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Hey guys,
I downloaded the Dolphin HD Browser last night (free version) to try it out on the X. The features of this browser are amazing and is easy to use but it has horrible lag. Anyone else experience the same problem as me? Or is this just how the program acts? I uninstalled the program because it was just that bad
We don't disrespect the Dolphin Bro! LoL...
Its due to all the extra goodies so its worth the few milliseconds of diff.
IMHO...
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PlankLongBeard said:
We don't disrespect the Dolphin Bro! LoL...
Its due to all the extra goodies so its worth the few milliseconds of diff.
IMHO...
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Lol...sorry ...I wasn't trying to disrespect just wondering because the browser is way better than the stock one on the X
Slow??? Not at all for me, if anything its faster than the stock browser. The one thing i have noticed is it trys to load the majority of the page before it displays it.
Dolphin hd Being able to disable the notification bar = my default browser.
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LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
Slow??? Not at all for me, if anything its faster than the stock browser. The one thing i have noticed is it trys to load the majority of the page before it displays it.
Dolphin hd Being able to disable the notification bar = my default browser.
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I guess we all agree...
We don't disrespect the Dolphin!
Forget dolphin it kept messing up on mine so I got opera, its so much better.
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To be honest dolphin is the sh**
Don't mean to be a hater, but I didn't quite get it. I was always an Opera Mini fan on WinMo, so I quickly put it on my X, but it doesn't seem to support pinch to zoom.
I downloaded Dolphin, and while it does support PTZ, I don't quite see where it's better than the default browser.
I'm willing to listen though. Educate me.
Even with pinch and zoom, its not that good. With opera it formats the text so you can read it straight down with dolphin I had to keep scrooling left and right to keep reading. Opera in my opinion is the better choice.
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AaronsDarts said:
Even with pinch and zoom, its not that good. With opera it formats the text so you can read it straight down with dolphin I had to keep scrooling left and right to keep reading. Opera in my opinion is the better choice.
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Dolphin does that too. Opera Mini?? I guess if you like seeing only the text on a site.......
Dolphin is best becuase A: It hides the notification bar, B: you can swipe left or right to get to the adress bar instead of going all the way to the top of the page. and C: its generally better at rendering pages than the stock browser.
and I used to be the BIGGEST dolphin hater back in the day. It has come a reallllly long way since then. Tried Xscope but that thing while having alot of features was buggy to the max!
Wow...I guess I started on a very touchy subject for some of you . The load speeds on the browser itself are fine, it's just the menus that were lagging for me. I will give it another go after we get froyo on this thing.
LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
Dolphin does that too. Opera Mini?? I guess if you like seeing only the text on a site.......
Dolphin is best becuase A: It hides the notification bar, B: you can swipe left or right to get to the adress bar instead of going all the way to the top of the page. and C: its generally better at rendering pages than the stock browser.
and I used to be the BIGGEST dolphin hater back in the day. It has come a reallllly long way since then. Tried Xscope but that thing while having alot of features was buggy to the max!
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Might gave to test dolphin again and try to get used to it. Check back in a while lol
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Hi all,
The browser on 2.3.4 isn't GPU accelerated yet.
Some content rich webpages make surfing impossible with that substantial lag.
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Any quick fix to make it GPU accelerated? Or is Google aware of this issue? This has been bugging me
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You'll probably have to wait for Icecream Sandwich, in the meanwhile, use Opera.
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Maybe the issue will be resolved in a future update 2.3.x, we can hope it.
especially when there are many pictures.
Opera handles much better..
Yep, the stock browser on Nexus S is really laggy. I prefer Opera on it.
But it's interesting that the stock browser in Galaxy Tabs Gingerbread ROM is super smooth. And given the fact that it was really awful in the beginning, its a HUGE improvement. So fingers crosses that Nexus S's stock browser gets a performance upgrade before ice cream sandwitch.
Seems odd to me. I bought a smart phone over a feature phone for better web browsing.
I hate it.. I don't understand the limitations when safari on iPhones has been smooth for years on less powerful hardware.
i installed flash 10.3 and all is good with the stock browser
Heres to hoping ice cream sandwich sorts it...as will as bring proxy!
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Opera Mobile
I have no problems with Opera, however does it support Flash ?
If else, i think it defeats the purpose of another web browser
guys , I moved my stock browser,and change dolphin browser as my default . very fast.
surviveland said:
guys , I moved my stock browser,and change dolphin browser as my default . very fast.
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Flash Supported?
dplate07 said:
Flash Supported?
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yes.
I use Dolphin as well. No issues.
dplate07 said:
I have no problems with Opera, however does it support Flash ?
If else, i think it defeats the purpose of another web browser
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Yes Opera supports flash as well, what is nice with Opera is you can enable certain flash elements within the webpage and not have to enable all of them at once
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Yes Opera supports flash as well, what is nice with Opera is you can enable certain flash elements within the webpage and not have to enable all of them at once
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i really wanna use two browsers in my phone, because sometimes i just like to change the normal practice. opera is good to use. dolphin browser is perfect , never FC. it support flash and pinch-zoom. its amazing.
Anyone tried browsing with stock browser on xda forum here. Its almost unusable.
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i tried, do you mean on the pc or mobile, on the pc i can both view xda with IE and chrome , on the mobile , i use dolphin browser because i have removed the stock browser.LOL
I'm really liking the Nexus S phone but I have to admit that the lag in the browser gets really annoying specially coming from the Iphone 4 it makes me doubt if I should keep the Nexus S or go to another android phone.
doug0365 said:
I'm really liking the Nexus S phone but I have to admit that the lag in the browser gets really annoying specially coming from the Iphone 4 it makes me doubt if I should keep the Nexus S or go to another android phone.
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It's an android problem, not specific to any handset
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I have a xoom & some websites i go to like as far the scrolling & page rendering is horrific.My friend who has a dang ipad comes along & loads & scrolls through the same pages on his ipad with ease.Will ICS do anything for the browser?
Maybe any links to what the browser is capable of in ICS?
Check the development forum...ICS is amazing, and the browser is much faster now.
brandogg said:
Check the development forum...ICS is amazing, and the browser is much faster now.
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Pretty much this. I have noticed a big difference in page rendering on ICS. I won't go as far as to say it's revolutionary because I don't think HC was that bad, but it is definitely improved.
Some pages, like XDA forums, are particularly bad in the honeycomb browser. No such issue on ICS browser. This page renders and scrolls smoothly, just like many other.
Thanks for the replies. I just picked up the Asus Transformer Prime & the keyboard dock. I'm looking forward to ICS on this baby.
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One major difference is the iPad is not loading the Adobe Flash content/ads. XDA is extremely bad because of all the ads it has embedded. My suggestion is (if your not using my ROM) is to get an ad blocker, pages will load much faster.
zone23 said:
One major difference is the iPad is not loading the Adobe Flash content/ads. XDA is extremely bad because of all the ads it has embedded. My suggestion is (if your not using my ROM) is to get an ad blocker, pages will load much faster.
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I'm sure the xda admins will "appreciate" you recommending people to block ads from THEIR site, on their own forum
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I'm sure the xda admins will "appreciate" you recommending people to block ads from THEIR site, on their own forum
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Ya probably but I would be willing to BET they all have ad blockers. I mean who doesn't? Am I right? I know I do in Chrome and don't see any of the ads.
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Ya probably but I would be willing to BET they all have ad blockers. I mean who doesn't? Am I right? I know I do in Chrome and don't see any of the ads.
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I think an even better idea is to just use the xda premium app! That way you're supporting the site without getting the ads
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I had ad blocker on chrome since day one and i keep asking myself whether I went to the right page when I surf the web on a different computer.
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Like others have said, the ICS browser is much better at rendering and scrolling. The keyboard doesn't lag in the browser either. I have still had issues where links or new web pages will not load, which requires force stopping the browser.
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I think an even better idea is to just use the xda premium app! That way you're supporting the site without getting the ads
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I have it. I like to browse the web on my device and a lot of times I just stop in. No need to go open the app. I tend to use it more on my phone.
jaymode said:
Like others have said, the ICS browser is much better at rendering and scrolling. The keyboard doesn't lag in the browser either. I have still had issues where links or new web pages will not load, which requires force stopping the browser.
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how does dolphin act on out? Or other browsers?
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how does dolphin act on out? Or other browsers?
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The only other browser that I've used on ICS is the new Firefox. Firefox isn't as snappy as the ICS browser but doesn't seem to have the issues with links not opening. I'm also not a huge fan of the Firefox UI, so I tend to use the stock browser most of the time.
I find that setiing plug ins to "on demand" makes a big difference, the browser isn't trying to load all the flash stuff then. Mine is now pass able, still not as smooth as the ipad or ie9 in wp7 but I do have flash available which mostly makes up for the laggy performance.
definatly alot smoother.
Yea, lots better, wish there was the zoom bubble like the iphone
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Yea, lots better, wish there was the zoom bubble like the iphone
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Just double tap to zoom.
No double tap does not work, I am talking bout a little bubble can you copy and paste on the iphone or ipad
eatonjb said:
No double tap does not work, I am talking bout a little bubble can you copy and paste on the iphone or ipad
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I have a copy and paste app that just takes a long press to activate. Clip It works really well. There are quite a few free apps that do this...they are just resident and are available when you need them.
The long press can do wonders in android...many possibilities.
Just released on Play Store today. Go try it now!! Replaced stock browser and Chrome for me personally. Butter smooth and fast. Love it.
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Much better than what it was before.
Is the beta different than what I take as final app that is there
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jayv81 said:
Is the beta different than what I take as final app that is there
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Yes.
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Hmmm a little skeptical as fennec was a complete suck-ass.
Firefox>other browsers for sure though
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it would be great if i still used firefox on my desktop for syncing but i'm a chrome user and that makes the chrome beta better for me since that also syncs with desktop version.
Thanks for the notice. I've been on the FF beta and have been disappointed. Have found Chrome way better/faster.
Off to try the new version!
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have to admit, so far the ff is winning in my books. I'm posting this on this and it is fluid, not bouncing, flash works great so far. bookmark syncing isnt a deal breaker for me anymore since i hardly use my laptop sxcept for using adb or other flashing tools. rendered the xda main list in a fraction of the time and with way less stutter than most browsers. happy doaner!
I wish this came out six months ago as I'm using Chrome across all my devices.
only using for a few hours so far, but loving it on my one x
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Just released on Play Store today. Go try it now!!
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Well, you were right. It's a huge improvement! Not sure I love the mobile bersipn of Google it offers by default. Also can't find a way to disappear hapric feedback on click, which annoys me. Other than that, really nice.
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anyone having issues with the fullscreen add-on? seems to work only half the time, and im unable to exit and go back into Fullscreen mode. great browser though
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anyone having issues with the fullscreen add-on? seems to work only half the time, and im unable to exit and go back into Fullscreen mode. great browser though
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How the hell do u pull up the address bar once in full screen??
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How the hell do u pull up the address bar once in full screen??
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lmao, ive been trying to figure that one out myself. i think mozilla missed something....
Downloaded it! Looks good so far.I'll sync all my stuff when I get home
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How do you open the bookmark page... I been looking for it but could not find it.
sync went as planned but im seeing alot of overlapped text and pictures on almost every site i normally visit.
It is VERY fast and pinch is very fast! Cant wait for full version!
you can move the screen around with 2 fingers
It's definitely a great improvement over what I remember FF being on my old phone. Looks very promising for being beta. I am definitely a Firefox guy though so I am a bit biased.
However, if I am being honest I would say so far Chrome seems to be much more optimized on the HOX. All the stylistic and design choices I've encountered so far seem to have been made with Android (ICS) in mind from the start.
With the FF browser the vibe I get is quite the opposite: that they wanted to have traditional FF on an Android device.
Haven't had a chance to really test things like speed/memory performance yet. Looking good though.
I agree with the OP, the new FF beta is fantastic. Kind of shockingly so.
Loading sites The Verge and Engadget it performs better than any mobile browser I've used and that includes Safari.
Definitely an improvement over the original FF, but if you want speed check out Quick ICS Browser. It's my default on both the HOX and GTab.
I've had my Nexus S for almost two years now. At first, I flashed probably every ROM that existed. After a few months I just wanted to use my phone. So I stuck with MIUI. I never really stood still by the performance of that ROM. When the Nexus 4 was announced, I wanted to upgrade at first. It wasn't (isn't) available, so I had to wait. In the meantime, I flashed another ROM (JellyShot) again for the first time in months. Again, I didn't really stand still by the performance. I used the Chrome browser, and browsing wasn't really smooth, but I thought: that's normal for a 2 year old phone.
Because of certain reasons I decided to skip the Nexus 4 and wait for the next Nexus. But if I was going to hold out for another year with my Nexus S, I needed the smoothest and fastest ROM/kernel there was. So I found Rasbeanjelly. Together with the Marmite kernel and the BM seeder tweak, my phone is blazing fast again. I use Smart Launcher (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree), a very basic launcher with a nice UI that uses very little RAM, and a very nice lockscreen theme from magiclocker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xvY2tlci50aGVtZS5wYWlkLmhhcm9uLkNpcmN1bGFyIl0.). With almost no effort I made my Nexus S look fresh, beautiful and fast again.
But let's get to the point. The biggest improvement I noticed was the browsing. For the first time in months, I used the stock browser again. I can tell you, there is a BIG difference compared to Chrome. Is it my ROM/kernel, or is the stock browser supposed to be so fast? And is there an even faster browser? If so, I would really like to try it.
Big fan of Naked Browser here. Fastest I've seen, simple, just works. The options are incredible and it starts instantly, just like the default browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fevdev.nakedbrowser
Gonna try it now. I like the layout of the stock browser, and as long as it runs smooth, I don't really have anything to complain about, but naked browser looks cool too. Thanks!
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Gonna try it now. I like the layout of the stock browser, and as long as it runs smooth, I don't really have anything to complain about, but naked browser looks cool too. Thanks!
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It's mostly because of the configuration. The UI is very bare, and it's meant to be that way, but the features and the constant dev support is what makes it shine.
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It's mostly because of the configuration. The UI is very bare, and it's meant to be that way, but the features and the constant dev support is what makes it shine.
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I've tried it. It is as fast, if not faster than the stock browser. What I missed with the stock browser were tabs. This is my main browser now. Thanks!
Dolphin browser good in speed test. I love the slide screen to get bookmarks.
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Dolphin browser good in speed test. I love the slide screen to get bookmarks.
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Naked Browser has it!
I used to be a Dolphin Browser user. I went over the fact the privacy was dubious with it because it was a browser with a good set of features. Then I found Naked Browser, and it evolved so quickly I never looked back. Once you get over the "meh" UI, you won't ever go back to something else. =)
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Naked Browser has it!
I used to be a Dolphin Browser user. I went over the fact the privacy was dubious with it because it was a browser with a good set of features. Then I found Naked Browser, and it evolved so quickly I never looked back. Once you get over the "meh" UI, you won't ever go back to something else. =)
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Yeah, the UI really sucks. But it's supposed to. I would probably use another browser if I got a new smartphone, but with the "slow" Nexus S, the Naked Browser is perfect.
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Yeah, the UI really sucks. But it's supposed to. I would probably use another browser if I got a new smartphone, but with the "slow" Nexus S, the Naked Browser is perfect.
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I just wish aminaked put a bit of eye candy in there. Not too much to slow it down, but enough to make it look decent. He isn't really looking forward doing that. Different philosophies.
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I just wish aminaked put a bit of eye candy in there. Not too much to slow it down, but enough to make it look decent. He isn't really looking forward doing that. Different philosophies.
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Nah, I get it. If you're gonna stick with "as minimal as possible", you really have to stick with it. He even made the icon look terrible . Some layout for the bookmarks screen for example would help the user experience though. But I would rather have him focus on making it even smoother, or adding a feature that actually matters. If you use the Naked Browser, you obviously don't care about looks anyway.
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Nah, I get it. If you're gonna stick with "as minimal as possible", you really have to stick with it. He even made the icon look terrible . Some layout for the bookmarks screen for example would help the user experience though. But I would rather have him focus on making it even smoother, or adding a feature that actually matters. If you use the Naked Browser, you obviously don't care about looks anyway.
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Yeah, but minimal != ugly. Or not user friendly. One can make something minimal but still practical and great to see. That's my main gripe with it, but no other browser can rivalize with it's speed. Can't have everything for nothing!
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Yeah, but minimal != ugly. Or not user friendly. One can make something minimal but still practical and great to see. That's my main gripe with it, but no other browser can rivalize with it's speed. Can't have everything for nothing!
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You're right. Well, we can only hope, right? As long as even the icon looks terrible, I doubt there are going to be any improvements.
I love puffin browser. So. Fast.
Edit: naked browser is pretty quick. Might be my new browser. How come this isn't as popular as other browsers?
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Stock browser on Nexus S destroys Chrome in smoothness and performance
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nespid said:
I love puffin browser. So. Fast.
Edit: naked browser is pretty quick. Might be my new browser. How come this isn't as popular as other browsers?
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If you search for browsers in the Play store, you won't see it right away, and when you see it, you see an app with an ugly icon that's called "Naked Browser". Probably more than half of the downloaders thought it was some porn app.
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If you search for browsers in the Play store, you won't see it right away, and when you see it, you see an app with an ugly icon that's called "Naked Browser". Probably more than half of the downloaders thought it was some porn app.
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Yeah, what I mean is that I like puffin, and I used to use xscope pro and skyfire and you never hear about them or see them being reviewed. It's always chrome, Firefox and dolphin. These over achievers need more word of mouth advertisement. Hehe. You'd think they'd catch on like wildfire.
And you're right, they should consider something that doesn't look like a porn app. Although, on reality, it's not to far off from being my "porn app". Ha ha ha
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Puffin is definitely staying onboard. Still accesses blocked sites in through Wi-Fi security at work. But naked is a keeper for data or home Wi-Fi.
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I use firefox as that's what i use on pc and need sync. Previously i was using stock browser and had switched to desktop chrome to have bookmark sync. But now firefox is really really good it doesn't immediately load up sometimes but scrolling is butter smooth.
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