to work loging
download my mags
open the mag and it crashes
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
HTC Desire HD
Zoom In only
i can read the magazine in zoom in mode only
standard view is a black screen
bigjohn8210 said:
i can read the magazine in zoom in mode only
standard view is a black screen
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Same here on an Archos 70.
Works quite well on my HTC Desire.
Crashes (most times) if you switch from Portrait to Landscape during a session, but zooms, switches from full view to text mode and back and swipes through pages back and forth without problem.
Been using it for a couple of weeks now.
Mark
Updated my N1 to Girgerbread, and zinio stop worked, start to appears forced to close the apps.
Works reasonably well on my motor zoom. I've encountered intermittent force closes but not enough to be discouraging. It's great in portrait mode.
Are magazines working on your Xoom? I just get crashes when I try to open it up.
Stopped updating latest magazines and now won't reinstall properly on the HTC Desire
Hopefully a supported App is coming SOON!!!!!
M.
working on my nook color with honeycomb
Its working on my Nook Color with 2.2. never worked for me on 2.1
works great on my galaxy s, many thanks!!
Works like a charm in my SGS.
I used the instructions on GearDiary.com (can't paste the link, I'm new )
I have found Opera to be the hands down smoothest scrolling browser (at least compared to stock browser and Dolphin HD)....has anyone else found anything better...at least on a stock g-tab. I mean the others scroll real jerky, Opera scrolls super smooth..much like Safari on my iPod touch. Any theories why Opera is so much smoother?
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I have found Opera to be the hands down smoothest scrolling browser (at least compared to stock browser and Dolphin HD)....has anyone else found anything better...at least on a stock g-tab. I mean the others scroll real jerky, Opera scrolls super smooth..much like Safari on my iPod touch. Any theories why Opera is so much smoother?
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I'm a big xScope advocate(trial is just fine). I think I've tried all of them that I know exist. Menu to go fullscreen, and swiping between tabs is killer.
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I'm a big xScope advocate(trial is just fine). I think I've tried all of them that I know exist. Menu to go fullscreen, and swiping between tabs is killer.
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I just installed xScope today and I can confirm that it is MUCH faster (at least to me) on loading and scrolling pages than the stock browser. Thanks for the tip!
jonnickell said:
I have found Opera to be the hands down smoothest scrolling browser (at least compared to stock browser and Dolphin HD)....has anyone else found anything better...at least on a stock g-tab. I mean the others scroll real jerky, Opera scrolls super smooth..much like Safari on my iPod touch. Any theories why Opera is so much smoother?
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I couldn't stand either Opera variant for Android, and even preferred stock browser over them. (Actually I found Opera to bethe absolute worst browser of all the ones that I tried, and I tried all that I found in the market(and elsewhere) with the Augen GT...)
When DolphinHD works, I usually end up using that, but I've also used hmmm.... can't remember the name fire something or other I think when I had the Augen GT as Dolphin HD didn't work properly on it...
Never tried xScope yet as I doubt that it's enough better than the free browsers to pay for it...
I'm just hoping that fennec gets cleaned up enough to be useful... having access to plugins available would be awesome... adblock+ & noscript in particular.
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Never tried xScope yet as I doubt that it's enough better than the free browsers to pay for it...
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xScope has a free version. The pay one just adds some extra options (file manager or something thats not really needed).
Hi guys, imo the absolutely best browser is dolphin mini (not dolphin hd). Scrolling and pinch tp zoom is the smoothest.
+1 for Xscope!
I tried a bunch of browsers initially, and avoided Xscope, because it seemed complicated. But then, when I tried it later, I really started liking it.
Jim
Miren
I have tried Dolphin hd, stock, and Opera, out of them I prefer the stock. Today I installed Miren browser it doesn't scroll as smooth but it has several options I need at my fingertips, and switching between tabs is simple. So far I think I like it.
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Hi guys, imo the absolutely best browser is dolphin mini (not dolphin hd). Scrolling and pinch tp zoom is the smoothest.
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I switched from xScope to that for a bit because it basically fixed how bulky dolphin is. However I misssed xscope swiping between tabs too much.
So far I've used a whole bunch of browsers:
Stock Honeycomb
Dolphin HD
Dolphin Tab
Firefox
That browser that starts with M... max something... MX something...
Opera,
and probably some others.
There are pros and cons with them all, and I'm wondering about people's opinions on them.
Here's what I think:
Stock: nice, of course, cause it's stock. Doesn't allow addons, it seems, though. Pretty zippy. The "full screen mode" that has the menu options when you slide your thumb onto the screen on either side is very very cool.
Dolphin HD: I can see why people like it, but I don't like it much myself. Clearly it's not optimized for tablets, which is why I started using Dolphin Tab...
Dolphin Tab: is clearly in beta. Works ok, and has addons, but this doesn't include adblock. Sad.
Firefox: I'm liking it. Definitely needs polish, and the way tabs work is pretty rough, but very nice. Doesn't have built-in user agent switcher, but an addon fixes that. And it has adblock! Yes! This makes it very very good in my eyes. Seems a bit heavy, though, kinda like Firefox on PC.
That M browser thingy: works well, definitely optimized for tablets, but not really my style, and has some rendering issues (it seems to me).
Opera: Very, very, very good. However, not optimized for Tablets. Which is too bad. It has no addons, so no adblock, and no user agent switcher, so all websites give me mobile versions. Very zippy, everything renders well, but Facebook is a little weird.
Actually, I've noticed that Facebook renders best in Firefox, for some reason.
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That browser that starts with M... max something... MX something...
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Maxthon Browser.
Iv'e tried them all and i prefer the Maxthon tablet version over all other browsers available.
No rendering issues here.
I love the stock one.
BTW Opera does have agent switcher. Maybe you are trying opera mini? Try Opera mobile, it's a good browser.
Regards.
I've found all of the browsers to be laggy except Opera mobile. You can change the User Agent and you can also block ads using the url filter feature. The major drawback I find with it is that it doesn't have a page down and is scroll only. Almost every other browser allows me to hit the space bar or page down on the dock to advance a page.
I really want to like Firefox for the add ons but I just found it to be to slow to load.
I'm a huge Dolphin fan and have been using it on my phone forever but I found it just does not scroll smoothly at all on my TF.
The slide-out navigation controls make the default browser best, in my opinion. Give them a try - it allows for quick navigation and a more viewable browsing area without being cluttered by the menu bar.
Wow, thanks, Jacorso. I was dumb and using Opera Mini. Derp.
And for those suggesting stock, I like stock as well, too. The slide-in controls are very very neat. I'll be switching between stock and opera mobile, it seems.
i like skyfire and dolphin tab the most just because how fast they are.
I just stick with the stock one since most of the others are just wrappers over it anyway and Firefox is horribly bloated.
i like the stock browser regarding its handling and the look...unfortunately it's really slow and sometimes not reacting to touch...
for now i am quite satisfied with dolphin tab. it is pretty fast and working so far...though i wonder, why there is still no really working browser for tabs by now? it's not like android tabs were available since last week...
Dolphin for Pad and Maxthon for Pad are the only ones other than Stock that I use.
I've just tried maxthon for tablet but I went back immediately to opera mobile... it seems laggy and scrolling is not smooth like in opera... i wish opera had gestures to manage tabs...
I have been using Opera for 4-5 months & have been happy. Not that it doesn't have a few issues but nothing g compared to the stock browser. There is no lag while typing. The XDA search box actually works. These were a couple issues with the stock browser that I couldn't overcome.
im using opera mini, does anyone know how to change mobile facebook to normal facebook like in computer..
Sorry for English.
I like Dolphin HD
I like Dolphin HD
I use Opera and I haven't problem.
Stock, and when ICS comes and is even faster, it will still be the case.
Opera doesn't fully comply with web standards so 5% appear very strange on the tablet.
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I use opera since 2 weeks. Im happy with it. Runs very fast and stable.
Stock browser is always the best
i dunno, i use maxthon in combo with stock...
i prefer maxthon tablet version 1.5 (the latest) as it works very nice and fast, but some times it bugs on some downloads o0, and thus i combine it with stock
browser
im a fan of the stock browser however i cant figure out how to set my homepage??
I am running opera 11.5.5 and I need some help getting it set up. I'm having 3 major issues that is keeping this thing from being my only browser.
1. I can't change the homepage. I've set the homepage in the opera:config but it still takes me to the opera tiles page.
2. I'd love to be able to change the Google search bar to not use the mobile Google search. either by adding another search tool for normal Google, or better yet changing the settings of the stock search.
3. I have the hulu hacked flash v11.mumble installed, and the user agent set to desktop in the settings, but hulu doesn't work. (it works fine in dolphin and stock)
FWIW, I'm running revolver Rom.
can anyone help?
You might see what you can do in /data/data/com.opera.browser/opera, can't say that I'm very familiar with it in any versionn of Opera.
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