New version out, not sure if this is the tablet optimized version but it runs realy well on the TF
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New version out, not sure if this is the tablet optimized version but it runs realy well on the TF
sent from my LEE Pad Transformer........I wish
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cant find it anywhere. mind posting a link
OP must be smoking something. The latest beta is 5.0b2:
http://blog.dolphin-browser.com/
i downloaded it, doesnt do smoother scrolling than Default browser though. hopefully they can manage to get super smooth scrolling in final product
You have to take a look at the Opera Mobile Browser.
It scrolls super fast on Xda and has a really nice UI. Unfortunately it doesnt support Flash for Tablets yet... But I guess there will be an update soon
The problem with Opera is that it is proxy-based. Meaning that what you're actually getting is a pre-rendered site off Opera's own servers. This limits a lot of functionality especially with Javascripting.
I personally prefer HC's own brower simply due to Chrome bookmark syncing.
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The problem with Opera is that it is proxy-based. Meaning that what you're actually getting is a pre-rendered site off Opera's own servers. This limits a lot of functionality especially with Javascripting.
I personally prefer HC's own brower simply due to Chrome bookmark syncing.
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You're thinking of opera mini. Opera mobile can also do this if you have turbo enabled in the the browser settings. Also, flash does work in Opera mobile. You can set it to on demand just like the stock browser. The main thing about oepra mobile that I don't like is the tabbing system. It works fine for small screens, but for a tablet, I wish it would do tabs like the stock browser.
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You're thinking of opera mini. Opera mobile can also do this if you have turbo enabled in the the browser settings. Also, flash does work in Opera mobile. You can set it to on demand just like the stock browser. The main thing about oepra mobile that I don't like is the tabbing system. It works fine for small screens, but for a tablet, I wish it would do tabs like the stock browser.
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Hmmm... interesting... are you sure? Try opening using google images on your opera mini and then on Dolphin or stock browser. See the diference? Or even just searching something on google period. Do you get the drop down recommendations as you're typing?
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Hmmm... interesting... are you sure? Try opening using google images on your opera mini and then on Dolphin or stock browser. See the diference? Or even just searching something on google period. Do you get the drop down recommendations as you're typing?
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Again, Opera Mini != Opera Mobile. Those are two different apps. Opera Mobile is the full featured browser, and Opera Mini is the one that opera sends compressed pages to make the browser go faster. Opera Mobile is a full featured browser that is compatible with flash, and also has turbo mode where it can act like mini.
EDIT: Links. Notice the size difference between the two <1mb vs 13mb. I think the tablet one is even 20mb
Opera Mini
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How come javascripting isn't running on my Google Images page? Or showing drop down menus when searching with Google, etc on Opera Mobile?
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How come javascripting isn't running on my Google Images page? Or showing drop down menus when searching with Google, etc on Opera Mobile?
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Are you using mini or mobile? If you are using mobile, do you have turbo enabled in the settings?
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OP must be smoking something. The latest beta is 5.0b2:
http://blog.dolphin-browser.com/
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Silly me, they are supposed to have a HC optimized version of dolphin very soon think this is just a new version of the phone browser.That said it works well
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I don't have Turbo enabled. Will that fix that?
wow.opera mobile is so much better and faster then any other browsers ive tried, i cant get flash to work though.
Its not available for tablets But I guess they will update the version pretty soon.
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wow.opera mobile is so much better and faster then any other browsers ive tried, i cant get flash to work though.
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May thats why Opera is faster then others cause theres no flash....
dazz87 said:
May thats why Opera is faster then others cause theres no flash....
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Flash works fine on mine. Has option for off/on or click to use flash.
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I don't have Turbo enabled. Will that fix that?
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Yeah, you don't want turbo enabled. Maybe you're just on a mobile version of these sites. The google auto complete works fine on mine. Also, flash works fine too. Flash settings are under advanced. If it is set to click to play, there should be a gray play icon when there is some flash on the site.
One thing you can do to get it to always show desktop versions of sites is type opera:config in the url and click enter. Then go to user prefs, and put "Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00" (without the quotes) in the custom user agent box, and click save.
Has the adblock addon EVER worked for Dolphin??
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Been using dolphin since 1.6, but want a change. Suggestions?
You could try xScope, fastest browser in most reviews
I use Skyfire.
Great features and the speed is also very good
Have been using Skyfire since I got my X10, very fast and nice browser.
And the flash tab is very usefull in some cases.
However since yesterday I have started working with the Xscope 6 browser.
And I love the zoom function by just swiping. Have not seen this function in other browsers. Some of the functions I don't love so much, but still a fast and basic browser.
If you visit alot of flash websites (why would you ? ;-) ) I would recommend Skyfire.
Otherwise try the Xscope.
Both are very nice.
my favourite browser is Dolphin HD
fast and very comfortable to use
Try Opera Mobile 10.1 beta (Android 1.6+)
http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?sub=++++&id=33290&location=270¬hanks=yes
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my favourite browser is Dolphin HD
fast and very comfortable to use
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Maybe its just me but how do you control the zoom in dolphin hd?
In the old one it had + - buttons that showed up when my touched the screen but now it just seems to be double tap to zoom in with no option to control just how much or little it zooms.
Annoying on my chess site where the board is either far away or too close to see the whole thing....
In the Dolphin Browser you can activate it in Settings. It was already checked when i had Dolphin but maybe its unchecked in yours. Dont know how it was called but it easy to find. I like the Firefox Browser but the Browser still need alot of work becouse no HTML5,no Zoom in and out Buttons and eats to much Internal Memory and RAM but i like the Style and how to switch Tabs and all.
try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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MIUI is good.
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try miren browser (miui browser)
i've tried the default android browser, skyfire, dolphin HD, opera, etc, and none of these come CLOSE to the speed of the miren browser. no lag, lots of settings, etc.
you can get the english version on the main xda apps forums. they're crazy over it.
the also seem to like the UC browser. i haven't tried it yet but people say it is good.
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Thanks for the UC browser tip....installed it and its speedy fast...wow...loving it..and the UI is nice.
Definitely the best browser I have used so far.
I´ve installed and tried about six other browsers by now but none of them stopped me using Opera (mini or mobile) yet. Must say I used Opera as my phone-browser since 2006, so that probably makes it harder to get used to those fancy new browsers. Well I do like to try them, but it would take so much time to actually test and compare. If I had to choose right now, I would pick DolphinHD, for looks and feel (next to Opera .
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I´ve installed and tried about six other browsers by now but none of them stopped me using Opera (mini or mobile) yet. Must say I used Opera as my phone-browser since 2006, so that probably makes it harder to get used to those fancy new browsers. Well I do like to try them, but it would take so much time to actually test and compare. If I had to choose right now, I would pick DolphinHD, for looks and feel (next to Opera .
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Opera is best!!
I think everybdy agree.its jst they need sm chng
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Miren Browser, now supporting multiple languages...quick and well designed...
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Opera is good though
Xscope is fast browser but hard to use .
but how to zoom using Opera?
I use opera mini
how do i install the miui browser?
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how do i install the miui browser?
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It is now called Miren browser and the apk is in the android section games/apps...
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Miren Browser is the best ive tried too, just a question not a big problem but, do you pollpixx have any problems with miren when you click a youtube link in the browser and it doesnt work? on mine it just shows a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" screen...
Didnt noticed that yet, only thing I noticed that all external links are blank and you manually have to refresh, but they working on that as we speak...just watched a youtube movie from a twitter message directly and it went okay...
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This browser is definitely better than default browser. Fast, flash support, and it gets 100% on acid3 ( http://acid3.acidtests.org ) test.
Finally, I found a right browser for Galaxy Tab.
I have to agree for the most part. Its definitely much faster and smoother than anything else I've tried. I would classify it as the best if they would implement an exit button and different fonts.
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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No problems with reflow for me!
Regards,
Dave
And youtube
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Works like a charm for me to with almost everything. Youtube work perfect for me.
Have just encounter one wiki page that became realy screwed up. But i justed used the stock browser to read on it.
It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.
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It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.
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I was able to play vids from MLB.com with the only problem being that the quality was a little jerky.
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For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.
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For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.
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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.
I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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I'm gonna check it out. Hopefully it is as fast and smooth as opera.
I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find
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I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find
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It doesn't support flash yet so that's a deal breaker for me. I'll revisit it when flash works. Hopefully it will become as good as the desktop version.
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I tried Firefox 4 as well, because I like it.. In principle. The result after synchronizing everything was that it took more than 1.6GB (reported by the OS in My Apps). I then unchecked history sync, and it came back to a few megabytes over (aka around 86MB), but it then stopped bringing my bookmarks over from the desktop. It's also rather slow in operation (compared to it, Opera is blazing fast).
That said, I'm looking forward to the next release, so far it has been going in the right direction. JavaScript performance in Firefox is stellar, the real speed problem is with page rendering, but it has been getting better. It's still a decent browser though, and it compares well to the stock one (juuuuuuust a bit slower, but with add-ons and lots of goodies)
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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.
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same here! dolphin HD was my defaullt browser, but now it's been replaced by Opera 11 + Opera Mini (for 2G)
I have deleted Dolphin HD - its toooo slow!
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one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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Opera called that Opera link. Syncs bookmarks, notes, quick dial. Open tabs... nope, but that would've been a deal breaker for me since on the desktop version I usually need at least 500 mb just to open Opera lol. It's a feature that's been there for quite a long time now.
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Was using Dolphin HD too, but I just tried Opera Mobile 11 and I kinda love it. And it's free!
I am still sticking with skyfire. Fast, supports flash. Opera performs poorly on symbian mobile.
I've found Opera to run silky smooth on my tab, except for youtube. They look absolutely terrible, stuck in ultra low res mode or something. Only flaw with the browser.
Annoying as hell regardless.
I've installed the new version of opera (opera mobile 11) and it is so much smoother and faster than everything else I've tried.
It is just amazing how they improved scrolling and zooming...I was using dolphin mini before, but there is just no comparison.
I wonder if they implemented some kind of hardware acceleration.
Info:
to set up opera to load pages with a "desktop view":
enter opera:config in url bar
go down to "user prefs", enter
find "Custom user-agent"
fill the blank part with:
"Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en-US) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01"
go down and save
restart opera or reboot
EDIT
to solve cyanogenmod 7 flash crashes:
go to settings, apps, manage apps, select adobe flash, move to sd card
"Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00" is good also...maybe faster??
enjoy
I may have to give it a try.
Does text/field input still take you to a new window rather than let you populate the field on the page?
+1 The new Opera 11 is fantastic! The new version of mini is excellent too. I have both installed and I use Opera 11 primarily but if I have low signal where bandwidth may be an issue, I use Mini instead since its much faster in those cases.
Either way, both browsers are super smooth to scroll and zoom and are much nicer than any other browser I've tried for Android.
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I may have to give it a try.
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No, it seems you can fill the fields directly on the page
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No, it seems you can fill the fields directly on the page
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Cool.
That is the main reason I don't use Opera.
I'll have to give it a shot.
So is it time for me to dump Skyfire?
Yep opera 11 is a great improvement i like how now it will launch youtube app when i wanna see a video the old version didnt do that.
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The speed is nice. is there a way to make it the default browser and/or import favorites?
Holy... "WOW" is right.
Amazing.
Flash is excellent as well - loads fast as hell, works great. Heavy pages like newgrounds.com and this here xda forum load in a blaze.
Orientation change is very fast and smooth as well.
Text reformatting is instant.
Very, very impressed!! Amazing job, Opera!
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The speed is nice. is there a way to make it the default browser and/or import favorites?
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Open a website with a browser that is not the default one, click on a url link, android will ask you to set the new default browser
Is this better than Dolphin HD? THat is what I am using right now
Nothing especial
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I've tried opera 11.. I honestly have to say that it's slower than skyfire, dolphin and even firefox..... Maybe it's just my phone but it's really slow on my phone....
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I've tried opera 11.. I honestly have to say that it's slower than skyfire, dolphin and even firefox..... Maybe it's just my phone but it's really slow on my phone....
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Thanks for that.. not sure if I should switch from Dolphin still...
Oh my, tremendous improvement. To see the difference, go to a page with a lot of pictures. A good test page is kevinandamanda.com. With dolphin hd I can barely scroll. With opera mobile it is really smooth.
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Super smooth and embedded videos are great.
Whoever thinks slower is nuts.
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Oh my, tremendous improvement. To see the difference, go to a page with a lot of pictures. A good test page is kevinandamanda.com....
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Holy Freaking Demon-Dog, Batman!
Agreed, very nice! Good find!
Definitely much smoother scrolling with stock browser on sites with lots of pictures.
WTF... why is it so fast?!? I don't have to upgrade my phone anymore, can't believe how smooth the scrolling is
Anyone having issues with flash? Seems to crash the browser everytime.
Has anyone tried this browser and how does it compare to chrome and Asus
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Has anyone tried this browser and how does it compare to chrome and Asus
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Opera doesn't have a browser which takes advantage of honeycomb. The tab system at the top of the 'chrome' browser is too useful.
I think the only use would be for opera turbo if you have the 3G version of the transformer. Or until Opera releases a new version which makes use of the larger space available for a better tablet ui.
Don't try dolphin hd it keeps crashing when you go to the favorites bar, they sent me a more 'tablet friendly' apk but that's not very clever either.
Thanks boys.....looks like I will stick with the default browsers or firefox 4 when I get my xformer
have a unit coming in later today, gonna test firefox 4 as well as miren, which is currently my browser of choice on my evo, will get back with results
I have had my xformer for about a week now and have been using dolphin hd most of the time. I find the stock browser to be too laggy etc.. I also find the opera mobile browser pretty good. But for now it's dolphin I use most of the time....love the gestures....
firefox works flawlessly for me so far.
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I have had my xformer for about a week now and have been using dolphin hd most of the time. I find the stock browser to be too laggy etc.. I also find the opera mobile browser pretty good. But for now it's dolphin I use most of the time....love the gestures....
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Just got my TF and I am using dolphin hd and I too love the gestures. Thanks
I had some issues with the stock browser (buggy a bit, nothing too bad). I use Opera on my Nexus One so I started using it on Transformer. It works great, although I do wish they had the tabs organized just like in stock browser.
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have a unit coming in later today, gonna test firefox 4 as well as miren, which is currently my browser of choice on my evo, will get back with results
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How did you go with Miren? It's my browser on my mobile handset, so I would like to also use it on my soon-to-arrive TF....
Dolphin HD is excellent use it all the time and no crashes,only issue is downlaod torrents it messes up some files so I use for fox if I need to download a file.dolphin HD for BC is due out very soon
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Where did you get the Chrome browser from?
rogmar said:
Where did you get the Chrome browser from?
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Comes installed with every Android phone.
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Dolphin HD is excellent use it all the time and no crashes,
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What's it like editing bookmarks? as that's when it used to crash/FC everytime
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What's it like editing bookmarks? as that's when it used to crash/FC everytime
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i have no issues editting bookmarks, but all of a sudden ive started getting grey blocks while scrolling up until yesterday it scrolled error free with the page loaded well before i scrolled , now im starting to get a bit of grey blocks for a split second while it loads. ill keep an eye on it
I find the default browser to be too buggy and slow. Tried Opera and Firefox. For me, Opera seems to be the best, and it supports flash too. Only annoying aspect with it is, YouTube links in Opera automatically don't open in the app. Haven't tried Dolphin though.
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How did you go with Miren? It's my browser on my mobile handset, so I would like to also use it on my soon-to-arrive TF....
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I dunno if theres something wrong with my unit or if miren just doesnt work well with honeycomb, but it was pretty laggy. So far i'm using the stock browser for sites with flash and firefox4 for the rest.
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I find the default browser to be too buggy and slow. Tried Opera and Firefox. For me, Opera seems to be the best, and it supports flash too. Only annoying aspect with it is, YouTube links in Opera automatically don't open in the app. Haven't tried Dolphin though.
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I like Opera too, but it seems to want to open the mobile version of sites even though I have the mobile option set to 'off.'
Firefox here.
I use Firefox (Fennec 5.0 nightly, actually) for everyday browsing because of it's excellent sync features and the fact that it has adblock on it I also like the fact that it saves sessions, so no matter what, you never lose open tabs. For flash, I use the stock browser, but it's crashed several times to the point that I've needed to restart my device. Not cool.
I wish opera mobile's flash worked, but it doesn't ,and Dolphin HD just crashes way too often to be of use to me.
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I personally think opera mobile (the newest version) is the best one out there. Absolutely zero lag. Compatible with everything I throw at it. I don't understand why people insist on hating it or not using it. It's the best one out there.
I like Opera but there are some things that bug me:
- Google always shows up in mobile view, its annoying to have to always scroll down to click classic.
- The tabs system is slow, I prefer the way the stock browser has them
- You cant always go back to the start page, most of the time you have to open a new tab instead of being able to use the speed dial.
The new Dolphin HD is nice but I don't like not having back and forward buttons, and that you have to scroll back to the top of the page to type in a URL. In the stock browser all you have to do is click the tab and the buttons show.
I don't like the blocks that happen in the stock browser when scrolling, but I really love the quick controls. It generally seems less buggy than the other browsers as well.
Opera actually almost is the best browser but on some pages they never load fully & on some pages even with flash enabled some things show up as a big arrow that would play just fine on Dolphin Hd.Opera is the only browser i can check my gmail just as i could on my desktop..Dolphin HD is lacking there.Opera needs another update to fix the bugs.Lastly why on earth does everything load on Opera halfway (for instance pictures).If you hold on the pic it will give you the option to "Reload image in full quality" !!! Wtf..how about loading that way in the first place lol...I'll stick with Dolphin Hd for now.
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I like Opera but there are some things that bug me:
- Google always shows up in mobile view, its annoying to have to always scroll down to click classic.
- The tabs system is slow, I prefer the way the stock browser has them
- You cant always go back to the start page, most of the time you have to open a new tab instead of being able to use the speed dial.
The new Dolphin HD is nice but I don't like not having back and forward buttons, and that you have to scroll back to the top of the page to type in a URL. In the stock browser all you have to do is click the tab and the buttons show.
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Weird. Nothing has shown up as mobile view for me for a month now. I think you need to play around more with settings.
Toast95135 said:
I like Opera but there are some things that bug me:
- Google always shows up in mobile view, its annoying to have to always scroll down to click classic.
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Arun01 said:
Opera actually almost is the best browser but on some pages they never load fully & on some pages even with flash enabled some things show up as a big arrow that would play just fine on Dolphin Hd.Opera is the only browser i can check my gmail just as i could on my desktop..Dolphin HD is lacking there.Opera needs another update to fix the bugs.Lastly why on earth does everything load on Opera halfway (for instance pictures).If you hold on the pic it will give you the option to "Reload image in full quality" !!! Wtf..how about loading that way in the first place lol...I'll stick with Dolphin Hd for now.
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Look like you have Opera Turbo enabled, which means that Opera loads the pages though a proxy server which compresses pages for faster loading over slow connections. This will speedup your loading over slow connections, but if you've got a fast connection you should not use it.
You can disable Opera Turbo in the settings.
I find the Dolphin for Pad browser very good:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.pad&feature=search_result
None
The day I can go to vimeo.com or youtube.com and play an HD 720p video without having to maximize the screen (without ANY stutter) is the day I'll name a best browser. As it stands, none to me are the best. They all have flaws with flash.
Argh nevermind the part about "reload image in full quality ".I see what it is now lol.Dolphin for pad needs an update bad!!!
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I like dolphin for pad. Opera is not bad, but for me it's a bit slow to start showing the site, and some site I use quite a lot has a little bug in the render. Also, I don't like the tab system.
You can go to the top in Dolphin HD by using the gesture button on the bottom left. Just make an upside down V and it'll bring you right up.
All the browsers need to add some better swipe gestures however...like Atomic Browser for ios. It has 2 Finger swipe left or right to switch between tabs or 3 finger touch to maximize screen. They're customizable as well.
Goodintentions why dont you put a poll on this thread of the top ten browsers?
Opera
dolphin
skyfire
miren
uc
mozilla beta
etc etc
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I have to say opera mobile hands down. Not to be confused with opera mini. They are 2 different browsers...especially in terms of performance. But yes, opera mobile is an absolutely fantastic browser both on my nexus s and transformer. Blows every other browser out the water. Very fast UI. Very smooth scrolling and zooming. Flash content etc. It must have deep gpu / hardware acceleration i think. It behaves like a dream. What every browser should be.
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Toast95135 said:
I like Opera but there are some things that bug me:
- Google always shows up in mobile view, its annoying to have to always scroll down to click classic.
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Then change the UA to Desktop (you have Mobile, Tablet and Desktop) it's in the settings...
How card can it be?
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voyager_s said:
It must have deep gpu / hardware acceleration i think. It behaves like a dream. What every browser should be.
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It does, and it's the only browser to do so (which is why scrolling is silky smooth on Opera and crap on everything else). Even the stock Android browser doesn't have it yet...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370756,00.asp#fbid=7tE7TmefXx2
The browser will be available for all versions of the Android OS. New features in this version of Opera Mobile include hardware acceleration and pinch-to-zoom. According to the company, hardware acceleration leverages the power of the mobile phone to allow for increased speed, faster navigation, and more fluid interaction with the phone. It also makes possible full pinch-to-zoom functionality for all sites.
CrazyPeter said:
Then change the UA to Desktop (you have Mobile, Tablet and Desktop) it's in the settings...
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I do have it set to the desktop user agent, and Opera does the same thing on my phone. Typing a search in the URL or search bar always brings up the mobile version. I have gone through and changed the user agent in the about:config page without any luck either.
Toast95135 said:
I do have it set to the desktop user agent, and Opera does the same thing on my phone. Typing a search in the URL or search bar always brings up the mobile version. I have gone through and changed the user agent in the about:config page without any luck either.
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Spoken like a true ipad user. Complain rather than try to find a solution.
The search bar is a mobile search bar, yes. Would it kill you to not use it? Just put google homepage (the desktop one) in your favorite and go there whenever you want to search for something.
Many of us have already written to opera about this. I'm confident they will fix this in upcoming updates.
To me, this is one drawback that is easily avoidable. With built in hw acceleration and functions... screw it.
Just don't use opera at all. If you prefer the lagginess of other browsers, be my guess. Don't ever try to go around anything. Just complain.
goodintentions said:
Spoken like a true ipad user. Complain rather than try to find a solution.
The search bar is a mobile search bar, yes. Would it kill you to not use it? Just put google homepage (the desktop one) in your favorite and go there whenever you want to search for something.
Many of us have already written to opera about this. I'm confident they will fix this in upcoming updates.
To me, this is one drawback that is easily avoidable. With built in hw acceleration and functions... screw it.
Just don't use opera at all. If you prefer the lagginess of other browsers, be my guess. Don't ever try to go around anything. Just complain.
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Excuse me? Im complaining because I don't like a bug that lots of other people have reported? Ive tried every "solution" in the book to try and fix it but none work. I like Opera and have been using it for a year but it doesn't mean the mobile bug is any less irritating.
Toast95135 said:
Excuse me? Im complaining because I don't like a bug that lots of other people have reported? Ive tried every "solution" in the book to try and fix it but none work. I like Opera and have been using it for a year but it doesn't mean the mobile bug is any less irritating.
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Already told you the solution. Its the same one I use. Just put Google homepage in favorite and go there when you want to search. How hard can it be?
I use the stock browser because it provides what I want (tabs, chrome bookmark sync) and performs reasonably enough for browsing; I still remember surfing at 3.4K/s .
Opera is what I use on my phone because it seriously kicks the Froyo stock browser to timbucktu on performance. I do think Opera Mobile's UI is much better suited to a tablet than the HC stock though.
Opera mobile is indeed faster and smoother in terms of scrolling compared to all the other browsers. UI response is also very quick. However, Opera has serious issues with Flash. Opera would crash on my TF for some flash content and flash videos are really slow to load and would stutter while Dolphin HD and even stock would play much smoother.
I like Opera, its my usual web browsing browser. But if I need flash content, I switch to Dolphin HD.