So what do you guys think? Which is better? Stock ics or htc's version of the ics browser? I haven't had much time with the sense but google sure did a good job on the browser this time (along with the whole update).
Sense browser hides the notification bar, I really hate that. Stock ICS.
The AOSP browser hides the address bar (and the tab button), and you can't bring it back with the menu key. You have to scroll down momentarily, then tap the address or the tab button quickly before it hides itself again. On the Sense browser pressing menu brings the address bar back, and the tabs also appear in the menu, so you don't have to rush to catch either before it disappears.
Otherwise they're pretty much the same to me. What I love about both is that when the browser gets unloaded from memory it saves all your tabs - on GB you lost everything except the last page you were on.
I prefer stock ICS browser
Stock ICS browser for the moment, no doubt.
(Although I am hoping for Chrome to trump everything in its way in the near future)
Is their any possible way to download the AOSP Browser and use it on sense 3:6?
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Did you hate the speed of Dolphin Brower? Was it kinda sluggish, and gave you a headache?.. Well yea, I am not here to save you from your headaches...
..However..
Dolphin Browser HD2 is coming tommorow according to Androidtapp, it brings the following features along with it:
Androidtapp.com said:
Key New Feature Enhancements in Dolphin Browser HD2:
-One of the biggest advantageous you’ll notice is the speed of the browser and how it controls. The other advantage is user interface enhancements and creative interface controls.
-In v1.2 and lower when you slide the screen from left to right your windows management panel appears, this has been opted for Bookmarks & Most Visited websites. Window management can now be found in Add-ons toolbar by longpress and sliding that panel down.
-Browse the web in Full screen.
-When you slide from right to left the installed Add-ons toolbar appears (oh, don’t forget to grab the AndroidTapp.com RSS Add-ons).
-Lastly, there are new add-ons like Adblocker, Password Manager (super convenient), and Screen Cut.
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Click the link below to get the pre launch version of the browser:
http://bit.ly/DHDv2Pre
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Heres a video, if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1tfMSBYEI
I have been using the default browser lately since it seems to meet most of my needs, but maybe this will change things. Though, I said the same about the first version..
I've been using Dolphin HD for a while and really like it, but it was slightly sluggish and lacked some basic user interface features. This could really be a contender for Fennec on Android if it gets a decent amount of attention from the extension devs.
Looks WAY improved over HD1. Can't wait.
Looks awesome! Hopefully it's comparable in speed with the Froyo stock browser. HD1 was just unusable because of its sluggishness.
It should be out today ?
Looks amazing , especially the adblock plus add-on .
=/ Yeah I can't find it anywhere; is HD2 already out?
will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?
Give me an option to remove the tab bar and I'll use it! I like all my screen real estate, the tab bar annoys me.
qvert said:
will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?
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Same question here.
Why don't you guys try the pre launch version that's posted in the OP?
I'm trying it already. It seems quite different from the previous dolphin HD.
Still no "on demand" for flash plugin though.
seems to be released
and it's updated to the normal dolphin
i really like that the URL bar is now hidden by default and only shown while using the menu key, more space!
yeah, its released.
HD2 is just a normal update from V1, you can get it straight from the market as an update.
Still no "on demand" option for flash
still dog slow.
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still dog slow.
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Don't know which one you using but im using 2.0 from the market and its amazing. this is coming from a person who used it before and thought it was crap.
does flash work on dolphin by the way?
xXJay_RXx said:
does flash work on dolphin by the way?
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yes it does, however it requires froyo with flash player installed.
p.s. i am still finding to way to switch flash on demand just like stock browser of froyo does
Am I the only one seeing no add-ons? I didn't expect them all to be there with it being a pre-launch version but i can't see any
Is anyone else having problems scrolling from side to side? Whenever I try to do so, it activates the swipe features (toolbar and bookmarks).
So, I've got my TB and have installed an earlier version of Swype (Evo).
I love that swype works great, except for the auto space with the stock SMS (Handcent FTW).
I've tried Dolphin Mini/HD, FF and Miren. I gotta say that I'm loving Miren, but because Swype auto space doesn't work at all, I'm back to the stock browser.
One of the things I love is being able to just type in search words in the browser bar, but I have having to erase the "http://www." everytime in the stock browser.
For example, if I want to search for "amsterdam", I go to the top, touch the browser bar, and see that everything is highlighted...EXCEPT for the "http://www."
So I need to manually delete/clear out the "http://www.", then go back and swype "amsterdam" to search from the bar.
Is there anyway to have the stock browser take out the "http://www." on the Thunderbolt as a default?
p.s. does Miren support swype auto space...if so, how?
I know what you're talking about and it's really annoying. On the Droid X, the browser would just clear out the whole bar. On the TB, i have forced myself into the habit of pressing the search button in browser when I want to search for something.
I must say I like the HTC browser much more than the Moto one, but the way it fills in http:// is just annoying as all hell.
I noticed that http bug in the stock browser as well. I'm sure it will get addressed soon (pardon the pun derp I couldn't help it.) As far as browsers not auto-spacing that's because those browsers use the address bar both for searching and for URLs, and there's no way for your keyboard know which one you are typing. I've been using opera for a while now, it's super fast since it's the only browser that uses hardware acceleration at this point, plus it has a separate address bar and search bar. Give it a try, you'll probably like it.
I don't think my browser does that. Then again if I'm going to do a search while in the browser I just hit the search button.
with the browser open, just tap the search soft key
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I would rather leave it the way it is. I think they actually put a lot of thought into how this works and intended it to be that way. It assumes that if you're tapping the address bar you wanna type an address. How annoying would it be if you had to type the http..... every time. Just use the search button.
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I would rather they bloody ask.. IE made options for that crap.
Check out the extra settings in the browser. It might be in there I would check for you but I don't have time. But I can direct you where to look. Go to browser> type in the url about:debug > hit enter or go whichever. It shouldn't do anything to the page but what will happen is if you hit menu> more> settings. It will give you much more edit menus. Give it a try.
Download and instal the aosp browser add on in the teslacoil rom thread, bak in the happiness!
dont mean to be crude but it really sucks compared to old stock gingerbread sense browser. what can i do to get a smooth browser experience with no flickers and slow rendering after pinch and zoom? i tried maxthon but even that is a bit slow in rendering after pinch and zoom. i flashed the downgrade fix but that still sucks. in gingerbread everything was smooth. any help? thanks
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dont mean to be crude but it really sucks compared to old stock gingerbread sense browser. what can i do to get a smooth browser experience with no flickers and slow rendering after pinch and zoom? i tried maxthon but even that is a bit slow in rendering after pinch and zoom. i flashed the downgrade fix but that still sucks. in gingerbread everything was smooth. any help? thanks
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G'day champ,
I understand what you're saying, I also had these problems. I don't tend to like Maxthon, Firefox is also still in what feels like an early beta stage.
I've moved towards Dolphin Browser HD, and I haven't had any problems with it at all. I'd provide more info, but I'm in a rush.
But let me know how it goes for you, as I'd love to hear your feedback on it.
Are we not liking Chrome, either?
yeah agree , before it was good but now i use chrome beta!
I got ics but I don't have any problems with my browser .
There's nothing wrong with the ics browser on my phone, and I think it's better because it has more functions.
ICS browser works fine for me on my nosense VI rom.
i tried chrome too. not really my cup of tea. im ok with dolphin though. you guys probably forgot what the gingerbread stock browser was like. I jus moved from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich and the difference is huge. i mean this new browser is ok, but i just wish it were more responsive and smooth with the rendering and pinch and zoom
I'm sure it'll be better after official release guys... And chrome is decent but I'm holding untill its released from beta
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I hate that link don't open up to the page I want, when I'm in a third party app.
Finally I am not crazy!!!
Hgaara said:
I hate that link don't open up to the page I want, when I'm in a third party app.
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Yes thank you I have been having this problem too. I have only noticed it in Yahoo! Mail though. I have uninstalled it yahoo mail though. I have a full release version of ICS too. You would think they would check that with such popular programs as Yahoo Mail.
Thanks for the info. I've flashed a few ics roms & every1 of them has an unpleasant browsing experience compared to stock GB, especially on the desktop of utube. Does dolphin HD scroll & pinch to zoom smoothly on the desktop utube? I'd like to know b4 I reflash again for the 20th time. Thanx in advance
enserio said:
Are we not liking Chrome, either?
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I'm using Chrome Beta, and has so many bugs. I use Opera 11.62 for my computer's browser, but Opera on mobile doesn't like HTML 5. So, I still use Chrome even though it kind of sucks.
Yes it does.
Though this may work better in devices with hardware buttons such as the Sensation (I wonder if it does):
There's no standard menu button and you have to hunt for it in each application, as in all of ICS
The menu "...." icon, in Google's finest new style, is unintuitive and most often hidden
Can't search the page or perform a menu action withotu abandoning my current scroll position
But I've had even worse issues:
I can't find where can I change my User-Agent so that I don't get the crappy "mobile" sites from everybody; I haven't paid 500 € on a large screen phone to get crippled versions
I can't find where can I add custom search engines
Screen estate is often wasted with yet another obnoxious toolbar made of obnoxious Google style icons (i.e. ugly, monochrome, abstract and unintuitive)
And that's just from 5 minutes of use. Back to Opera Mobile — I suggest you do the same; it's faster, has better features and a much better UI (well, anything has a much better UI compared to Google's stuff since Google+).
I've choosen for myself "ICS Browser+".
I recently flashed my HTC Sensation to Android 4.03 with Virtuous Aquisition, a senseless based ROM. One of the features that I often used in sense was the ability press and hold a picture in my stock browser and share it a bunch of different ways, my favorite being by text message. This is no longer an option in the stock browser in ICS or available in Chrome Beta and Dolphin.
Downloading the picture and then going to the gallery seems like such a pain, especially since this was a feature of Sense 3.0 on Gingerbread.
TL;DR: Is there a way to long-hold an image you come across the web browser and share it via MMS in stock ICS?
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I recently flashed my HTC Sensation to Android 4.03 with Virtuous Aquisition, a senseless based ROM. One of the features that I often used in sense was the ability press and hold a picture in my stock browser and share it a bunch of different ways, my favorite being by text message. This is no longer an option in the stock browser in ICS or available in Chrome Beta and Dolphin.
Downloading the picture and then going to the gallery seems like such a pain, especially since this was a feature of Sense 3.0 on Gingerbread.
TL;DR: Is there a way to long-hold an image you come across the web browser and share it via MMS in stock ICS?
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cool, this is the question pain in my axx after goes into ICS with my evo3d as well, seems to be the setting in ics
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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mobilx said:
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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