Recent update = smooth fast page loads... no more missing white block stuff!
Are you refering to the 11.1 update ? If so agreed it certainly is very fluid in scrolling of pages.
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Scrolling in update is no where as smooth as default browser u must be on something
Does it use the hardware rendering like the default browser?
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Scrolling in update is no where as smooth as default browser u must be on something
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I don't know. It's hella fast to me too. If it wasn't for the unoptimal flash performance, this would be the only browser I would need.
I think I might be brain-damaged - I spent like 20 minutes Googling how to enable Flash in Opera Mobile and apparently am missing something.
Could one of you fine people familiar with the browser enlighten me? It would be much appreciated. For what it's worth, the browser does seem better than I remember it.
Ya flash blows in opera mobile for what ever reason if it worked like stock or dophin i would switch
opera is far superior to every other browser except for flash its a shame
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opera is far superior to every other browser except for flash its a shame
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In what way does it blow default webbrowser? Not trying to troll but
1 flash is horrable
2 scrolling is no where near as smooth. so def doesn't use hardware rendering like default browser
3 scrolling doesn't lock in place
I have 2 transformers and side by side oprea doesn't load that much faster. Like people claming
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In what way does it blow default webbrowser? Not trying to troll but
1 flash is horrable
2 scrolling is no where near as smooth. so def doesn't use hardware rendering like default browser
3 scrolling doesn't lock in place
I have 2 transformers and side by side oprea doesn't load that much faster. Like people claming
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stock browser is terrible at scrolling on mine. it constantly shows big white or grey blocks before it renders.
stock doesn't higlight links when you press them so you have to look at progress to see if it took.
favorites in opera are easier to deal with with touch screen.
yes flash is broken
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In what way does it blow default webbrowser? Not trying to troll but
1 flash is horrable
2 scrolling is no where near as smooth. so def doesn't use hardware rendering like default browser
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I have to agree... I tried the Opera update last night and it wasn't that impressive. I keep hoping a really good browser (or browser update) will come along and de-throne the default browser, but it hasn't happened yet.
I guess it is different for everyone? I'm running HD 1.21 with clems v13b kernel (not overclocked) and opera for me flies regarding scrolling speed. Have not ran into flash issues yet. I will take a video of mine in operation and post here to see what I mean.
EDIT: Video Attached - can't imagine it being any smoother than this....night and day between stock/dolphin/maxthon etc. YMMV.
http://youtu.be/S_6jVRiYuBs
I'm not having much luck with Opera flash either. Frustrating.
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I'm not having much luck with Opera flash either. Frustrating.
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No Opera flash will not perform as well as it does in stock or dolphin. If all you really want is fast flash then stick with one of those two. I would love to see a video of someone navigating to the general transformer page on stock browser and then do a fast scroll. If your screen is not filled with larger blocks of blank space as it renders then we are definitely all seeing different
Those blocks show up for a fraction of a second depending on how much stuff is on the website, iPad has the same feature ro make everything butter smooth Also Only shows up if u scroll really fast so its really a non issue.
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I guess it is different for everyone? I'm running HD 1.21 with clems v13b kernel (not overclocked) and opera for me flies regarding scrolling speed. Have not ran into flash issues yet. I will take a video of mine in operation and post here to see what I mean.
EDIT: Video Attached - can't imagine it being any smoother than this....night and day between stock/dolphin/maxthon etc. YMMV.
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U should do a video with both web browsers comparing issues on the same website because the video didn't explain much.
have you gone in to settings >advanced>adobe flash > enable. flash is working fine for me, although I do have to ck to load it.
on another note this recent opera build is fantastic and since the last transformer update the stock browser hasn't worked well for me. At all.
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Those blocks show up for a fraction of a second depending on how much stuff is on the website, iPad has the same feature ro make everything butter smooth Also Only shows up if u scroll really fast so its really a non issue.
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U should do a video with both web browsers comparing issues on the same website because the video didn't explain much.
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Sorry... I thought that the blocky loading/scrolling issue in the stock browser was obvious to everyone? If your stock browser loads pages just like opera does in the video, then you are golden and no need to change. My stock browser loads like a pig compared to that video of opera.
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Me too...the stock browser works best for me right now.
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Yeah, I also find the stock browser to be heaps better than Opera Mobile in pretty much every respect.
I love Opera Mobile on my phone, but it just doesn't work as well with the tablet form-factor.
This blocking problem seems to affect all Webkit based browsers such as the stock browser and Dolphin.
It's really strange because even if you wait until a page is entirely loaded and then try a fast scroll it still blocks out, so it must be problems with the OpenGL support that makes the slow scrolling look so silky smooth.
If this could be sorted then it would be stock browser for me as I use Chrome on the PC.
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Just downloaded Dolphin Browser HD and it is freakin awesome. Try it out.
what is the difference?
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lots its smoother
I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
thanks am gonna try it out
Just installed it.....really nice..."gestures" are really handy...
Best browser out there PERIOD.
Smooth. Options. Bells/whistles.
How does it stack up to Skyfire 2.0 Beta?
why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.
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why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.
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Changing the settings for me worked. Changed the view to close and haven't had to zoom at all and double tapping zooms also fyi.
I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......
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I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......
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You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision
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I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.
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You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision
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I read that earlier and did that to no avail......I went back to the original....
Wow... this is WAY better thank skyfire, sans the flash video support.
couple questions...
thanks for the heads up. i will give hd a try.
still frustrated that we dont have access to the vast majority of videos out there (not talking just about porn ). is this the same for most if not all smart phones? skyfire at least can play a few vids that all the other browsers cant.
i used dolphin for quite a while and have tried opera mini, skyfire and the stock browser (not bad) but so far xscope has stayed my primary for the longest. nice features and fairly quick.
cheers,
ryan
Never understood why dolphin gets so much love. It drives me crazy every time I try to use it. I have a touch screen phone so why design a browser that opens a gestures window every time I swipe my screen? I just don't get it. That and today after I installed it the thing became default browser without even asking me. That just pisses me off.
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+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.
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I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+2 I will try this "HD" version but the original Dolphin is just the Stock browser functionality with a dolphin icon lol
xScope is the best by far... Tried them all, always went back to stock browser until I tried xScope... Now that is all i use.
Its so hard losing the speed of opera but i like it
I downloaded dolphin browser HD from the market last night to give it a try. I wanted to see if it would make the browsing even smoother and faster than it already is on frf91, or run flash better or something. I don't notice anything different. I understand that it has a lot of great features like gestures, tabs, add ons that the regular browser doesn't. But as far as just the performance of page loading or scrolling or anything, do you guys see any difference? What do you like about it?
Lol you answered it in your own post.. It's about the extra features it has
Right I was just wondering if people saw a performance increase in certain types of pages or something. Or if anyone was noticing speed increases.
I don't see any improvements whatsoever with speed. For Dolphin, I have a bunch of gestures set up that makes my lift a lot easier by having a shortcut to "select text".
I guess the only other thing that helps is the convenient access to wipe history and cache. You can also set it to private browsing mode so it never remembers history.
I like being able to exit/close the browser
I have noticed a few features that make Dolphin browser great.
First is the UAs (user agent settings) can be set to desktop client always. I hate going to about:debug every single time on the N1 stock browser. The MT3GS has a stock browser with UAs options in the stock settings. Not having that, after already having it in a stock browser is just annoying.
Downloading is much more efficient with Dolphin for me. I have been able to get everything posted on xda through rapidshare and others. If I am about to download something on my computer, I chrome to phone the link, and use dolphin to download it and astro to move it to the root.
Text clarity is much better on Dolphin. This was especially noticeable when reading text sites, like the news.
The flash player is on Demand, which is annoying when your first testing it out, but I have grown to love that feature. Especially when a lot of sites are fattened up with flash advertisements and useless widgets all over the place. News sites are the worst of all. Even when your in an EDGE only zone a news story should load fine, but an animated advertisement loading in the middle of the page will slow you down.
Downside. I can't seem to establish a secure connection when attempting to connect to a website using verisign to verify the secure connection. I don't know if it is the secure connection that isn't working or the verification? I emailed Dolphin, maybe they will tell me.
I use Dolphin primarily, but the great thing about Android is that you can run both of them, or either of them whenever you please. Getting the best of both worlds.
What I like the most is the simple refresh and stop button next to the address bar
I just wish it had a better theme...the theme tries to be too flashy and the additional themes are equally as gaudy...a simple stock browser theme (same tabs and buttons and whatnot but with the stock android theme styling) would be great...oh well.
Just so I know, dolphin browser uses the default webkit browser core, correct? And it just basically is like the default browser with different settings, UI, and "skin" overtop of the default browser.
no one uses xscope?
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Only for downloading files that Dolphin Browser seems to not want to download...
Skyfire 2.1 has improved alot. Its fast, the multi touch is better than it was with 2.0, and its flash player works much better than before. I use this when browsing casually (not logging in anywhere.) Love to watch worldstarhiphop videos with it cause flash 10.1 performance sucks on that site.
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i use xscope. although i like that dolphin has ability to sync bookmarks
Nope, stopped using Dolphin HD for a couple reasons:
1) It has tabs, which is awesome, but it's a little too complicated to reach them compared to the old dolphin. I liked being able to swipe down to bring down the bar.
2) It's buggy as hell. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it about three times now. Sometimes it doesn't register my clicks, sometimes it brings about the crazy screen problem, and sometimes it just doesn't try to load my pages.
I just wish the stock android browser had tabs implemented.
Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast
The ability for fullscreen mode. That's most important to me as I don't want the notification bar to waste space and to prevent further lcd screen burn in for my N1.
Although that feature is broken in the recent version but a fix is coming.
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Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast
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Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.
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I do. Downloaded X-Scope and Dolphin the same day. There was something Dolphin did that I did not like, but can't remember what it was. But it was often enough it annoyed me. Never had an issue with X-Scope
Love xscope lite. Looks great, great features. many people don't know this but you can set up Flash to run automatically vs. "on demand"
I wasn't sure if all the browser improvements on 2.2 were just for the stock browser but doesn't seem anyone has noticed a difference in speed between stock and alternatives.
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Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.
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Not sure what you mean by text reflow, but I set it to "wide" in one of the settings and it made the xda forums look exactly the same as dolphin/stock browser.
Anyway to fix these by ediiting the prop build and anyway to adjust the red level in the screen.
These are killing me and driving me nuts!
browser lag is most likely Flash 10.1, install the latest flash or do what I did. Change flash to On-Demand in plugin settings for browser.
and I'm sure there is screen changing things you can do, but I don't do them so can't help ya.
It's not browser lag with flash its in scrolling text btw I have flash 10.2
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Anyway to fix these by ediiting the prop build and anyway to adjust the red level in the screen.
These are killing me and driving me nuts!
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I noticed the red tint today also when my friend was comparing my G2x to his Nexus S...
The page moves quicker if you just move your thumb top to bottom then if you try to fling the page that's what I'm talking about(
Just did browser tests on my galaxy s running team whiskey versus g2x and I am convinced that this browser is not using both cores of the processor
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Just did browser tests on my galaxy s running team whiskey versus g2x and I am convinced that this browser is not using both cores of the processor
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obviously since dual-core is not supported on the OS level, it's like having a dual-core processor on windows 95 machine
WHY are you using default browser??
Use xscope or miren browser! They work much better.
I'm not experiencing either of these issues. No red tint, and the stock browser is smooth as silk.
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browser lag is most likely Flash 10.1, install the latest flash or do what I did. Change flash to On-Demand in plugin settings for browser.
and I'm sure there is screen changing things you can do, but I don't do them so can't help ya.
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No.
I was just coming here to post about the browser lag. Noticeable lag, BTW.
I went into the T-Mobile store earlier today, factory reset the display G2X (I always do that now, since people like to say "phone prolly was runnign 20 apps from all the other people that played with it") and put Flash to On-Demand. Go to WMPowerUser.com (there are MANY others where this happens), open a blog post and scroll. It's choppy as ****. The Vibrant has the exact same issues (slightly worse). It happens on tons of sites, and I don't think Flash has anything to do with it.
I don't know what the issue is, but I'm about to start looking at the HTML coming to the browser (user agent spoofing on a desktop) to see if it is choking on on some specific elements.
I also noticed the data speeds were simply terrible, slower than my Vibrant (had both my Vibrant and HD7 on me).
Google needs to realize that the overall user experience matters more than how many milliseconds advantage your browser engine has over the competition...
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WHY are you using default browser??
Use xscope or miren browser! They work much better.
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Because there are applications/features that tie into the stock browser and using a third party browser just breaks the overall cohesiveness of the user experience.
I've never heard of XScope and didn't think Miren still existed, though, so thanks for that info.
Opera Mobile 11 is better than both of them, and supports Flash...
BOTH browsers are great. MIREN has an option to adjust brightness within the browser which I like to use at night. Xscope has a great developer and has nice features as well. Try both than pick one and un-install the other. Than when an app requires stock browser you will be prompt to select which browser you want to use as default, choose miren or xscope and its that easy!
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Because there are applications/features that tie into the stock browser and using a third party browser just breaks the overall cohesiveness of the user experience.
I've never heard of XScope and didn't think Miren still existed, though, so thanks for that info.
Opera Mobile 11 is better than both of them, and supports Flash...
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I like the stock browser my vibrant with bionix 1.3.1 does not do this at all really thinking of takin her back and waiting it out for the Galaxy 2 s
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BOTH browsers are great. MIREN has an option to adjust brightness within the browser which I like to use at night. Xscope has a great developer and has nice features as well. Try both than pick one and un-install the other. Than when an app requires stock browser you will be prompt to select which browser you want to use as default, choose miren or xscope and its that easy!
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The Samsung stock browser has independent browser controls, and does stuff like chrome to phone work with those third party browsers?
I already use opera as a secondary. The others are useless to me.
The constant pops to choose an app front every app with links is county. I like to avoid that situation.
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No.
I was just coming here to post about the browser lag. Noticeable lag, BTW.
I went into the T-Mobile store earlier today, factory reset the display G2X (I always do that now, since people like to say "phone prolly was runnign 20 apps from all the other people that played with it") and put Flash to On-Demand. Go to WMPowerUser.com (there are MANY others where this happens), open a blog post and scroll. It's choppy as ****. The Vibrant has the exact same issues (slightly worse). It happens on tons of sites, and I don't think Flash has anything to do with it.
I don't know what the issue is, but I'm about to start looking at the HTML coming to the browser (user agent spoofing on a desktop) to see if it is choking on on some specific elements.
I also noticed the data speeds were simply terrible, slower than my Vibrant (had both my Vibrant and HD7 on me).
Google needs to realize that the overall user experience matters more than how many milliseconds advantage your browser engine has over the competition...
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You can change your user-agent setup in the LG hidden menu. Try that and see if it works better.
Look at a logcat when you are browsing around. Absolutely not surprised that it is lagging.
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Look at a logcat when you are browsing around. Absolutely not surprised that it is lagging.
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why what did you see
also what will the hidden menu thing do are you saying that tmobile is throttling the g2x?
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I thought it had a lot of red tint at first, too. Actually your friend's NS is the problem. The colors on the G2x are accurate.
I also have significant lag in the browse as well. Really annoying to say the least.
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Go to WMPowerUser.com (there are MANY others where this happens), open a blog post and scroll. It's choppy as ****. The Vibrant has the exact same issues (slightly worse). It happens on tons of sites, and I don't think Flash has anything to do with it.
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WMPowerUser is completely smooth for me. Actual blog posts included. I wont presume to know whats causing you guys issues, but I haven't ran into choppy scrolling on a single site yet. Maybe its your connection...
So I've been using opera even after the ICS upgrade but today started playing with the stock browser this morning and gotta say, its pretty quick. And I've hadn't had any real issues with it not letting me post in forums as with both opera and dolphin. Pretty decent....
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So I've been using opera even after the ICS upgrade but today started playing with the stock browser this morning and gotta say, its pretty quick. And I've hadn't had any real issues with it not letting me post in forums as with both opera and dolphin. Pretty decent....
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Agree. Runs pretty smooth, i also use Chrome and it's really buggy and laggy sometimes.
My only two gripes about stock browser are...
Sometimes typin a search query into address bar just keeps wanting to load a web page instead..
And when you press bookmarks button, theres no way to have you synced gmail ones show up on top. It always shows local first.
Not big deals... I use stock browser more than any else.. Full screen option os nice too.
yup, i like using the stock browser compared the the HC stock browser. I use it alot.
The stock browser has a scrolling problem. When you start to scroll up and down page there is no chance to move on sides unless you stop to scroll. However if you start to scroll diagonally you can move the page to all directions.
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The stock browser has a scrolling problem. When you start to scroll up and down page there is no chance to move on sides unless you stop to scroll. However if you start to scroll diagonally you can move the page to all directions.
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I think it's a feature to make straight scrolling easier, it may be a bit too strong though.
And it seems to be in the stock firmware's scrolling system itself, as it's visible in other apps too.
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As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.
I use Firefox at the moment... Works really good
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I recommend you Next Browser !
Maxthon
Puffin
Boat
Others: Sleipnir / UC Browser
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I recommend you Next Browser !
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I'd second that. It's a really fast browser with some excellent features.
Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.
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I'm using Opera atm because it has text flow.
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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exactly. just turn down the text size to 50% in settings and chrome looks like every other android browser but feels smoother and has no problems at all.
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Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.
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Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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I would avoid any goteam products. They are known for privacy breaches.
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I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.
I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.
I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.
I've used Naked on my N7 for a year or so, and works just as fast (faster) on my N5.
Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.
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Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.
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I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.
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I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.
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I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.
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I agree even myself.
I have absolutely no issues with chrome.
It runs silky smooth at 60fps on my phone like any other browser.
Personally I don't use it though because It does not support flash player which is useful.
Firefox
Dolphin (with Jetpack)
And Next Browser (which I never knew about before this thread)
Are the personal preferred browsers of my choice.
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Sleipnir is a very solid browser. It has the best tab management I have seen in a mobile browser.
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Dan37tz said:
Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.
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Chrome beta is usable..... The other one is crap and...in general any other browser is miles away from AOSP browser