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Opera 5 mini question

Now that there is an official beta for android of Opera mini, I decided to give it a try. It is fast but it won't play any videos on youtube. Anyone know of any kind of fix for this or is it not possible. The video play fine with the default browser.

ElAguila said:
Now that there is an official beta for android of Opera mini, I decided to give it a try. It is fast but it won't play any videos on youtube. Anyone know of any kind of fix for this or is it not possible. The video play fine with the default browser.
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use the youtube app or get youtube downloader from the market. i don't think flash works with opera yet.
i love the opera mini browser...super fast and nice on the eyes. ive used it since my winmo days!

oddly enough opera mini didn't feel any faster than the stock 2.1 browser and I found the android browser to be more intuitive. I guess mileage varies.

I really liked Opera Mobile but I don't have much experience with the mini version.

obelisk79 said:
oddly enough opera mini didn't feel any faster than the stock 2.1 browser and I found the android browser to be more intuitive. I guess mileage varies.
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it's tons faster than the stock 1.5 browser. can the 2.1 browser work on a 1.5rom? if so can you post the apk?

I downloaded and started using mini 5. It is faster than the stock browser. I do have a question though. How do you exit the browser? I press menu and nothing happens. I press the wrench in the lower right of the bottom bar and it brings up some items I can click but none of them are exit or quit.

ElAguila said:
I downloaded and started using mini 5. It is faster than the stock browser. I do have a question though. How do you exit the browser? I press menu and nothing happens. I press the wrench in the lower right of the bottom bar and it brings up some items I can click but none of them are exit or quit.
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I have been look for this option also. I tried all the possible option in oper mini setting but not for easy exit. I just let it sit in the background until Autokiller end the it or it exit on it self.

Dolphin Browser HD!

Just downloaded Dolphin Browser HD and it is freakin awesome. Try it out.

what is the difference?
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lots its smoother

I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02

thanks am gonna try it out

Just installed it.....really nice..."gestures" are really handy...

Best browser out there PERIOD.
Smooth. Options. Bells/whistles.

How does it stack up to Skyfire 2.0 Beta?

why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.

digitalscars said:
why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.
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Changing the settings for me worked. Changed the view to close and haven't had to zoom at all and double tapping zooms also fyi.

I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......

chfields said:
I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......
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You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision

barnacles10 said:
I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.

lv2bll said:
You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision
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I read that earlier and did that to no avail......I went back to the original....

Wow... this is WAY better thank skyfire, sans the flash video support.

couple questions...
thanks for the heads up. i will give hd a try.
still frustrated that we dont have access to the vast majority of videos out there (not talking just about porn ). is this the same for most if not all smart phones? skyfire at least can play a few vids that all the other browsers cant.
i used dolphin for quite a while and have tried opera mini, skyfire and the stock browser (not bad) but so far xscope has stayed my primary for the longest. nice features and fairly quick.
cheers,
ryan

Never understood why dolphin gets so much love. It drives me crazy every time I try to use it. I have a touch screen phone so why design a browser that opens a gestures window every time I swipe my screen? I just don't get it. That and today after I installed it the thing became default browser without even asking me. That just pisses me off.
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healed said:
+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.
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barnacles10 said:
I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+2 I will try this "HD" version but the original Dolphin is just the Stock browser functionality with a dolphin icon lol

xScope is the best by far... Tried them all, always went back to stock browser until I tried xScope... Now that is all i use.

Its so hard losing the speed of opera but i like it

Dolphin Browser HD2 *Pre launch version added*

Did you hate the speed of Dolphin Brower? Was it kinda sluggish, and gave you a headache?.. Well yea, I am not here to save you from your headaches...
..However..
Dolphin Browser HD2 is coming tommorow according to Androidtapp, it brings the following features along with it:
Androidtapp.com said:
Key New Feature Enhancements in Dolphin Browser HD2:
-One of the biggest advantageous you’ll notice is the speed of the browser and how it controls. The other advantage is user interface enhancements and creative interface controls.
-In v1.2 and lower when you slide the screen from left to right your windows management panel appears, this has been opted for Bookmarks & Most Visited websites. Window management can now be found in Add-ons toolbar by longpress and sliding that panel down.
-Browse the web in Full screen.
-When you slide from right to left the installed Add-ons toolbar appears (oh, don’t forget to grab the AndroidTapp.com RSS Add-ons).
-Lastly, there are new add-ons like Adblocker, Password Manager (super convenient), and Screen Cut.
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Click the link below to get the pre launch version of the browser:
http://bit.ly/DHDv2Pre
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Heres a video, if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1tfMSBYEI
I have been using the default browser lately since it seems to meet most of my needs, but maybe this will change things. Though, I said the same about the first version..

I've been using Dolphin HD for a while and really like it, but it was slightly sluggish and lacked some basic user interface features. This could really be a contender for Fennec on Android if it gets a decent amount of attention from the extension devs.

Looks WAY improved over HD1. Can't wait.

Looks awesome! Hopefully it's comparable in speed with the Froyo stock browser. HD1 was just unusable because of its sluggishness.

It should be out today ?
Looks amazing , especially the adblock plus add-on .

=/ Yeah I can't find it anywhere; is HD2 already out?

will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?

Give me an option to remove the tab bar and I'll use it! I like all my screen real estate, the tab bar annoys me.

qvert said:
will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?
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Same question here.

Why don't you guys try the pre launch version that's posted in the OP?
I'm trying it already. It seems quite different from the previous dolphin HD.
Still no "on demand" for flash plugin though.

seems to be released
and it's updated to the normal dolphin
i really like that the URL bar is now hidden by default and only shown while using the menu key, more space!

yeah, its released.

HD2 is just a normal update from V1, you can get it straight from the market as an update.

Still no "on demand" option for flash

still dog slow.

acantril said:
still dog slow.
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Don't know which one you using but im using 2.0 from the market and its amazing. this is coming from a person who used it before and thought it was crap.

does flash work on dolphin by the way?

xXJay_RXx said:
does flash work on dolphin by the way?
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yes it does, however it requires froyo with flash player installed.
p.s. i am still finding to way to switch flash on demand just like stock browser of froyo does

Am I the only one seeing no add-ons? I didn't expect them all to be there with it being a pre-launch version but i can't see any

Is anyone else having problems scrolling from side to side? Whenever I try to do so, it activates the swipe features (toolbar and bookmarks).

[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.

BEST APPS FOR XPERIA X10i

Let's have this thread to discuss in brief and detail about all the best possible apps we can have in our Xperia X10i.
True, we have been installing and uninstalling very many apps as devs keeps developing lots and lots of apps. True, we will soon beat iPhone store.
Coming to our subject:
I have purchased Smart Keyboard Pro based on review. Recently, I was going through the Better Keyboard reviews too. Lot's of people have installed Better Keyboard (16.5K rating), while Smart Keyboard Pro is only 7K ratings. Should I go for BK or retain with SK? Please advice. Does BK has the featur of suggesting sentences as Xperia 1.6 keyboard had earlier? (where the previously used words automatically pops up while texting). I loved it, and now after 2.1 it's gone. SK doesn't have this. Does BK have it? Anyone having BK with this feature? Please comment.

Recently I have come across another app named "Button Savior".
This is an wonderful app. I have installed in my Xperia X10i and it's awesome. The only thing I need is, that app should float below or top and not on left or right. It's little nuisance to see it on right. Besides, the icons should be customizable. Any idea, how to get these fixed.
I literally want to stop using the hard keys and go for such soft keys. Please let me know your thoughts.

cool
benzmar said:
Recently I have come across another app named "Button Savior".
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Cool app.

I found app better than handscent,named go sms. Real cool and more simple and powerful yet. Try it out.
Gunawan-GN Multimedia-X10i

Anyone recommend me a good web browser?
One that loads web pages fast,
has Pinch zoom,
long-press copy/paste,
flash support
and preferably one that doesn't have a UI that takes up a lot of space. I like to have my status bar up top and still have a large area to view webpages.
I've been using Dolphin but the UI is too overdone and large.

best browser imo is Skyfire

BULL3TPR00F said:
best browser imo is Skyfire
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and dolphin browser