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[APP] Is there a need for Dolphin Browser anymore?

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?

dmo580 said:
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.

dmo580 said:
no one uses xscope?
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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.

aussiebum said:
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.

Which browser do you like?

I installed Dolphin(again) at a friend's suggestion and found it to be too busy and although fast, not noticeably faster than the Evo's default browser. But now I wonder if I'm missing something? Does the Evo's browser suck that much? I have to admit, I hate that window limit but still, not enough to make me switch.
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Dolphin HD browser.

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Dolphin hd

Hmm I have never tried any browser besides stock...gonna try dolphin HD but I have to say....the bookmark widget doesn't look promising

i've been pretty content with skyfire, i love the button that switches between android and desktop views. i haven't tried dolphin yet though.

I like Dolphin, but sometimes I perfer a simple and fast browser also known as xScope.

I really liked dolphin before it added the sidebar. I always end up activating the sidebar when I don't want it, and sometimes it breaks scrolling.
I started loading the AOSP browser from bugless beast on my phone and love it. It is just the stock browser like the N1, and it doesn't show previews of the windows, but it does allow 8 windows instead of 4.

Stock for me.
Sent telepathically via my Evo.
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I use Dolphin HD even though it fails miserably at downloading things. I wish there was a fast, easy way to clear the browser defaults like there is with the launchers.

I use Dolphin HD the most due to its features but it has a tendency to sit around and not do anything after you click a link. You'll think you missed the click and then 10 seconds later, it'll wake up and decide to start loading the next page. No idea why it does this. Happens every so often.

I use the stock broswer and dolphin hd pro I love dolphin

Minjin said:
I use Dolphin HD the most due to its features but it has a tendency to sit around and not do anything after you click a link. You'll think you missed the click and then 10 seconds later, it'll wake up and decide to start loading the next page. No idea why it does this. Happens every so often.
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Yes! this is exactly what bugs me. The stock browser doesn't do this. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Love Dolphin HD, except for that clicking problem, glad I'm not the only one. Tried Skyfire once and it seemed slow and clunky, pinch zoom was delayed, and didn't adjust text to wrap on the screen.

Xscope is great, fastest one I've tried and works just like chrome.

Yeah I love the stock browser's speed but it is seriously lacking features. I used to use Dolphin HD but the lag was horrible. Now I use the regular Dolphin Browser (NOT HD). This browser is fast (not quite as fast as the stock browser but much faster than the HD version) and has almost all the features of Dolphin HD. It's funny because they say Dolphin HD is optimized for 2.1 but the regular one is way faster.
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I'm using Opera and loving it. The only thing that could make it better is if I could set it as the default browser.
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I didnt notice any speed difference in dolphin or opera compared to stock.

Dolphin HD easy bookmarks

weehooherod said:
With the new Opera 4.1 update you can set it as your default browser.
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You are correct. Noticed this the other day. Awesomeness.
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Dolphin Browser Mini Preview For Android

Hi guys,
The dolphin browser mini preview is out and according to testers so far, it's the fastest one. The mini version of Dolphin actually comes with
Enhanced UI
Unlimited Tab Browsing
new menu design with tool box.
You can download directly from the market or from here.

Its pretty fast on wifi and 3G. Pretty easy to follow UI.
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Yeah, I love Dolphin Browser

I like this browser. Thanks aliwaqas

it's better than HD, faster and simpler. It just needs a nice quick access home page like Miren browser. Where you see quick access sites, bookmarks button, downloads, history etc,
ATM it has a useless blank page for a new tab.

compare to the HD version, i prefer the mini one.
it is easier and faster

Vry fast compared to skyfire

Opera Mini best browser?

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?

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'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.

rothnic said:
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.

cutterjohn said:
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.

DaMan said:
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.

Best Browser?

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.

wontstoptalking said:
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??