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BEST Web Browser?

Best web browser to replace the crappy one that comes with the SGS4G?
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I use dolphin hd.
Tried skyfire, but once I removed the stock browser I couldn't use bookmarks any more.
Also, i love the gesture feature on dolphin.
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I personally like opera mobile web browser, and with newest flash it has flash support. Pretty snappy too

I have tested the speed load on pages on every browser for Android and found Skyfire to be the fastest so that's what i am rocking for the moment
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I hate to be the 4th different browser lol.... but Miren is my choice browser.. its faster and simpler to use than all the rest
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I like Opera. For me it is the most like a "real" web browser and beats the stock web browser on the phone by a mile!

So far, none "wow" me:
Stock browser -- can't exit, four-window limit, can't easily clear "private data"
Dolphin -- cookies don't keep when screen locks, have to re-authenticate
Miren -- runs a background process for no good reason, haven't played with it much
Firefox -- seems very slow, even though AdBlock Plus is sorely missed in the others

jeffsf said:
So far, none "wow" me:
Stock browser -- can't exit, four-window limit, can't easily clear "private data"
Dolphin -- cookies don't keep when screen locks, have to re-authenticate
Miren -- runs a background process for no good reason, haven't played with it much
Firefox -- seems very slow, even though AdBlock Plus is sorely missed in the others
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Agreed.
I'm running Dolphin though, cause it honestly has a balanced featureset and I'm happy with the speeds.

Mini opera. fast and menu are easy to navigate.
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Personally I use Opera mobile it's just very snappy starts fast and it seems to have an adblocker built in which is very nice. The UI in my opinion is better than any other browser on the android marketplace.
I have tried all the browsers except Skyfire so I have no opinion on that.
Mirren-I didn't like it just wasn't as snappy seemed to be slower than opera.
Firefox-Is just embarrassing I love the desktop version but they have a long way to go for the mobile version. It starts slow like 15 seconds to finish starting, no flash support you have to download a plugin, and overall is very slow.
Dolphin- I love this browser and it would be my second choice for you to try out. I would go with Dolphin mini since it's smaller. I didn't really notice any difference between Dolphin HD and Dolphin mini besides Dolphin HD supporting add ons.
and does anyone know the difference between Opera mobile and Opera mini browser?

Thanks everyone for your input.
.. +1 to all of you... I'm going to go with Opera just because I've use it on my HTC Touch Pro 2... and the stuck one would be better if it would let you delete the pre installed bookmarks...
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Just download skyfire and delete the bookmarks from there. It will be gone from the stock browser when u do that.
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shutem down said:
Just download skyfire and delete the bookmarks from there. It will be gone from the stock browser when u do that.
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Thanks man! +1
That's worked just like you said...
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Dolphin HD
Opera
Xscope 6
UC Web usually good but haven't tried it on gs4g yet
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I really like miren web browser.
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I live by dolphin HD. It seems fast enough and I use some add ons and love the bookmark bar. I love the tab browsing better than I've seen in others.
Opera is huge app size and noticeably slow in my opinion.
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Ladylover31 said:
I live by dolphin HD. It seems fast enough and I use some add ons and love the bookmark bar. I love the tab browsing better than I've seen in others.
Opera is huge app size and noticeably slow in my opinion.
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+1 for dolphin HD. i love the gesture function.

Miren Browser definitely runs the show now in my opinion.
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Miren browser is deffently the best full featurednl and fastest browser so far
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I use Dolphin as well... dig the add-ons and the gestures.

What Browser?

Just throwing this out there to see which broswers everyone is using. I personally like the stock one. I used firefox for a little bit but since it was only still in beta it wasn't the greatest. Ie wouldn't format correctly with zoom and radio buttons and txt boxes wouldn't function properly. I haven't given dolphin a try or any other browser that might be out there. Let's see what your opinions are.........
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I use FireFox just because of the FF sync with my laptop and desktop, but it sucks that I have to switch to the default to watch flash content.

Miren, FTW

Scott_S said:
Miren, FTW
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+1 Miren!
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depending on device, I use many:
Low end phone (huawei ascend on cm7) maxathon browser, renders pages astronomically faster than any other browser
Mid-end phone (htc hd2 -hyperdroid cm7) stock, kills miren/skyfire/maxathon/dolphin on my phone, easily. The flash integration is amazing in android's stock browser is more than enough to get the job done, completely content with my 6 second loading time for massive pages.
Tablets (transformer-stock 3.1 rom) I have no clue, the stock browser feels like the ipad in responsiveness and rendering (great thing) but occasionally "freaks out" and acts glitchy, have yet to experiment
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Miren
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What is it about Miren that everyone likes? I installed it hoping to configure it differently than the stock browser for use with certain websites. I quickly found out it is just an overlay of the stock browser and the settings where the same for both. I did like the tabbed feature it added. Can someone tell me if Dolphin is the same, an overlay that uses the stock browser?
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Opera Mini is the best, hands down.
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Try Dolphin HD. I have Miren and Dolphin but prefer Dolphin. Then again I don't have a problem with the stock one...

the stock one is fine by me....

Although I don't use....I believe Dolphin HD is prob. the best alternative
Firefox (which I am avid Firefox user) is HORRIBLE....well not horrible but horribly slow ATM.....I will wait til' they develop it more
I use stock........nothing seems worth it to trade for (although havn't tried Miren, so I will)

I kept going back to the stock one as well...
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I'm experimenting with Dolphin Mini now. Definitely seems better than Opera mini. For just general browsing I like it because of the reduced data consumption.
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nobitacu said:
I kept going back to the stock one as well...
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Then you haven't tried Miren. Seriously, I won't ever use stock again.
Instant forward and back, use volume keys or swipe direction to do so. That sold it for me.

Scott_S said:
Then you haven't tried Miren. Seriously, I won't ever use stock again.
Instant forward and back, use volume keys or swipe direction to do so. That sold it for me.
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I'll download it tonight and try it out. ^^
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Stock why waist space
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The newest dolphin hd update is amazing.

I have the stock browser auto launching news articles from my readers as the page rendering is fast and nice. I use Dolphin HD to surf and search with.
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i love the new dolphin hd

Stock browser +1!!!
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What browser do you use?

Just looking to see what browser everyone uses,I've tried a few different ones and haven't found the "perfect" one yet I like the sync feature that firefox has to sync my bookmarks and tabs,specifically the "real time" sync of pages I have open my PC. But for some reason firefox is real laggy on my bolt,Does any other browser have that?

Miren. It's insanely good. I set flash plug-ins to on demand, location off, and its amazing. http://market.android.com/details?id=cn.miren.browser
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Firefox on a bolt... Wow. Firefox has been slow and funky on any android phone I've owned.
I agree with the Miren browser suggestion. I've been using it for many moons.
You may want to try out XScope too. It's a speedy feature filled browser. I purchased dolphin xd and used it for awhile, but once I found Miren, I uninstalled the dolphin and never looked back.

Love the stock browser the best.

Dolphin mini is fast.
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1. Dolphin HD. I love it.
2. I sure thought Firefox would have been better. It looks and feels great but it is SLOOOOOOOOOOW.
3. WTF doesn't Google have a mobile Chrome browser? Seriously?

I use skyfire. It's a pretty good browser.
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ddgarcia05 said:
Dolphin mini is fast.
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+1 to that

Miren
Minimal, easy flash, good looking, no stupid gestures
.eschew obfuscation.

Opera Mobile

I've tried them all and while all have some good features I finally landed on xscope...

I use Miren or Dolphin HD, I just can't decide between them.

Opera Mini on 3G - Opera Mobile on wifi.

been using dolphin hd, but guess I'll give miren a chance.

ridobe said:
WTF doesn't Google have a mobile Chrome browser? Seriously?
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Google made the stock browser ;-)
I use stock browser if it's AOSP, but I hate the Sense changes to it so I use Dolphin on Sense.

after playing with Miren for a bit, definitely a nice browser. Don't know why all the browsers want to be light blue or light green though.
Only thing seems missing is private mode.

nrfitchett4 said:
after playing with Miren for a bit, definitely a nice browser. Don't know why all the browsers want to be light blue or light green though.
Only thing seems missing is private mode.
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I vote for miren too. I thought the new FireFox was supposed to have a private mode, but don't see it.
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Maxthon loads pages quick

bill.allrobots.org said:
Google made the stock browser ;-)
I use stock browser if it's AOSP, but I hate the Sense changes to it so I use Dolphin on Sense.
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I would love it if they eventually pulled it out as a Market app like Maps and Voice so Sense users could have the option of using it.

Mr_Joshua said:
I would love it if they eventually pulled it out as a Market app like Maps and Voice so Sense users could have the option of using it.
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I like this idea. The sense tabs view is pretty cool though. I like the pinch out to tab view. One of the very few things I miss on aosp.
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Replace browser, not another browse app

Is there any browser that replaces the stock browser all together, so when I get an email it opens in the replacement browser. One that also has a frigging exit button so the next time I open it its not at the last page I was at. One when I open it it goes to my home page.
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Download Opera Mobile. It has an exit button but just remember to clear defaults from your stock browser so you can set opera as the default when prompted.

Is opera mobile a decent browser?
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It is a great browser.
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Bronk93 said:
Is opera mobile a decent browser?
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It's what I replaced the stock browser with. I couldn't stand how slow the stock browser was, especially with the checkboarding. Opera is my preferred browser of choice. I suggest trying it out.

Maxthon is good too
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kcab87 said:
It's what I replaced the stock browser with. I couldn't stand how slow the stock browser was, especially with the checkboarding. Opera is my preferred browser of choice. I suggest trying it out.
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So what's better the regular or mobile one?
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thestraubulous said:
So what's better the regular or mobile one?
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I use opera mobile.

kcab87 said:
I use opera mobile.
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I meant which one is better the mobile or mini browser? The mini has 3x the # of downloads. I've tried Firefox. That is a great one but its so slow and feels like a resource hog.
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I've had great success with Dolphin HD.
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thestraubulous said:
I meant which one is better the mobile or mini browser? The mini has 3x the # of downloads. I've tried Firefox. That is a great one but its so slow and feels like a resource hog.
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Haven't used mini, but I absolutely love the normal one. Highly recommended.

Opera Mobile is an excellent choice. Mini is great as well. While Opera Mobile uses more resources (but has an exit button), it is also better at handling more intense web pages. I have both. I use Mini when I'm checking mobile sites, and the other when I'm browsing desktop sites. I also have Dolphin HD and Miren. Both of which are also great.

I was using skyfire for a bit but I can't stand downloading htm files when I'm trying to download something. I just installed opera but its not seeing all the bookmarks I have in bookmark home app.
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Opera, confirm exit after hitting the exit button. Splash screen... really? Annoyed
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Better Browser available anywhere?

I've been using the standard Android browser on my G2x stock 2.3.4 and realize that I'm not the only one who thinks it stinks--too stuttery, too slow, whatever. And it's a general Android browser problem. Is there any alternative that's faster? I'm not interested in fancy interfaces, or whatever--just speed. I've prowled around and haven't found anybody really saying that Opera, Opera Mini, Dolphin, or Firefox, are faster--or that any of the others with weirder names are faster than the stock browser either. Lots of notes about interfaces, but little about speed.
Anything out there noticeably faster than the stock browser? Or are there any tricks to speed up the stock browser?
EcdY

ecdy said:
I've been using the standard Android browser on my G2x stock 2.3.4 and realize that I'm not the only one who thinks it stinks--too stuttery, too slow, whatever. And it's a general Android browser problem. Is there any alternative that's faster? I'm not interested in fancy interfaces, or whatever--just speed. I've prowled around and haven't found anybody really saying that Opera, Opera Mini, Dolphin, or Firefox, are faster--or that any of the others with weirder names are faster than the stock browser either. Lots of notes about interfaces, but little about speed.
Anything out there noticeably faster than the stock browser? Or are there any tricks to speed up the stock browser?
EcdY
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I prefer speed as well when it comes to browser.
Give a shot of Opera mini or Dolphin mini.
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DupleX01 said:
I prefer speed as well when it comes to browser.
Give a shot of Opera mini or Dolphin mini.
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The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.

cricketAC said:
The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.
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+1 for Boat
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cricketAC said:
The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.
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Oh ok, cheers for that!
I will try Boat then.
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Same results here, I'll try boat and see if its legitimate.
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Just checking back to say thanks. Best browser ever and haven't had any random crashes on EB`s ROM
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I will vouch for Boat too. Very similar to Chrome. After trying it I got rid of Opera and Dolphin as well as froze the default browser with Titanium. Its a 1 stop shop! LOL