Much as I love the stock browser on Honeycomb (especially the bookmark sync), it has become incredibly laggy in places, especially entering into text fields on forums etc. I tried most of the other browsers on the market, and at the moment the new Dolphin HD beta is working the best for me. You can find it here:
http://home.dolphin-browser.com/tunny/Download.htm
Pages load quickly, scrolling is smoother, text entry less painful. What browsers are other people out there using? Is stock working OK for you or are you using another one? Would love to find the best browser for android tablets.
I use dolphin on my desire HD,and have a epad on order, is there a tablet version or do you use the same one as for phones
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combat goofwing said:
I use dolphin on my desire HD,and have a epad on order, is there a tablet version or do you use the same one as for phones
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I believe it's the same one, I don't use Dolphin on my Desire so I'm not completely sure but the download page doesn't seem to distinguish between phone and tablet.
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I believe it's the same one, I don't use Dolphin on my Desire so I'm not completely sure but the download page doesn't seem to distinguish between phone and tablet.
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Works good as long as you don't try to edit the favourites bar, it crashes
Yeah crashes a fair bit. I've not found a browser yet which works properly with the XDA site. It's strangely laggy, and virtually unusable via the eee pad.
android has always had problems with some forums, xda and androidforums for example :/
I had been using Dolphin HD browser, as the stock browser is a bit flakey with mobile view even using the about:debug.
I've since switched to Firefox 4 with the phony add on. Works great. Only drawback on that one is Flash isn't working yet.
It's not the browser that's causing the input lag, it's the ASUS keyboard. Swap it for the stock Android one and you'll see the difference straight away.
incorrect.. laggy whatever keyboard used.. I've tried it with Asus, stock android, Flext9 by nuance and Thumb Keyboard.. all laggy.. viewing and posting using Firefox with the same keyboards is much better
This was posted in another thread but I'll put it here too. If you want to stop the lag for the XDA forums then change the style option bottom left of the page to 'classic' instead of 'XDA 2010'. Seems to run fine in any browser then.
I've gone back to the HC keyboard with the stock browser now after trying out Dolphin HD. It's got its faults but works well most the time.
I'm using firefox because it has a sessionsaver... all of them crash occasionally.
Sure I read some where if you use dolphin and contact the developer they will send you the apk file for the tablet version of dolphin HD
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combat goofwing said:
Sure I read some where if you use dolphin and contact the developer they will send you the apk file for the tablet version of dolphin HD
LEEDROID DESIRE HD using XDA PREMIUM
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Yeah that was me, but it doesn't work anyway; As soon as you try to edit the bookmarks it crashes
Opera mobile
I heard opera browser is one of the best browsers for the EPTD, there's a you tube video showing it silk smooth on the galaxy tab 10.1v like ipad 2 performance, no lag at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdGRa_QvyF0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
I'm using the Dolphin HD browser and after a few niggles re. bookmarks I am now really enjoying using it. No crashes or lags. Really like using the different gestures which can be modified to whatever you want. e.g. draw a letter "B" (roughly) to get bookmarks bar. Plus a lot of different add-ons and themes. Deffo my no. 1 browser at moment.
can you set the stock browser to desktop view?
neotekz said:
can you set the stock browser to desktop view?
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Yes. The options are Tablet, Desktop or Mobile.
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Yeah crashes a fair bit. I've not found a browser yet which works properly with the XDA site. It's strangely laggy, and virtually unusable via the eee pad.
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so far for me Opera has been working with only a few images having problems. might be worth your while to give it a try.
How do you change the stock browser to desktop view? I've entered debug mode but found no option. same thing with firefox. I've only been able to run dolphin in desktop view so far.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Edit: nevermind, I found it.
stuntdouble said:
This was posted in another thread but I'll put it here too. If you want to stop the lag for the XDA forums then change the style option bottom left of the page to 'classic' instead of 'XDA 2010'. Seems to run fine in any browser then.
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Oh god, my eyes!!! I'm not sure eliminating lag is worth looking at this theme
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HI, Dolphin Browser HD v5.0 has released finally to the Android market. I have been waiting for such a long time, although that I have used their 4 betas.
I can notice that they have made much progress in the UI, settings and the performance (fix many bugs).
First, I like the smooth tab bar. It’s better to let the tab bar stay on top and hide the address. But it’s ok now. If themes are installed, the bar color are changed. That’s great for me.
Second, they have done much work on the Quick menu. Bookmarks, history, settings, add-ons, themes and gesture are included in the Quick menu. The background color has kind of texture.
Last but not least, I can successfully browser most websites without FC or hanging. It means that their performance has been much improved. It almost closes to perfect.
So download it, I’m sure you wouldn’t regret. LOL.
Been using the betas and now the final myself.
Bravo Dolphin, great work.
I don't browse the web that much on my phone but from my experiences so far with betas, this is the best browser out there at the moment.
Did you do a search before starting this thread? A thread about this has already been made. It's found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14352298
theonew said:
Did you do a search before starting this thread? A thread about this has already been made. It's found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14352298
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Dude, i have seen your post just now. what's new in your post is not the new features in HD5.0. they already exist in HD4.6.1.
but thank you to remind me.
I just downloaded it. I've been using the dolphin mini browser for a few months now. I hope it's better.
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FLAC Vest said:
I just downloaded it. I've been using the dolphin mini browser for a few months now. I hope it's better.
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why, i like HD better.
it is fast and powerful .
surviveland said:
why, i like HD better.
it is fast and powerful .
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not as fast as th trusted opera mini, and it's ability to sync bookmarks with any phone I use. I know on opera mini the speed compromises the quality, but opera is way faster than any other browser in my opinion.
marvi0 said:
not as fast as th trusted opera mini, and it's ability to sync bookmarks with any phone I use. I know on opera mini the speed compromises the quality, but opera is way faster than any other browser in my opinion.
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I loved Opera for its speed and usability, however I never liked how it handled flash content, or the fact that it doesn't.
Not always having the default web site was a negative for me as well.
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nice but still very slow and lagy in comparison with miren browser in my archos 101 tablet...
surviveland said:
why, i like HD better.
it is fast and powerful .
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mini dolphin is faster than the hd one.
thats why im on mini.
I switch between Opera, Opera Mini, Dolphin and Dolphin mini all the time. Just can't make up my mind.
I am liking HD 5.0 though.
Sweet gonna go try this browser
The biggest change is there is no google inserted Ads any more,
There is no need to buy Dolphin license to block Ads.
Well, This browser is really better then the ones that comes normally with android?
And if yes, what special does it have?
superkid said:
Well, This browser is really better then the ones that comes normally with android?
And if yes, what special does it have?
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Go here for all its features: http://home.dolphin-browser.com/tunny/Feature.htm. It is much better than the stock browser. Here's a comparison chart of Dolphin Browser HD vs Stock Browser:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Gizmo's
Premium Paid-For Android Browser Now Free
Updated 18. July 2011 - 17:43 by r.schifreen
Dolphin, the gesture-based web browser for the Android platform, has ditched its $4.99 price tag on the premium version, having received a nice chunk of venture capital funding. The premium version is now free, and the previous free version, which was ad-supported, is no longer available.
Dolphin is a web browser for all Android phones and tablets. Among its unique features is a gesture recorder that allows you to create custom shortcuts. So, for example, by drawing a W on your screen, you could go straight to your work email.
To download the Dolphin browser, the easiest option is to browse the Android market from your device.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And the good thing about this is that the market will update your other version to the premium version.
I didn't realise this new version was a premium one in a previous life . I just thought they gave the previous one a new logo and maybe added one or two new features. So what does the 'premium' version bring to the table that you couldn't do with the old one? I've always had the gesture-based bookmarking of web pages, for instance. Or was the old 'premium' version more of a donation-powered version, something purely to support the developers?
The old one was ad-supported, with ads in the bookmark bar.
Dolphin keeps crashing on me every so often, though, on my stock Transformer. That needs to be fixed.
Can't believe no body has linked it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&feature=search_result here it is if people dont know what Dolphin Browser HD is
I like dolphin browser and all, but this kinda bothers me.
Why does it open up a new search box when there's clearly the address bar? Weird...
i wanna be able to type in the address bar
Dolphin. Is still for smartphones, doesn't have graphic acceleration enabled yet like 5.0
Compare amazon.com scrolling between dolphin and default browser and u will notice default brow is alot smoother so ill pass for now
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Dolphin. Is still for smartphones, doesn't have graphic acceleration enabled yet like 5.0
Compare amazon.com scrolling between dolphin and default browser and u will notice default brow is alot smoother so ill pass for now
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Which browsers have graphic acceleration enabled?
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jangjong said:
I like dolphin browser and all, but this kinda bothers me.
Why does it open up a new search box when there's clearly the address bar? Weird...
i wanna be able to type in the address bar
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It's just a graphical glitch -.- didn't notice this until you showed us lol
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Which browsers have graphic acceleration enabled?
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Only default browser for now. Dolphin used to have it enabled but it was removed for some odd reason. I talked to dolphin hd and they replyed there focusing on phones for now.
cowballz69 said:
Only default browser for now. Dolphin used to have it enabled but it was removed for some odd reason. I talked to dolphin hd and they replyed there focusing on phones for now.
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This makes sense.
in their promotional video on the market site had tablets all over the place so i thought it was all good with tablets. maybe not
i used to use dolphin then switched to firefox because of the extension support, gotta have my adblock plus! then i find out that it doesn't support flash now i'm back to stock browser + adfree. hope stock browser will support extension soon.
Tablet version is due out soon but this one works well on the TF
ASUS TRANSFORMER PRIMED
Beta version for Dolphin for Pad is out..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.pad
Will try this when I get home later today. Anyone tried this yet?
jangjong said:
Beta version for Dolphin for Pad is out..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.pad
Will try this when I get home later today. Anyone tried this yet?
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It seems to be Dolphin HD with a very slight UI difference... not sure why they hyped this so much.
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jangjong said:
Beta version for Dolphin for Pad is out..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.pad
Will try this when I get home later today. Anyone tried this yet?
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Working quite well! Typing in browser is responsive. Might just become my choice for daily use over opera
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Working quite well! Typing in browser is responsive. Might just become my choice for daily use over opera
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Uhm, I still get input lag especially on big forums like XDA. I'm not sure if the Dolphin team changed their webkit like Opera did.
Can someone please post the dolphin pad apk. Thank you
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sucks
No way to sync with chrome bookmarks (which is not the same as google bookmarks) and no bookmarks bar. Too much stuff as addons. Bad, uninstalled.
jangjong said:
Beta version for Dolphin for Pad is out..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.pad
Will try this when I get home later today. Anyone tried this yet?
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Im not sure if its an HC or a transformer problem but for D:HD when i used the swipe action meus on the left and right it would stretch the page or compress it until i scrolled and it reformatted the page. Didn't do it on my evo so i assumed it was an HC problem and hence stopped used Dolphin after i submitted a bug report and screenshots. In the pad version they made the menus in to overlays instead of physically shifting the screen content which seems to have solved the problem. That was the only problem for me with the HD version so now i'm extremely pleased with the pad beta and have actually made it my default browser (i used to keep it unassigned so i can choose between Opera, firefox, dolphin and stock depending on what i needed to do, pain in the ass)
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There is a thread on "Best Browser" here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936576
But looking for a poll that sums the data, and couldn't find one.
Searching "browser" in Android Market returns 12 choices. (28 Sep 2011)
Vote for your current favorite and feel free to reply in the comments with stories, or reasons.
Miren quite underrated, but packed full of goodness.
X-Scope PRO no 1 for me for sure, i also like Miren and Opera but always use X-Scope.
I was using Miren happily until the last update to Dolphin HD. Now it's just pulled slightly ahead. Most of the Android browsers are great in their own way. it's hard to go wrong with almost any of them. Good poll idea, OP.
Stock is fine with me otherwise I really enjoy Dolphin Mini. They are all good haha
Just to clarify, maybe HTC modifies the stock browser, but have grown annoyed with it not maintaining open windows state. And refreshing the current page upon returning.
Thanks to all for answers and votes.
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I've tried them all, but lately I've been using Baidu beta. I can't change the settings because they're all in chinese but the browser is fast as hell. Ninesky Browser kicks ass too and is more or less unknown at the moment. I recommend that if you haven't tried Ninesky yet you should. It's a phenomenal browser that looks like Google Chrome.
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Aosp browser
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My top three browsers are:
1. MIUI browser
2. Boat Browser Mini
3. x-Scope 6
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onestoploser said:
I've tried them all, but lately I've been using Baidu beta. I can't change the settings because they're all in chinese but the browser is fast as hell. Ninesky Browser kicks ass too and is more or less unknown at the moment. I recommend that if you haven't tried Ninesky yet you should. It's a phenomenal browser that looks like Google Chrome.
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You are right Ninesky is super fast.
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I've tried them all, but lately I've been using Baidu beta. I can't change the settings because they're all in chinese but the browser is fast as hell. Ninesky Browser kicks ass too and is more or less unknown at the moment. I recommend that if you haven't tried Ninesky yet you should. It's a phenomenal browser that looks like Google Chrome.
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How do u get ninesky to play flash video? Go to ESPN and see if you can play videos. I can't but could with dolphin HD.
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jholm7 said:
My top three browsers are:
1. MIUI browser
2. Boat Browser Mini
3. x-Scope 6
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Did u mean miren browser? I don't see any miui browser.
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How do u get ninesky to play flash video? Go to ESPN and see if you can play videos. I can't but could with dolphin HD.
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I've never had any problems with Ninesky playing flash videos, although I've never been to the espn website. Do you have Flash enabled in the settings?
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My Favourites are:
1.Opera
2.Dolphin Mini
3.Stock Browser
But sometimes i use Firefox, some sites works better with the FF. Do not know why, but think its a JavaScript Problem.
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Just to clarify, maybe HTC modifies the stock browser, but have grown annoyed with it not maintaining open windows state. And refreshing the current page upon returning.
Thanks to all for answers and votes.
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+1!! And it only supports 4 pages opened at the same time... I really dislike these functions... But on the other hand, when I wanna surf the interweb I don't wanna have to open a third-party browser...
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I've never had any problems with Ninesky playing flash videos, although I've never been to the espn website. Do you have Flash enabled in the settings?
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Yes, this is the error I get.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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I love Opera Mobile but I hate how slow it starts up.. guess I'll check out this Dolphin HD.
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are the only browsers that scroll smoothly on every website. So my vote is for Opera Mobile.
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I love Opera Mobile but I hate how slow it starts up.. guess I'll check out this Dolphin HD.
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I notice if you have a lot of bookmarks/history, it takes a lot longer to start up.
I m using Dolphin Browser HD. Its fast, easy to use and has a very nice UI.
Sorry if this is a bad place to post this question.
With Android 4.4 they have changed the default webview to chromium and now the default browser does not reflow on zoom. I have also tested other browsers based on the internal webview (Lightning and Tint) and they are also unable to reflow on zoom now. Unfortunately, Firefox also dropped reflow recently (WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FF 24).
I don't remember if chrome ever supported it.
Opera does support reflow!
My questions are
a) Is there any chance that reflow can be fixed in the stock browser by modders?
b) How do you all browse the web without reflow? This is what xda-developers looks like in chrome... Some posts have the font boosted to a readable size but most of them remain tiny and I have to pinch in to zoom then pan across from left to right because it doesn't reflow. Before this "upgrade" the stock browser rendered every site I visit beautifully
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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+2...
The change from AOSP webview to the Chrome one is the most **** part of the KitKat changelog.
I really don't understand how people surf the web without text reflow on a small screen. Opera is my saviour! Perhaps I just have poor eyesight.
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irhut said:
I really don't understand how people surf the web without text reflow on a small screen. Opera is my saviour! Perhaps I just have poor eyesight.
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No you don't lol it ridiculous. Yesterday I found myself zooming in and panning the webpage as I read it was a pain in the ass. Lets not go backward Google.
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OK, so I'm not the only one going crazy here
Is there anything we can do? Opera is using the Blink layout engine which is to my understanding similar to (a fork of) Chromium. This makes me think that it is feasible to make wrapping work in the new AOSP browser.
ps. Firefox 23 has wrapping and is available from,
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/
Unfortunately for me I can't handle their scrolling. The inertia gives me a headache
Hey guys, if you can spare a minute, please star this issue at the google bug tracker.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378
Unfortunately, so far it seems like the devs are saying its "working as intended".
vanja_z said:
Hey guys, if you can spare a minute, please star this issue at the google bug tracker.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378
Unfortunately, so far it seems like the devs are saying its "working as intended".
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Please star the issue. Also, I'm surprised nobody has ported/integrated the old webview into AOSP browser
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Please star the issue. Also, I'm surprised nobody has ported/integrated the old webview into AOSP browser
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I've never used Chrome until after 4.4+ and even then very little. But if I remember right it never did support text reflow. I even went back to 4.3 on my N7 for a couple weeks after the update to 4.4 until I could figure out what to use to replace the AOSP browser. I was a longtime, diehard user of the AOSP browser, effing google screwed that up. So... I've been using Dolphin Browser for a while now and it works great on both my N5 & N7. Has text reflow, scrolling works very well and flash works if you use a modified version of the Flash Player.
wantabe said:
I've never used Chrome until after 4.4+ and even then very little. But if I remember right it never did support text reflow. I even went back to 4.3 on my N7 for a couple weeks after the update to 4.4 until I could figure out what to use to replace the AOSP browser. I was a longtime, diehard user of the AOSP browser, effing google screwed that up. So... I've been using Dolphin Browser for a while now and it works great on both my N5 & N7. Has text reflow, scrolling works very well and flash works if you use a modified version of the Flash Player.
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Dolphin has reflow because it uses it's own rendering engine. Vanilla android should have it. There was no reason to deprecate the feature from AOSP Browser.
As someone else posted in the google code thread :-
obvious said:
Dolphin has reflow because it uses it's own rendering engine. Vanilla android should have it. There was no reason to deprecate the feature from AOSP Browser.
As someone else posted in the google code thread :-
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I agree! I was Extremely disappointed to see what happened with the AOSP browser!
The trouble is there are so many goggle/chrome fanbois that refuse to see what is wrong right in front of them, and keep posting how wonderful chrome is... that any pressure to make goggle coders actually produce a good browser falls flat...... or its, horror at the thought, goggle employed shills? because to me it makes no sense whatsoever to be blind to the massive faults of chrome.
basically they can't code a good browser. so resort to breaking others... didn't Microsoft get badly done legally for much less than that?
Dolphin broke my AOSP browser addiction...
I was amazed by dolphin at first. The speed. Flash player. But then it started to become a problem. Just would not load pages. Can't be bothered to fix it
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hi all,
don't know if this has been mentioned before (if so my apologies) but just wanted to share this
I've been a bit frustrated with the browsing speed of my S7, I've always used chrome (mainly for integration with lastpass and just because... well, it's chrome right?) but was never impressed with the speed.
Tried a bunch of other browsers (dolphin, maxthon, UC, firefox, ...) you name it.... same feeling...
A friend of mine has an iphone 7, comparison of browser speed was... humbling... Even to the point of considering switching to an iphone!
Started googling about this and somewhere someone on some site mentioned in the comments section of an article about how great iphone's are compared to android that the samsung stock browser (version 4+) in combination with an adblock is "all you need".
To be honest, until that moment I had never even used the stock browser... It's stock so it can't be good right?
Started using the stock browser in combination with "adblock fast" and never looked back... this browser is amazing, did the same tests again with my friends iphone 7 and where before the S7 was slower every time, now it was fastest in about 80% of the cases!
No lastpass integration but the fingerprint login built into the browser works on most of the sites I've encountered so far. Not perfect but the speed makes up for everything.
So here it is, I don't want to start a browser-discussion (everybody has his/her own preference) but for the people who never used the stock browser you might want to give it a try and see how it works out for you...
Cheers
B
It also beats Google Chrome in one of the best benchmark tests - Vellamo Mobile Benchmark, and provides a much better feeling of use than Chrome and any other browser. Scrolling is so much better.
berre said:
hi all,
don't know if this has been mentioned before (if so my apologies) but just wanted to share this
I've been a bit frustrated with the browsing speed of my S7, I've always used chrome (mainly for integration with lastpass and just because... well, it's chrome right?) but was never impressed with the speed.
Tried a bunch of other browsers (dolphin, maxthon, UC, firefox, ...) you name it.... same feeling...
A friend of mine has an iphone 7, comparison of browser speed was... humbling... Even to the point of considering switching to an iphone!
Started googling about this and somewhere someone on some site mentioned in the comments section of an article about how great iphone's are compared to android that the samsung stock browser (version 4+) in combination with an adblock is "all you need".
To be honest, until that moment I had never even used the stock browser... It's stock so it can't be good right?
Started using the stock browser in combination with "adblock fast" and never looked back... this browser is amazing, did the same tests again with my friends iphone 7 and where before the S7 was slower every time, now it was fastest in about 80% of the cases!
No lastpass integration but the fingerprint login built into the browser works on most of the sites I've encountered so far. Not perfect but the speed makes up for everything.
So here it is, I don't want to start a browser-discussion (everybody has his/her own preference) but for the people who never used the stock browser you might want to give it a try and see how it works out for you...
Cheers
B
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Stock browser with Disconnect Pro is working pretty well. I'm using ir since S6 and I'm happy.
I would like to use stock browser but I need bookmark sync with chrome and this is not supported
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Bookmarks sync via Samsung account works. Install samsung sync addon for Chrome on PC and after starting sync your stock Android browser will sync bookmarks tab. Of course, you have to login Samsung account on the phone before you do all this.
Btw, stock browser is good but needs text formatting .
Which version of the samsung browser are you guys on? Im still seeing 4.0.10-53 on google play, i have the 930w8 if it matters and nothing on samsung's galaxy app store. I had to download version 5+ from apkmirror
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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I'm using 5.0.30-40 with adblock for samsung internet browser and its fast!
The 5.0 version is installed on Android N...
What's new in v5.0?
According to ApkMirror descriptions, 5.0.30-13 is for Android 4.4+, 4.0.30-43 is for Android 5.0+. I think it is a bit confusing. Both have the same variant date, which is even more confusing.
Do you have an "exit" option on the stock browser ? Screen print from my S4 attached - I don't have it on my S7 G930W8 ?
Not sure the app actually closes ?
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Hi, is there pls any chance to remove original bookmarks? No root. Thank you.
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pemati said:
Hi, is there pls any chance to remove original bookmarks? No root. Thank you.
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Try to long press on bookmark. After 1sec should appear option to delete that
Klaudas said:
Try to long press on bookmark. After 1sec should appear option to delete that
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Hi, you can select but only option is to share not delete. Delete is possible but for added bookmarks. Original bookmarks is not possible to delete.
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pemati said:
Hi, you can select but only option is to share not delete. Delete is possible but for added bookmarks. Original bookmarks is not possible to delete.
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I can delete all bookmarks with this method. Not sure why yours would be different
jarayn said:
I can delete all bookmarks with this method. Not sure why yours would be different
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I am on nougat, maybe that's the reason.
pemati said:
I am on nougat, maybe that's the reason.
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same, nougat here
I unfortunately uninstalled it. How can I get it without reflashing my rom? I'm on superman
Royalfox said:
I unfortunately uninstalled it. How can I get it without reflashing my rom? I'm on superman
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Pull the browser apk from the rom or get it from here https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...msung-internet-for-android-5-0-30-13-release/