Which browser seems to be the best in terms of speed and useability?
Dolphin HD, Firefox, Skyfire, Android Browser, Opera (or mini opera)?
If you have another preference, please recommend.
I always like stock browser, but the new beta Dolphin HD 6.0 is pretty nice as well. Browser preference is really something you can decide. try them out and see which one you like best
I've been using Miren browser since my Vibrant and been very happy with it.
Hope that helps....
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Stock but I'm looking into another one, for some reason I wasn't too happy with Dolphin, maybe I'll try it again
My favorites are stock and Dolphin Mini.
Miren Browser has been the best browser I've used so far other than stock.
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Opera mobile is definitely the best
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STOCK
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Opera mobile is definitely the best
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Yes, Opera Mobile is the best when you have unlimited 4G data and the 4G connection is good, Not only can it do flash videos, you can actually browse with many LIVE tabs open. Yes LIVE TABS, meaning that just because you switch to another tab that you were viewing will still be streaming audio and video in the background, just like on your desktop at home! I don't know any other mobile browser that does this.
Unfortunately, we all know tmobile 4G is iffy at locations, and connection will drop to 2G, but that's alright, because then Opera Mini comes to the rescue and is definitley the fastest most reliable browser on 2G connection, PERIOD!
Even though Opera Mini can't do flash, it does download the audio or video for you to enjoy at your leisure and it will "multitask so you can listen to the audio/video you just downloaded in the background while you surf the web, which is mostly reading articles and looking at pictures anyway, and Opera Mini Excels at this!
Finally, Both Opera browsers render the webpages on their server, giving you unprecedented speeds and saving you data usage. This is a huge plus, because I have the 5GB unlimited plan and I still hit 5GB before my billing cycle ends, although I've never had tmobile "down throttle" me I can feel safe to budget my data using Opera Mobile/mini, and if I want to save battery life and just read forums and articles online without the need for flash videos, I set the settings to only use 2G and browse with Opera Mini.
The other browsers are nice and flashy, but when you get to have true "multitasking" with active widows, fast browsing without the need for 4G, and the benefit of saving battery life and data usage, you can't beat Opera Mini and Mobile...
I have been using Boat Browser mini for a couple of months now. Its not in the market anymore you have to go to www.boatgo.net to get it. Its fast, and easy to use love it. Its has features like screen capture and the copy text feature makes it easy to. Also has themes.
another vote for Miren...although it's not working on my gt10.1, so I'm using dolphin on there.
I'm going to go with Opera Mini and Miren but it's really your preference. Opera mini excels at slow data speeds which is great in a 2g only zone
I used to use Miren, but it hasn't been updated in a while.
I decided to install Opera one day and was blown away by how smooth the scrolling was compared to Miren (which is pretty good in its own right). It was very fluid, which our phones have always lacked relative to the apple phones.
erikikaz said:
I used to use Miren, but it hasn't been updated in a while.
I decided to install Opera one day and was blown away by how smooth the scrolling was compared to Miren (which is pretty good in its own right). It was very fluid, which our phones have always lacked relative to the apple phones.
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Thats exactly what got me hooked; the fast page rendering and the smoothness of the scrolling. Just as good scrolling as iphone now.
erikikaz said:
I used to use Miren, but it hasn't been updated in a while.
I decided to install Opera one day and was blown away by how smooth the scrolling was compared to Miren (which is pretty good in its own right). It was very fluid, which our phones have always lacked relative to the apple phones.
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Are you talking about opera mobile or opera mini when you're referring to the smooth scrolling? Or is it like that on both?
I have Opera Mini, Dolphin and Skyfire, and I only use Dolphin now, not that I think any of the three are good at all but what else can we do
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Are you talking about opera mobile or opera mini when you're referring to the smooth scrolling? Or is it like that on both?
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opera mobile
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After reading a bunch of reviews on the web browsing experience on Opera Mobile on the Fuze I was a little disappointed when I actually got it.
The speed is ok, but the touch navigation is really poor and I actually think I liked the BB browser on the Bold better.
So far I have ungraded to the NATF ROM and I like everything else about the phone, but I browse a lot so I'm almost on the verge of selling it.
I have also tried Skyfire, but wasn't really impressed either.
I was wondering if there is any other browser, ROM or tweeks to Opera that people have found improves the experience
I would appreciate any input, if not please PM me if you want to buy a brand new unlocked Fuze
According to this page on the Opera website, Opera Mini 5 is "coming soon".
And in addition, twitter.com/opera says
Opera Mini 5 coming really soon: http://tinyurl.com/peu9fq
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The tinyurl link in the twitter post leads to a blog posting made by an Opera employee, saying:
Wanna know what's coming really soon?
Before the weekend a teaser on www.opera.com/next appeared. It was claiming that "The next generation in mobile browsing" is coming very soon. The product is Opera Mini 5 and a beta is coming very, very soon. Good times, good times...
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It seems that Opera Mini 5 is close at hand, though currently there are no details concerning new features, improvements, changes, etc., so it seems we're still in the dark for the most part.
But for all of you who regularly use Opera Mini, looks like you're in luck.
If this has been posted before, feel free to delete it
I use Opera Mini. As far as I'm concerned, it's the perfect mobile browser. However, I nonetheless have to admit that it's difficult to get excited about Opera Mini 5 if there are no details.
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I use Opera Mini. As far as I'm concerned, it's the perfect mobile browser. However, I nonetheless have to admit that it's difficult to get excited about Opera Mini 5 if there are no details.
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Agree. Somebody has to have some ideas of improvements
A better download/upload manager would be nice.
Operamini, to be perfect, only needs tabs support
It needs better finger scrolling for touch screen devices.
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I use Opera Mini. As far as I'm concerned, it's the perfect mobile browser. However, I nonetheless have to admit that it's difficult to get excited about Opera Mini 5 if there are no details.
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Yes, I thought the same. But now I already use the 5 beta and I have to say it is really cool and definitely a improvement.
It's faster, more finger-friendly, has multi-tabbing and a quick favourite-starter. Great browser!
how can i get www browsing like safari and ipod touch? it really sucks in winmo and every browser ive tried. i have to tap links many times to load and scrolling is terrible. double tapping space bar when typing like here doesnt add a .. no auto correction whwn typing. page zom kinda sucks too. scrolling and zooming is very slow jerky and not accurate. all this is a horrable experience. what can i do to make it better?
thanks so much
As much as I'd like to give you a better answer, until Skyfire optimizes the browser for the TP2, we're stuck with jagged (Skyfire) or no flash (Opera) options...
Skyfire should release something new soon for the 800x600 screens though...
--Opera
Supposedly you can get Opera Mini to work with Flash. I had it working one time, but then I tried update something and it broke it. I'm not messing with it anymore until the thing is unlocked and I can reflash ROMs to it.
O.P, i'm so with you on this one. It's almost as if you read my mind. Do you know that most times, i turn on WMWifirouter and tether my iPod Touch because the web browsing on it is eons better than on Win Mobile.
The one and only gripe i've ever had against Win Mo has been the terrible browsers and bad webpage renderings.
I think it's the combination of the not so great Qualcomm MSM processor and Opera Mobile's general resource-hungry crappiness that sucks. I'm so down right now.
I read on some other site about some farrrrrr outtttttt rumor that the snapdragon HTC Leo/Touch HD2 might be coming to Sprint around christmas time (codenamed Adonis...or something). I'll see if this rumor gains traction within 30 days and offload my TP2.
I want good www on my tp2 for when I am not able to use my iPod touch and for downloading to the tp2. I don't care one bit about flash. I don't want flash ads and don't use flash except the sites that totally require it on my MacBook pro.
I'm totally desperate to have good www on my tp2.
Nopefully that will be one of the main improvements we get with 6.5. IF we get 6.5.
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Nopefully that will be one of the main improvements we get with 6.5. IF we get 6.5.
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We *are* getting 6.5 and it's looking like it will be soon. But, even if the manufacturers failed us on the update, cmonex will shortly deliver HardSPL and you'll have whatever you want.
As for the web browser, a webkit-based browser is currently in the making for winmo devices: http://www.dorothybrowser.com/?pn=home
EDIT: I decided to install this and see where they stand. The browser is actually pretty nice and has some real promise.
zcarman said:
As much as I'd like to give you a better answer, until Skyfire optimizes the browser for the TP2, we're stuck with jagged (Skyfire) or no flash (Opera) options...
Skyfire should release something new soon for the 800x600 screens though...
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Get Opera 9.7 35461 and download Fixoperaflash. Opera 9.7 IS FAST!!!!! It has some cool features and stuff too. And super fast panning and zooming.
9.7 is total crud. I've tried it as I said I tried every browser and tapping on links is not good nor is speed/scrolling and pages don't look nearly as they should. I wish someone would make a www browser and have a forum we can post feedback on and they listen and implement changes. Cus if they did what I and I'm sure all you guys want then www would be great. Mostly I mean performance and formatting pages.
Well the 9.7 build I tried was crud. Don't know if it's the same as you mention but I am guessing it is. Unless a new build came in the last 2 weeks that makes major improovments.
buggs1a said:
how can i get www browsing like safari and ipod touch? <cut out whining> what can i do to make it better?
thanks so much
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Buy an iPhone.
How many threads are you going to make about this topic?
-Daniel
dweidman said:
Buy an iPhone.
How many threads are you going to make about this topic?
-Daniel
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Thank you.
BumpUpppppp
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Does anyone know how to cope with the problems with browser. If it is a detailed web page than it takes forever to load and it is jittery and not smooth.
I had the thunderbolt before this but didn't have this problem cause it has a lot more ram.. any ideas please.
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I really think you should get rid of the Charge. You have had nothing but bad things to say with all of your posts. Also, if you took a second to search, you would know that absolutely all of the "questions" you are asking in every post that you have had has been answered.
General questions should go to general forums.
That said I agree with the first poster, sell your Charge and buy a blackberry or something. I heard they come with lots of the rams.
+100
Go back to a flip phone. Ohhh wait, you have to flip it open to answer the call and you will not like that and then look for a forum to vent and complian. Do yourself a favor and carry a netbook & tablet. Maybe you'll will find the solution to all you see wrong with the devices you have already given up on: TB, Charge etc............
LATERS
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How much RAM?
Does anyone know exactly how much RAM it has? The stock task manager app says 328.. But I read somewhere part of the RAM was accoladed to the CPU or something..
So in total how much does it have?
why...why WHY!!!!!!! In the developments?!!!!
The only way to solve this properly is to get a Galaxy S II. Otherwise go get an iPhone, they load better because they don't support flash and so those phones don't hesitate much to load web pages because ALL they have to do is load the page and not flash stuff which makes it APPEAR that the iPhone has better browsing capabilities... but it doesn't.
Syn Ack said:
The only way to solve this properly is to get a Galaxy S II. Otherwise go get an iPhone, they load better because they don't support flash and so those phones don't hesitate much to load web pages because ALL they have to do is load the page and not flash stuff which makes it APPEAR that the iPhone has better browsing capabilities... but it doesn't.
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The difference between the iPhone and Android is that EVERY aspect of the iPhone UI has GPU acceleration, so you have the CPU and GPU work together to render everything. On Android, this isn't the case as it was meant for greater compatibility and many devices have sub-par graphics hardware. Luckily though, that is changing, so hopefully Google adds GPU tweaks/enhancements in ICS to fix this problem.
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The difference between the iPhone and Android is that EVERY aspect of the iPhone UI has GPU acceleration, so you have the CPU and GPU work together to render everything. On Android, this isn't the case as it was meant for greater compatibility and many devices have sub-par graphics hardware. Luckily though, that is changing, so hopefully Google adds GPU tweaks/enhancements in ICS to fix this problem.
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I really hope Ice Cream Sandwich brings a smooth Android experience to the level of iOS, WebOS, Windows Phone, etc. The Droid Charge hardware is capable enough to at least make it as presentable as those.
It kind of always bothered me when in video reviews of Android devices with relatively choppy scrolling/zooming in the browser the reviewer calls it "smooth" or "fast" when the hardware should be capable of being as fluid as the scrolling in competing operating systems.
On that note, can someone with a Droid Charge already tell me if the browser experience with the lagfix is similar to this or is it better/worse? It seems Samsung did some optimizations for the Galaxy S browser that make it look more fluid (but not perfect) than the standard Galaxy S browser.
I habe iphone too. Really go back to a.flip phone that's rude. I work sell.Verizon sell phones. Of course I am going to.be judgemental. I asked a simple question.. did your mom teach you anything. If you got nothing nice to.say don't say it at all. Dang!!
The only reason I put this question in the development page is maybe someine knew.some settings behind the scenes to.change.something. just like the LCD density changer. Bad a** .. next time I will.put it in the regular forums. I just maybe thought since there are people that can write Roms n make UV krnals that someone may know how to speed.up load process. My bad! !!
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Solution to browser problem!
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Install another browser app! 0-o!
Truly, the stock browser sucks, we are just starting in the grand scope of things to develop ROMS and kernels for the Charge, let alone the Android OS. If you want to compare an apple (pun intended) with a green bot, buy THE APPLE!
Download Opera
I use Opera and it works great... just like it did on my TP2, except now it has flash. It is not glitchy or sluggish at all on the Charge.
To the OP Richardzu.. people here weren't flaming you because you had a question. They were flaming you because you put a general question not related to development in this section.
I know what you mean by saying you thought a dev. may have an idea or a fix but if you have those questions, hit up the charge irc channel. Sorry I don't have a charge so I don't know what it is.
You got to admit once a section becomes 4 to 6 months old, you go in and look at the development section and there's 683 threads but only 8 of them contain any sort of work. We all have to chip in together to keep the forums clean. =)
Why on earth are people using the stock browser?! There's your first mistake.
EDIT: I've had absolutely no problems viewing the web "smoothly" using Dolphin Mini and Opera Mini.
See that is all someone had to say. I use all these damn phones all day and sucks to see such a great piece of equipment lag.
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Under browser settings-enable plugins-on demand
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Under browser settings-enable plugins-on demand
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+1, greatly improves the stock browser
Syn Ack said:
The only way to solve this properly is to get a Galaxy S II. Otherwise go get an iPhone, they load better because they don't support flash and so those phones don't hesitate much to load web pages because ALL they have to do is load the page and not flash stuff which makes it APPEAR that the iPhone has better browsing capabilities... but it doesn't.
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iPhone sucks. I mean, it's a great phone, but it's so limited. Don't get an iPhone. It's got as much RAM as the Charge.
**** u opener of this forum u always say the same stupid **** move on ****in troll
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RichardZu said:
I had the thunderbolt before this but didn't have this problem cause it has a lot more ram..
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Thunderbolt isn't immune to laggy browsing with stock browser even with on-demand configured. For example, it can't cope with XDA. It was a little better on my previous Samsung Epic running Eclair 2.1.
Since it is now open sources, I think more features can be added onto the rom. For example, localization, more language, or some optimization(since hp have said they found webos run much faster on an ipad, even on safari only.)
I dunno exactly, but I would love to all devs find better balance in creating the OS, I mean, less unusable apps, less effects, less beauty, focus on speed, stability and battery usage, Web OS is just great, it needs just a couple of apps and some UI polishing...
4g and done way to improve battery life. I would almost put away my razr to use my repaired thunderbolt with webos if it was stable.
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I would like to see WebOS running on PCs. Especially my HP tm2t laptop/tablet convertible thingy.
The usual suspects: email, browser, contacts, the "deck of cards" for running apps, xda app... Had it on my palm pre... I'd put it on my Samsung Epic, if it were possible...