anyone probably noticed that android isn't really smooth in browsing unlike the iphone or the wp7...
and there is a simple reason for that! it is the rendering technique of the page.
iphone/wp7(and some new android phones like the sgs2) simply view the internet as a photo and when you zoom or scroll it is not a problem for the device to maintain 60 fps, 1 render(unless you zoom) and then you have no problem moving it.
However, android(stock browsers by google or others found in the play market) uses a different technique they actually show you the web as it is! means it shows you the vectoric form of stuff instead of rasterizing it into a big bitmap.
hence android is CONSTANTLY rendering the web when you move it so it is very hard for a simple device to load and maintain a nice and steady 60 fps(or even 20).
solution: hey why dont we make android do the same?
oh yes you can do that! and even better than the iphone does(the iphone will freeze for 1-5 seconds if you zoom in and out rapidly on heavy sites like yt and other desktop pages android don't) Opera mini does that
and perfectly good!
so every device running android can be smooth as well by using opera mini (next)
(not mobile... mini... mobile uses vectoric graphics too)
pros: ultra smooth! and you still have this fast android scrolling!
cons: no flash(par wth iphone). and sites load as mobile by default and might be shown wrong due to sever compression...
you having a big and powerfull device? you dont have to do this... just get boat browser and you will enjoy fast and vectoric browsing... without the cons of raterized browsing.
boat is the complete browsing experience imo...
btw in boat you can pan and zoom togather with 2 fingers(unlike opera and other browsers)
HAVE FUN!
The server-side website compression of opera mini makes the pages look terrible.. but maybe that's just me.
Lechium06 said:
The server-side website compression of opera mini makes the pages look terrible.. but maybe that's just me.
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nope.. thats totally true.
opera makes your browsing experience worst.
Try Opera Mobile.
It doesn't need server side compression yet it is as smooth.
nope
xdabook said:
nope.. thats totally true.
opera makes your browsing experience worst.
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didnt encounter much of problems... only in some rare ocassions(full yt and sites that have moving bars as the yt bar of playlists)
otherwise opera mini does the same as ios safari.
but scrolls android fast one fling for a page not a fling for 0.1 page.
btw in opera mobile you can disable that... in mini not...
also i gave you the boat browser alternative in case you dont have a super slow device...
i wish they could just make opera mobile or even boat browser with the mini's rendering engine!
no it's not...
Romonster said:
Try Opera Mobile.
It doesn't need server side compression yet it is as smooth.
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its not smooth at all and wow i just loooove black blank screen on my device!
or that it doesnt work on ics or that the last update ruined it(wanted to dl it again and see if its smooth... apparantly it ruines the web surfing completely!)
all i see is white screen with opera mobile and than black screen with status bar...(used to work fine but not as smooth as the mini... not same gpu accelerated rendering methods)
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Is there a way to put a real web browser on the sda?
If not ,what phone will?
Is firefox mobile good?
The closest thing I've seen to a real web browser on a Microsoft phone is the Picsel browser for the touchscreen phones.
It can't hold a candle to iPhone's Safari, so I've been told.
Opera mini can show pages like that. The only problem is that some scripts are disabled. Other than that pages look more or less the same as they would look on desktop. It also reduces the amount of loading time.
Other browser was Microsoft Deepfish, but there is not much news about that one.
sda?
Will any of these browsers work on sda?
Just interested in streaming the site "slacker".com
Are they safe?
2nd on Opera Mini, its great and amazingly fast. It makes mobile browsing awesome esp once you get to know the shortcuts, and esp when you like to go back and forward through your history a lot. Its soo damned fast at that. Just make sure you get Mini, not Mobile.
ohh streaming is another story...I know there are some streaming video options/flv options. I just haven't kept up with those options. I'm sure if you did a search on playing youtube, you'd come up with something.
But if you could deal w/not using Slacker.com. These two sites are formatted for mobile use and work excellently in Pocket IE.
http://pda.mobiletopsoft.com/tv-radio.php#Music
http://radiotime.com/Mobile/Index.aspx
Radiotime has real radio stations and a really cool format that allows you to change stations and genres using your joystick.
I've been using opera on the htc diamond but I notice that it just keeps crashing when I try to go onto some sites like logmein. I use to be able to go on most of these sites if memory serves when I was using my vario2, but I can't remember what browser I was using.
In my experience Opera mobile is the best I ever used, and works perfect on my Uni
Opera Mini!
Opera Mini 4.2. Opera Mobile cannot hold a candle to this one - yeah the Mini is server-side cached, etc. but doesnt matter because the render fidelity is pretty good for almost 90% of the browsing experience.
SUPER FAST !!! SPEED SPEED SPEED!
Another vote for opera mini here. I do 99% of my mobile browsing on it. It may be a bit limited feature-wise, but for simple navigation and viewing there is nothing faster.
Check out Shiranmotha's all-in-one cab installer.
For me Opera Mini is the best browser for ppc.
skyfire is pretty decent
I actually use both Opera and Skyfire. Opera still has some bugs on some websites. But i mostly use Opera because of how fast it is Skyfire takes too long to load a website.
Just installed opera mini but is it just me or does it allow you to zoom in when using the htc diamond circle button?
Is there any browser that supports adobe flash?
I tried skyfire but it won't let you type in the flash app...
Thanks ahead
Try Opera.
Think Opera would be your best bet...check out the Opera sticky's in the General section.
Internet explore is the best browser so far, it is the only browser which can handle flash objects perfectly till now. Offcourse opera can do but not better than internet explorer.
Also note that:
Internet explorer 6 only supports flash that is wm 6.5 and above Better is build 28xxx.
Another thing internet explorer loads page slower as it has no server side optimization.
browser and flash player
I recently discovered skyfire. It is supported on all windows 6.x versions and on touch and non touch screens. Its working very nicely on my touch HD.... hmmm... let me rephrase that.. It works not too bad. You tube videos were moving and for the most part the audio and video was in sync. the video was choppy but could still be followed.
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galaxys said:
Think Opera would be your best bet...check out the Opera sticky's in the General section.
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Completly agree
For me the best option.
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Can some one tell me what is the best internet browser with pinch touch, or should I just keep opera and get a tweek?
-Metta
Metta24 said:
Can some one tell me what is the best internet browser with pinch touch, or should I just keep opera and get a tweek?
-Metta
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Best browsers, but both without pinch to zoom: Opera Mobile 10 (stable, smooth, reasonably fast) and Opera Mini 5 Native WM (some bugs, smooth, incredibly fast).
You can add pinch to zoom for both apps with BSB Tweaks, but not natively. It will not actually zoom the webpage, but rather the whole application!
Ok mate thanks for that.
keep the one you already have..
Yeah I am going to.
i like skyfire!
Opera is the best IMo...but Skyfire good for certain flash video websites
Currently i use Dolphin HD and UC Browser mini when at work to keep data costs down, dolphin seems to take up a lot pof data so i try to use it when just on wifi.
I noticed most of the mini browsers say they use 90% less data, uc says it, opera mini etc..
I looked at dolphin mini but it doesn't say anywhjere they is manages data use any better, or compresses it etc..
Does anyone know if it does, or is the dolphin version just a smaller version of the full one and offers no compression for data?
thanks
James
james_lpool said:
Currently i use Dolphin HD and UC Browser mini when at work to keep data costs down, dolphin seems to take up a lot pof data so i try to use it when just on wifi.
I noticed most of the mini browsers say they use 90% less data, uc says it, opera mini etc..
I looked at dolphin mini but it doesn't say anywhjere they is manages data use any better, or compresses it etc..
Does anyone know if it does, or is the dolphin version just a smaller version of the full one and offers no compression for data?
thanks
James
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well 'm not really sure but I use opera mini and it sure does the job of compression!!!
cheers