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Opera Browser beta is the best browser

Testing all browser including Dolphin, native, skyfire.... the best on all test Opera.
I compared Opera with Safari running on ipad (matching result)
check acidtest.org both score 100/100

can you give me more details on what is actually better? speed? i've used stock and dolphin and they both still lag. that's my main beef with the tab so far is that browser lags. does is still lag in opera?

How does it handle pinch to zoom and double tap to enlarge the column you tapped? I'm currently enjoying the latest Miren RC as it's so smooth, but anything that is even faster may be enough to change my mind .

moayyash said:
Testing all browser including Dolphin, native, skyfire.... the best on all test Opera.
I compared Opera with Safari running on ipad (matching result)
check acidtest.org both score 100/100
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Miren/MIUI Browser kills Opera, its in tne Market

Opera is the smoothest browser as it is GPU accelerated on the Tab. As an overall package it isn't quite up there with the likes of Miren or Dolphin imo.

No offense to anyone, but I think Opera sucks **** through a garden hose. Who cares about speed if half of the pages don't render correctly.
I'll never understand the Opera lovers.

its all choice and opinion but Miren is very nice looking, fast, (at least faster then stock on my GT) and intuitive. i used Dolphin HD but something simpler and appealing about Miren made me bounce...
my two cents.

A couple of times a year for the best part of a decade, I give the various Opera browsers another try, and I always find them to be a complete waste of time, either they're slow, they don't render pages "correctly", or their UI is just a complete mess. I'm sure it's fine in _some_ cases, but for my uses I find it to be horrible when compared with some of the other alternatives.
FWIW - Firefox mobile isn't looking promising, takes too long to start and doesn't seem to accept pages passed to it from many apps to open. I'll stick with DolphinHD until something that is better all-round turns up.
Edit: Hadn't heard of the Miren browser until just now, having a look at it and I'm quite impressed. Might make my primary for a while.

I also like Miren, but does anyone know why it always stays "zoomed in" on certain pages? For instance, if I load this web page on Miren (or any other browser besides Dolphin that is based off of the stock browser), it always loads up zoomed in to the upper left of the page. No matter what zoom settings or text size I tell it to use, still the same. Dolphin HD is the only one that doesnt do this.
Anyone??

I can't live without gesture support.... Dolphin HD for me... just hope they keep on improving it. Pinch to zoom could be smoother

peestandingup said:
I also like Miren, but does anyone know why it always stays "zoomed in" on certain pages? For instance, if I load this web page on Miren (or any other browser besides Dolphin that is based off of the stock browser), it always loads up zoomed in to the upper left of the page. No matter what zoom settings or text size I tell it to use, still the same. Dolphin HD is the only one that doesnt do this.
Anyone??
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Go into settings and turn on "Panorama"

Indeed you are a noob. Dolphin is still superior. CPU acceleration ammounts to squat for us tab users. And the rendering, lack of user agent support, dodgy Java implementation (serverside) all make opera the worst mobile browser out there for the tab.
No offence, but you sir a noob.

I have tried every browser out there and xscope is hands down the best.

raqball said:
I have tried every browser out there and xscope is hands down the best.
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Why? I've read a few of these endorsements of Xscope, but there are rarely any reasons given.
I find Miren to have a much better user interface than any of the others. When it comes to features and customization, Miren is equal to or better than the rest. Miren is also very stable while being as fast or nearly as fast as any of the others.
Most importantly, Miren's interface seems designed for tablet use.

The default browser is actually quite good

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The default browser is actually quite good
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I agree! I'm trying the trail of xscope, but I don't think it is that much better than stock. I'm not convinced yet.
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I agree! I'm trying the trail of xscope, but I don't think it is that much better than stock. I'm not convinced yet.
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Just go and compare viewing Gizmodo or Engadget, Full. Not the mobile sites. but the actual full ones.
You will clearly see how sluggish and slow the regular browser is compared to opera.
Sadly Opera is really fast but as another person here said its lacking a lot of features and one of the most annoying bugs is that links do not get picked up correctly. I used it heavily as it is the smoothest browser (mainly due to its compression features) but I always had to zoom in to click small links..
drove me insane.
My 0.02

Opera Mobile 11...good

This browser is definitely better than default browser. Fast, flash support, and it gets 100% on acid3 ( http://acid3.acidtests.org ) test.
Finally, I found a right browser for Galaxy Tab.

I have to agree for the most part. Its definitely much faster and smoother than anything else I've tried. I would classify it as the best if they would implement an exit button and different fonts.
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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No problems with reflow for me!
Regards,
Dave

And youtube
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Works like a charm for me to with almost everything. Youtube work perfect for me.
Have just encounter one wiki page that became realy screwed up. But i justed used the stock browser to read on it.

It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.

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It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.
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I was able to play vids from MLB.com with the only problem being that the quality was a little jerky.
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For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.

darkwoof said:
For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.
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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.

I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4

mkhattab said:
I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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I'm gonna check it out. Hopefully it is as fast and smooth as opera.

I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find

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I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find
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It doesn't support flash yet so that's a deal breaker for me. I'll revisit it when flash works. Hopefully it will become as good as the desktop version.
T-Mobile tab running latest Overcome

I tried Firefox 4 as well, because I like it.. In principle. The result after synchronizing everything was that it took more than 1.6GB (reported by the OS in My Apps). I then unchecked history sync, and it came back to a few megabytes over (aka around 86MB), but it then stopped bringing my bookmarks over from the desktop. It's also rather slow in operation (compared to it, Opera is blazing fast).
That said, I'm looking forward to the next release, so far it has been going in the right direction. JavaScript performance in Firefox is stellar, the real speed problem is with page rendering, but it has been getting better. It's still a decent browser though, and it compares well to the stock one (juuuuuuust a bit slower, but with add-ons and lots of goodies)

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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.
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same here! dolphin HD was my defaullt browser, but now it's been replaced by Opera 11 + Opera Mini (for 2G)
I have deleted Dolphin HD - its toooo slow!

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one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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Opera called that Opera link. Syncs bookmarks, notes, quick dial. Open tabs... nope, but that would've been a deal breaker for me since on the desktop version I usually need at least 500 mb just to open Opera lol. It's a feature that's been there for quite a long time now.
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Was using Dolphin HD too, but I just tried Opera Mobile 11 and I kinda love it. And it's free!

I am still sticking with skyfire. Fast, supports flash. Opera performs poorly on symbian mobile.

I've found Opera to run silky smooth on my tab, except for youtube. They look absolutely terrible, stuck in ultra low res mode or something. Only flaw with the browser.
Annoying as hell regardless.

Most desktop like browser??

So i have find he stock browser, skyfire, dolphin, and xscope all installed
and i cant find one that works really well for all pages, like a desktop browser.
what do you all use for your web browsing?
i use the dock, and the typing in web forums is pretty laggy i dont know if this is a browser, or dock issue though...
my default right now is dolphin, but skyfire seems to handle more complex pages better

Havd you tried firefox?
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I had the same problem.
The only browser that can load my university website and about a dozen other pages that I frequent is Opera Mobile.
The other ones all have big gaps in pages, won't download files and pages look messed up -- even Firefox.
I haven't tried Skyfire, but I tried all the others mentioned.

Have you tried changing the user agent to desktop in the stock browser (in settings)? Web pages always show up exactly as they should for me with this setting.

Lag in the browser is honeycomb specific ..happens on xoom and galaxy tab as well
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Maxthon works very well..
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Opera
Opera mobile have desktop like experience and overall very good browser

i have stock and maxthon installed and i use always the stock. Dispite the lag works pretty nice even for watching football transmissions.

I too don't really like any of the browsers, keep going back and forth when one does something that pisses me off I switch to another for awhile. I currently got Firefox, Dolphin HD, Opera, Maxthon installed and they all suck at different things. Overall the web browsing experience is pretty ****ty compared to ipad even without the flash, it's just so damn slow and laggy. Wish they'd bring out Atomic Web and Mercury browsers to Android, those both rock especially Mercury on the ipad.

anyone tried Dolphin for Pad? Its quite good! Replaced Opera with it!

I like Dolphin so far.

is this different than dolphin HD 6.0?

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is this different than dolphin HD 6.0?
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Yes and it's pretty ownage, I deleted Dolphin HD shortly after trying Dolphin for Tabs cause it ownz

Both Dolphin HD and Dolphin for Tabs work great. The stock browser is pretty good too. Just make sure you set the User Agent to Desktop.

Does no one elses dolphin have a weird graphical glitch when you tap in the address bar?
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Since today I've upgraded from Dolphin HD browser to Dolphin for Pad. This new version was released yesterday and I like it very much! Since I already was a Dolphin user, this browser is even better dan the old one.

What's different in Dolphin for Pad?

It seems to work ok but I dont seem to have the "button" for gestures.....or am I missing something. Also how do you get quickly to the history without going through settings ?

kodakeos said:
what do you all use for your web browsing?
i use the dock, and the typing in web forums is pretty laggy i dont know if this is a browser, or dock issue though...
my default right now is dolphin, but skyfire seems to handle more complex pages better
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In my opinion there is no a definite browser at this moment.
- No one has ad block but firefox.
- No one is able to upload files but Opera.
- No one has a private mode but stock browser.
- Opera is slow when showing pages already loaded in cache and it does not render pages until fully loaded.
- Firefox has an horrible square patron when scrolling. I don't understand why. And image scaling is quite bad. And don't support flash.
- Stock browser and Dolphin render quite fast as pages are loaded and perhaps are more balanced...
So at the end of the day I use firefox for regular browsing (due to adblock and a better tabs management in my opinion), opera when I have to upload something, for example torrent files to my transmission server, and stock one if I have to use private mode (specially if I have to access hacking and or scene blogs)...

steftymo said:
It seems to work ok but I dont seem to have the "button" for gestures.....or am I missing something. Also how do you get quickly to the history without going through settings ?
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Tap the arrow, top right side than do your gesture. I had to ask too and another member showed me.

Best browser of Nexus S?

Can you Nexies recommend me your favorite, the best performing browser for Nexus S.
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I think most people would recommend opera or dolphin hd, firefox nightlies are a bit hit and miss

there is only two browsers, Opera and Stock... the others is just the stock with some things changed, but they render pages just like stock, lag in the same pages, freeze to load extacly same things and has almost same bugs...
Opera, in other hand, seems to be hardware accelerated, it is completely different, and for me, it is really better... loads every pages faster and so smooth as it should be in stock one... but, it has two bad things: 1) it is really annoying to see "Opera Mobile" every single time you open it and 2) doesn't render Google's pages like it should, like gmail or search page. In stock browser it is shown like a web app, but in Opera you see generic mobile pages...
personally, i use both, Opera for default and stock for those things that Opera can't handle well! =oP

I keep trying other browsers and always end up back with the stock. Opera is my backup browser. Its fast, but like all 3rd party browsers, has quirks

Stock & Opera as wingman

Of course Opera...

thiagodark said:
there is only two browsers, Opera and Stock... the others is just the stock with some things changed, but they render pages just like stock, lag in the same pages, freeze to load extacly same things and has almost same bugs...
Opera, in other hand, seems to be hardware accelerated, it is completely different, and for me, it is really better... loads every pages faster and so smooth as it should be in stock one... but, it has two bad things: 1) it is really annoying to see "Opera Mobile" every single time you open it and 2) doesn't render Google's pages like it should, like gmail or search page. In stock browser it is shown like a web app, but in Opera you see generic mobile pages...
personally, i use both, Opera for default and stock for those things that Opera can't handle well! =oP
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I agree. For more examples, anandtech.com is horribly slow in stock, but ESPN's baseball recap pages do not display correctly in Opera. I'm trying out the latest Firefox, which seems like a compromise: not as fast as Opera, but more accurate rendering.
Honestly, when HTC and Samsung branded phones have stock browsers with superior scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, I don't quite understand what's supposed to be so great about the "pure Google" experience. This phone has been out for almost a year and its browser is still terrible. So we get updates direct from Google, but if none of them improve the browser, who cares? It would be great if this improves with ICS, but I still haven't seen any official word on that.
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Honestly, when HTC and Samsung branded phones have stock browsers with superior scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, I don't quite understand what's supposed to be so great about the "pure Google" experience. This phone has been out for almost a year and its browser is still terrible. So we get updates direct from Google, but if none of them improve the browser, who cares? It would be great if this improves with ICS, but I still haven't seen any official word on that.
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that is a thing i REALLY miss in my old HTC devices, browser experience is far far far better. I like Android and all, but ICS is the last chance for Google to me, there is always a tiny thing is not great as it should, in all android handsets i owned! Nexus is amazing, but this browser sucks, i can't understand why google made it that way, just can't. They are mostly a internet company, for god sake, and Chrome is great for Desktop....
For me, Nokia + WP7 or ICS will be a 'watershed'... =o\

The best one I've found is Miren Browser.

I personally enjoy Firefox mobile (it is on market). Though I use the nightly build (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#Download_Nightly)
It does not do flash sadly however I love the sync since I also use it as my desktop

I was thinking about this earlier myself; but, seeing as I tried most of them I knew the answer. To me at least.
I currently just use the stock browser. As much as it bugs me. They need a serious overhaul on this thing. I want Chrome FOR phone. I fee like that team could do a better job at building a browser. Not sure why they haven't.
Anyways. I use stock because it's stock; and, if I'm not 100% happy with another browser I don't keep it because I hate having 2 apps installed that do the same thing. Just the way I am.
Dolphin is my favorite UI. Gestures are cool. The tab interface is better, etc. But, like mentioned above it's really just like the stock browser skinned. However, you don't have to type in about:debug to change to desktop rendering for sites without links on the bottom. Button built it.
Skyfire: I wasn't thrilled with the UI but did like how the Desktop/Android rendering button was right there on top. Again, just like the stock browser though.
Firefox is atrocious.
Opera is by far THE best alternative as far as web experience goes. However, I despise how it doesn't render certain websites "correctly". For example Google and Facebook. It has that "old" look to it. Basic if you will. However, it does load desktop pages a lot faster than the stock browser. So it's not bad if you don't mind waiting a LITTLE loger for the desktop site. In comparison it will load a desktop site ALMOST as fast as the stock browser loads a mobile site. Depending on what;s going on - on the site. But it's very fast and snappy. The way the stock browser should be.
So bottom line if your going to chose a browser other than Opera (if your happy the way it renders) the only advantage the other browsers have are features, plug-ins, ui, etc. The web experience will be the same.
Edit: I was messing with Opera again after reading this. I love how when you click on something (we'll use a link here) that's close to another item: it will highlight both to indicate you pressed both of them and it wasn't sure which one your big finger hit, lol. Instead of "guessing" like the other browsers.

What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?

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What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?
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I always go for the "bigger one" mini is always a lighter app. Smaller. Missing features from the "Regular" one. Correct me if I'm wrong; but, doesn't Opera mini not support flash where the regular one does?

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What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?
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If you check "Turbo" in Opera Mobile it will use the server compression stuff just like Opera mini. Then if something doesn't look right you can long press on it to "load image in full quality" or something like that. Basically Mobile gives you all the capabilities of Mini + more, since space is not really an issue with this phone you should just use Mobile.
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i would recommend for opera..
but one thing i dont like is while you using opera, and switch to another app or just back to home sceen, the internet connection then lost.. so you must loading or refresh it again..

how about soon to be Google Chrome
http://androidandme.com/2011/10/news/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-an-android-device-near-you/

wait for chrome. it's coming in october

Drzfr3shboialex said:
how about soon to be Google Chrome
http://androidandme.com/2011/10/news/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-an-android-device-near-you/
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Wow, that is a great great news...
Cant wait for it..
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Careful using Dolphin or other browsers that may have a user string that looks like a desktop.
If you have grandfathered unlimited data on AT&T, this string will flag you for tethering and you will get a nasty text warning that you need to change your plan (thus losing unlimited data). I personally just use the stock Android browser 100% of the time due to concern that I'll lose my grandfathered data. Especially since AT&T will yank your data even though you aren't really tethering...and it's gone forever.
Just a thought.

Thanks all for that healthy, fruitful discussion.
I have tried both Stock and Miren.
Initially Stock was acting good but then it started hanging. Miren also left unimpressed.
Now I am on Dolphin, it seems to be good. Let us see!
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Is UC the only browser that runs smooth on M7

After been trying most browsers for Android, my findings is that UC is really the only browser that takes good advantage of the weak GPU on mate 7. It is the only browser that runs smooth with flawless scrolling and pinch to zoom.. On all other browser there is visible stutter.
My conclusion is that if it wasn't for UC the mate 7 would had been a much more unsatisfying experience since my allergy to laggy browsing.

Try mercury browser.
Has ad block and runs smoothly.
With uc in desktop mode I found links were not clicking when pressing them like it was not using digitizer correctly.
No issues with native and mercury.
Edit: tried uc browser hd definitely is faster but same issue links not clickable in desktop mode. Have emailed them hopefully they fix it.

Have not tried HD version because it is made for tablet devices only not phones.

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Have not tried HD version because it is made for tablet devices only not phones.
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The hd version is very clean and contemporary and I am liking it in desktop mode.
The issue is with www.gsmarena.com in desktop mode links of news stories don't click for some reason. Could be the ad block is shifting the links not sure hopefully they fix it cause it's a very clean browser.

Uc is best and mercury browser is also good but UC is only best I find next is chrome and next is firefox

Scrolling and pinch to zoom is superior on UC browser. Rendering is not fastest but on heavy sites with a lot of ads UC Is typically faster. UC gui is much faster especially the super fast loading of previously loaded pages which is very useful. CM BROWSER have superior rendering time non-heavy and mobile optimized sites and not good for videos. Cm browser have slow scroll and zoom and mate 7.

Thanks for recommending UC Browser HD. I was look for a better browser and this looks great, it has a smaller ui than most browsers which is needed on such a big screen. I've not had any problems clicking links in desktop mode either.

Privacy nightmare
http://www.ucweb.com/company/privacy/
They track all your web traffic with injected cookies. I ll deal with a little lag.

gn0s1s said:
http://www.ucweb.com/company/privacy/
They track all your web traffic with injected cookies. I ll deal with a little lag.
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I'll take that risk as the speed is superior than other browsers including native.
Also discovered with the gsm website to click photo on left of news story and link opens.
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Am using normal chrome and no lag at all..

xlr8me said:
I'll take that risk as the speed is superior than other browsers including native.
Also discovered with the gsm website to click photo on left of news story and link opens.
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I dl'd UC just to see the diff in speed between it and Chrome beta... and the way it loads in, its much slower for a full page load, than chrome or opera is. And the zoom in out isn't noticeably smoother, unless you zoom pinch zoom in and out like crazy, but who browses web pages like that lol. So not seeing any advantages to using it. Privacy not an issue, until your employer or bank buys a history report on you from a third party, that has browsing history and web habits bundled... then its a big issue.

I am using chrome too
Nothing worng with it so far

gn0s1s said:
I dl'd UC just to see the diff in speed between it and Chrome beta... and the way it loads in, its much slower for a full page load, than chrome or opera is. And the zoom in out isn't noticeably smoother, unless you zoom pinch zoom in and out like crazy, but who browses web pages like that lol. So not seeing any advantages to using it. Privacy not an issue, until your employer or bank buys a history report on you from a third party, that has browsing history and web habits bundled... then its a big issue.
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You do realise that one ad blocks whilst the other does not.
Each to their own I guess but we all have different needs. :laugh:
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I'm using CM Browser without any issues.Particularly likes the auto full screen and night modes.

Simona Simmy said:
Am using normal chrome and no lag at all..
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Me too

nessqn said:
I'm using CM Browser without any issues.Particularly likes the auto full screen and night modes.
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Same here, i like it, night mode, desktop, pop up, threats blocker ecc...Everything working smooth and fine, also very light! Love it!

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Am using normal chrome and no lag at all..
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Me too.

Opera has recently gone over to chromium on opera android platform since it is now open source for Android now. I was surprised how was opera has become totally superior or UC browser it is also faster then chrome because of less Google Bull**** under the hood.

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Me too.
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Same no lag on chrome for me
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Try opera you will experience it to be faster