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BEST Web Browser?

Best web browser to replace the crappy one that comes with the SGS4G?
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I use dolphin hd.
Tried skyfire, but once I removed the stock browser I couldn't use bookmarks any more.
Also, i love the gesture feature on dolphin.
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I personally like opera mobile web browser, and with newest flash it has flash support. Pretty snappy too

I have tested the speed load on pages on every browser for Android and found Skyfire to be the fastest so that's what i am rocking for the moment
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I hate to be the 4th different browser lol.... but Miren is my choice browser.. its faster and simpler to use than all the rest
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I like Opera. For me it is the most like a "real" web browser and beats the stock web browser on the phone by a mile!

So far, none "wow" me:
Stock browser -- can't exit, four-window limit, can't easily clear "private data"
Dolphin -- cookies don't keep when screen locks, have to re-authenticate
Miren -- runs a background process for no good reason, haven't played with it much
Firefox -- seems very slow, even though AdBlock Plus is sorely missed in the others

jeffsf said:
So far, none "wow" me:
Stock browser -- can't exit, four-window limit, can't easily clear "private data"
Dolphin -- cookies don't keep when screen locks, have to re-authenticate
Miren -- runs a background process for no good reason, haven't played with it much
Firefox -- seems very slow, even though AdBlock Plus is sorely missed in the others
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Agreed.
I'm running Dolphin though, cause it honestly has a balanced featureset and I'm happy with the speeds.

Mini opera. fast and menu are easy to navigate.
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Personally I use Opera mobile it's just very snappy starts fast and it seems to have an adblocker built in which is very nice. The UI in my opinion is better than any other browser on the android marketplace.
I have tried all the browsers except Skyfire so I have no opinion on that.
Mirren-I didn't like it just wasn't as snappy seemed to be slower than opera.
Firefox-Is just embarrassing I love the desktop version but they have a long way to go for the mobile version. It starts slow like 15 seconds to finish starting, no flash support you have to download a plugin, and overall is very slow.
Dolphin- I love this browser and it would be my second choice for you to try out. I would go with Dolphin mini since it's smaller. I didn't really notice any difference between Dolphin HD and Dolphin mini besides Dolphin HD supporting add ons.
and does anyone know the difference between Opera mobile and Opera mini browser?

Thanks everyone for your input.
.. +1 to all of you... I'm going to go with Opera just because I've use it on my HTC Touch Pro 2... and the stuck one would be better if it would let you delete the pre installed bookmarks...
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Just download skyfire and delete the bookmarks from there. It will be gone from the stock browser when u do that.
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shutem down said:
Just download skyfire and delete the bookmarks from there. It will be gone from the stock browser when u do that.
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Thanks man! +1
That's worked just like you said...
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Dolphin HD
Opera
Xscope 6
UC Web usually good but haven't tried it on gs4g yet
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I really like miren web browser.
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I live by dolphin HD. It seems fast enough and I use some add ons and love the bookmark bar. I love the tab browsing better than I've seen in others.
Opera is huge app size and noticeably slow in my opinion.
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Ladylover31 said:
I live by dolphin HD. It seems fast enough and I use some add ons and love the bookmark bar. I love the tab browsing better than I've seen in others.
Opera is huge app size and noticeably slow in my opinion.
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+1 for dolphin HD. i love the gesture function.

Miren Browser definitely runs the show now in my opinion.
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Miren browser is deffently the best full featurednl and fastest browser so far
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I use Dolphin as well... dig the add-ons and the gestures.

Browser preference

As we all know, android has multiple web browsers like: firefox, dolphin, and skyfire, to name a few. Since I've been an android user, I recall sticking to the stock browser but since I've gotten my Infuse, I've noticed sluggish performance, especially the "checkerboard" with the stock android browser.
As a result, I've been using firefox, opera mobile, dolphin, and skyfire to see which of these proves to be a worthy replacement.
I spent one full day with each browser testing speed, download capability, flash support (if applicable) and overall performance.
I must say, in my opinion, that I've found Opera Mobile to be my choice. it's much faster than any of the other browsers and allows downloading of any file. (I've experienced download errors with the stock browser especially with file-hosting sites)
Any thoughts? What browser have you been using?
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For me Dolphine premium. And has good plug-in that can be access by sliding from the right edge if the screen to the right, like screenshot, brightness control, font size adjusters and more, and ability to change tab by gesture and more
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The stock browser on the Infuse has bugs...I even exchanged my Infuse and it still happens..it causes my phone to lock up and do a soft reboot...I have no choice but to try another browser and Dolphin works great...
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I have also concluded that opera runs best on my infuse. Fast and smooth as butter scrolling with no tiling. I really hope there will be an update to fix the stock browser though. I prefer the stock browser's integration with the OS.
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I see the stock android browser worthless
Dolphin almost works as fast and accurate as my cognition capt....kind of let down over this..brightside is i have 2 more weeks...minus the 35$ restocking fee..thinking i might take a holiday.my maj. Complaint is how the stock browser refuses to resize sites...forums.. So i dont have to scroll side to side..captivate i double click and its fast and big. Yet its 4inch...a holiday sounds good but i dont want a bbq and bad batt. Life in my pocket either...its a fun year for mini tracking devices..woooohoooooo
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I've also tested over several browsers and finally got to Opera Mobile. Here're my several cents:
* stock browser is kinda laggy and lacks of an ad block solution (except for host-file based or proxy server based, both are deficient); it also lacks a sync solution;
* Both Opera Mobile and Firefox Mobile support sync and ad block; Firefox is more feature rich because of its extension support but takes too much resources; Opera Mobile, on the other hand, runs much smoother and takes less RAM (in fact, much less!);
* Opera Mobile supports Flash plugin, which is a killer feature over Firefox.
Finally I chose Opera Mobile. It's adblock function needs me to build up my own url filter file (while in contrast Firefox has adblock plus that takes care of everything). But hey, I don't really care if it cannot block 100% of the ads, and all other advantages are much more important!

Actually stock browser does resize pages when doubled clicked it has to be turned on in the settings menu when in browser the auto fit webpages needs to be checked.
Thanks
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The stock browser needs an exit button.
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+1 for opera mobile. My browser of choice

nstong said:
+1 for opera mobile. My browser of choice
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Opera is the fastest browser for the infuse but sucks even you turn off the mobile view it always open in mobile mode wtheck. Anyone knows how to deal with this?
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You should check put newest dolphin hd 5.0 browser.
Is very nice
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nitrox1 said:
You should check put newest dolphin hd 5.0 browser.
Is very nice
Swyped from 'mount' Olympus
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I have that one but little laggy compare to opera. But features nothing beat the dolphin.
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I loaded a 2.2.1 hacked stock browser that allows 8 windows and no rendering issues. Dont know how they did it but it works pretty damn good.
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slappyjoker said:
I loaded a 2.2.1 hacked stock browser that allows 8 windows and no rendering issues. Dont know how they did it but it works pretty damn good.
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How? Need to be rooted right? Or what my sister infuse is not rooted?
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+1 for Opera as well...
Firefox seems to take way too long to load... and it is huge. Opera seems to have the perfect blend of features and speed.

Chika Da China Da Chinese Chicken?
Hacked Stock

Miren Browser is really nice. I think the devs have stopped updating it though.

with the exception of gingerbread the android browser can be sluggish on the hummingbird. i use opera for any phone that isnt spec'd well, like the cheap android phones on sprint my friends keep getting. and if i have issues on the sgs and infuse on a particular webpage.

Boat Browser Mini works quite fast.
I'm surprised it's not mentioned.
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Boat Browser Mini works quite fast.
I'm surprised it's not mentioned.
EDIT: SORRY FOR DOUBLE POST.
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What browser do you use?

Just looking to see what browser everyone uses,I've tried a few different ones and haven't found the "perfect" one yet I like the sync feature that firefox has to sync my bookmarks and tabs,specifically the "real time" sync of pages I have open my PC. But for some reason firefox is real laggy on my bolt,Does any other browser have that?

Miren. It's insanely good. I set flash plug-ins to on demand, location off, and its amazing. http://market.android.com/details?id=cn.miren.browser
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Firefox on a bolt... Wow. Firefox has been slow and funky on any android phone I've owned.
I agree with the Miren browser suggestion. I've been using it for many moons.
You may want to try out XScope too. It's a speedy feature filled browser. I purchased dolphin xd and used it for awhile, but once I found Miren, I uninstalled the dolphin and never looked back.

Love the stock browser the best.

Dolphin mini is fast.
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1. Dolphin HD. I love it.
2. I sure thought Firefox would have been better. It looks and feels great but it is SLOOOOOOOOOOW.
3. WTF doesn't Google have a mobile Chrome browser? Seriously?

I use skyfire. It's a pretty good browser.
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ddgarcia05 said:
Dolphin mini is fast.
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+1 to that

Miren
Minimal, easy flash, good looking, no stupid gestures
.eschew obfuscation.

Opera Mobile

I've tried them all and while all have some good features I finally landed on xscope...

I use Miren or Dolphin HD, I just can't decide between them.

Opera Mini on 3G - Opera Mobile on wifi.

been using dolphin hd, but guess I'll give miren a chance.

ridobe said:
WTF doesn't Google have a mobile Chrome browser? Seriously?
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Google made the stock browser ;-)
I use stock browser if it's AOSP, but I hate the Sense changes to it so I use Dolphin on Sense.

after playing with Miren for a bit, definitely a nice browser. Don't know why all the browsers want to be light blue or light green though.
Only thing seems missing is private mode.

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after playing with Miren for a bit, definitely a nice browser. Don't know why all the browsers want to be light blue or light green though.
Only thing seems missing is private mode.
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I vote for miren too. I thought the new FireFox was supposed to have a private mode, but don't see it.
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Maxthon loads pages quick

bill.allrobots.org said:
Google made the stock browser ;-)
I use stock browser if it's AOSP, but I hate the Sense changes to it so I use Dolphin on Sense.
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I would love it if they eventually pulled it out as a Market app like Maps and Voice so Sense users could have the option of using it.

Mr_Joshua said:
I would love it if they eventually pulled it out as a Market app like Maps and Voice so Sense users could have the option of using it.
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I like this idea. The sense tabs view is pretty cool though. I like the pinch out to tab view. One of the very few things I miss on aosp.
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What browser do you use on your charge?

I have been using xScope Pro w/pure black theme for the longest time now, I was tired at the time of dolphin's rendering issues. xScope still works well for me, its a super lightweight browser that renders very fast. Some of the UI just seems kinda dated, like all the pages(bookmarks, downloads, settings, etc) are like basic html text pages.
But now there seems to be alot of other browsers out there that may be a bit more clean and still be pretty quick. Over the last few days I've played with a bunch of browsers; stock browser, xScope, opera mini, opera mobile, skyfire, dolphin hd, dolphin mini, boat browser, and boat browser mini... so many choices.
I like dolphin mini, boat and boat mini the most as far as ui/features/speed. They all have a similar ram footprint, mini versions little less ram usage. But I noticed both dolphin hd & dolphin mini browsers tend to use more cpu when I was playing with them. Even well after the page was loaded and the browser was in the background I would see 2-4% usage pretty frequently. Enough to make it a strong negative against. Still haven't picked one for sure, but boat browser is looking better and better.
Kinda curious what everyone else uses.

I'm kind on the same boat as you're, but at the end I'm back to xScope. It's the fastest and very low over head. My main goal is speed, not bells and whistles. I used this browser to open facebook and it's the fastest. Facebook app is nice but it run as a service and used up a lot of battery while idling and cpu also. I would save about 2hrs battery life after uninstall facebook.

Dolphin or Opera when on my Charge, stock one on GNex
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xprog said:
I have been using xScope Pro w/pure black theme for the longest time now, I was tired at the time of dolphin's rendering issues. xScope still works well for me, its a super lightweight browser that renders very fast. Some of the UI just seems kinda dated, like all the pages(bookmarks, downloads, settings, etc) are like basic html text pages.
But now there seems to be alot of other browsers out there that may be a bit more clean and still be pretty quick. Over the last few days I've played with a bunch of browsers; stock browser, xScope, opera mini, opera mobile, skyfire, dolphin hd, dolphin mini, boat browser, and boat browser mini... so many choices.
I like dolphin mini, boat and boat mini the most as far as ui/features/speed. They all have a similar ram footprint, mini versions little less ram usage. But I noticed both dolphin hd & dolphin mini browsers tend to use more cpu when I was playing with them. Even well after the page was loaded and the browser was in the background I would see 2-4% usage pretty frequently. Enough to make it a strong negative against. Still haven't picked one for sure, but boat browser is looking better and better.
Kinda curious what everyone else uses.
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I was also using xScope pro with the pure black theme for a while, but like you I eventually got tired of it. I am now using Maxthon with the black theme and so far I like it. It is feature-rich, with great performance, and the UI is an improvement over xScope. You should give Maxthon a try and see what you think.
PS the pure black theme for xscope is better looking than the black theme for maxthon however
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anoninja118 said:
Dolphin or Opera when on my Charge, stock one on GNex
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So jealous of your GNex lol. I want that phone so bad

The speed of Maxthon is great but the pinch zoom in faceboock is not working well at all compare to xscope.

I have been using Dolphin HD for the longest time now. I tried other browsers out of curiosity but always went back to Dolphin because of it's speed. Boat Browser is my second option, it's kinda like Dolphin but IMO not as fast

opera and dolphin.

Dolphin Mini here. Dolphin without the useless features.
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UC Browser seems good so far.
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Dolphin HD
its fast, supports flash (if you want), and it has the best bookmarks manager i've ever seen on android

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Dolphin HD
its fast, supports flash (if you want), and it has the best bookmarks manager i've ever seen on android
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Dolphin HD
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I just use stock. It has the best interface of all of them, and it's smooth as silk on EP4. Dolphin annoys the crap out of me because half the time when I try to scroll, it decides to open up a menu bar instead.

shrike1978 said:
I just use stock. It has the best interface of all of them, and it's smooth as silk on EP4. Dolphin annoys the crap out of me because half the time when I try to scroll, it decides to open up a menu bar instead.
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which is why Mini is better.
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which is why Mini is better.
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Does Mini support Flash?

I use Mirin. I used Dolphin HD until their whole privacy debacle. After that, I just don't trust them. I may have to try some of the others being mentioned, though.

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Does Mini support Flash?
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Yes. Ondemand or always on. Only thing I don't like is the lack of support of GIF or MJPG.
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Doesn't anybody use skyfire anymore?
I rejected dolphin for the scroll issue mentioned above, I'll have to give mini a try. Haven't used an opera browser since the omnia days!

wscaddie56 said:
Doesn't anybody use skyfire anymore?
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I was so excited for Skyfire's release. It really sucks that it was a bloated piece of junk.

Opera mobile here.

Used to use opera until I tried boat browser on my Transformer Prime. It blows away all other browsers IMO

Best browser for 4.2?

As good as the stock browser is, is there any other browser that has good speed, flash and fast download time? Im running scott's recent cm10 4.2.1.
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I use chrome runs smooth my favorite browser simply cause it syncs with my tablet and laptop
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ShadyWTT said:
As good as the stock browser is, is there any other browser that has good speed, flash and fast download time? Im running scott's recent cm10 4.2.1.
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I use Chrome because of synch simplicity too. Nice to be able to pull up recent pages from any device I accessed.
I tried Dolphin. Didn't see much difference though people claim it is lighter and faster.
Dolphin and Chrome don't support Flash. I use Firefox Beta for that. Regular Firefox seems crashy. Not that I use it a lot but it is nice to have for testing.
You can get Flash from Adobe here... You can't get it from the Play Store any more... The stopped supporting it.
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and you'll see the Android 4.0 downloads... Along with older versions.
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I use Maxthon as my default browser now. Good look, fast downloads, stable and now they offer cloud support which takes from the sync that Chrome features if you use Maxthon desktop or Maxthon for iOS
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new contender
I use naked browser. Lightning fast. It got XDA front page attention a little while back. Written by one of our own. Fast, flash, but few frills.

I'm a fan of Firefox. It's not as fast as, say, naked browser, but it's stable and it's not owned by Google.

Whizzpopper said:
I'm a fan of Firefox. It's not as fast as, say, naked browser, but it's stable and it's not owned by Google.
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Naked Browser is not owned by Google and it is a not for profit app.
On the other hand, Google gives major funds to Firefox so in a way Firefox is pwned by Google.
Dolphin, Maxthon, Boat...most Android browsers spy on you.
Naked Browser does not spy or monitor in any way and never will--not even any ads.