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What Browser?

Just throwing this out there to see which broswers everyone is using. I personally like the stock one. I used firefox for a little bit but since it was only still in beta it wasn't the greatest. Ie wouldn't format correctly with zoom and radio buttons and txt boxes wouldn't function properly. I haven't given dolphin a try or any other browser that might be out there. Let's see what your opinions are.........
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I use FireFox just because of the FF sync with my laptop and desktop, but it sucks that I have to switch to the default to watch flash content.

Miren, FTW

Scott_S said:
Miren, FTW
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+1 Miren!
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depending on device, I use many:
Low end phone (huawei ascend on cm7) maxathon browser, renders pages astronomically faster than any other browser
Mid-end phone (htc hd2 -hyperdroid cm7) stock, kills miren/skyfire/maxathon/dolphin on my phone, easily. The flash integration is amazing in android's stock browser is more than enough to get the job done, completely content with my 6 second loading time for massive pages.
Tablets (transformer-stock 3.1 rom) I have no clue, the stock browser feels like the ipad in responsiveness and rendering (great thing) but occasionally "freaks out" and acts glitchy, have yet to experiment
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Miren
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What is it about Miren that everyone likes? I installed it hoping to configure it differently than the stock browser for use with certain websites. I quickly found out it is just an overlay of the stock browser and the settings where the same for both. I did like the tabbed feature it added. Can someone tell me if Dolphin is the same, an overlay that uses the stock browser?
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Opera Mini is the best, hands down.
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Try Dolphin HD. I have Miren and Dolphin but prefer Dolphin. Then again I don't have a problem with the stock one...

the stock one is fine by me....

Although I don't use....I believe Dolphin HD is prob. the best alternative
Firefox (which I am avid Firefox user) is HORRIBLE....well not horrible but horribly slow ATM.....I will wait til' they develop it more
I use stock........nothing seems worth it to trade for (although havn't tried Miren, so I will)

I kept going back to the stock one as well...
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I'm experimenting with Dolphin Mini now. Definitely seems better than Opera mini. For just general browsing I like it because of the reduced data consumption.
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nobitacu said:
I kept going back to the stock one as well...
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Then you haven't tried Miren. Seriously, I won't ever use stock again.
Instant forward and back, use volume keys or swipe direction to do so. That sold it for me.

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Then you haven't tried Miren. Seriously, I won't ever use stock again.
Instant forward and back, use volume keys or swipe direction to do so. That sold it for me.
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I'll download it tonight and try it out. ^^
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Stock why waist space
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The newest dolphin hd update is amazing.

I have the stock browser auto launching news articles from my readers as the page rendering is fast and nice. I use Dolphin HD to surf and search with.
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i love the new dolphin hd

Stock browser +1!!!
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[Q] Does your browser suck?!

Hi all,
Does anyone else have really bad scrolling, etc with their stock browser? I can hardly scroll the simplest pages and when it does move it moves in one big choppy motion with no fluid movement at all.
Anyone else experience this?
I am running LinuxBozo Beta 9 with the I9000 SensatioN ROM if that matters...
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Im.always having troubles on stock.browser... But still.its about tastes
Peronally everytime i flash a Rom i go directly.to market for.my.dolphin.hd browser.
Search the one that fits your needs
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I also use Dolphin browser HD. Even before using the stock browser on newly installed roms, I go straight for Dolphin. It is smooth, fast and I love the UI. You can try other browsers too depending on what you like!

Hmm... Surprisingly, Dolphin for me, would be laggy most of the times, and the scrolling was many times choppy.

I personly get dolphin.hd browser asap. I do this since I read alot from Fanfiction.net when I do not get service so I can set it to save the web pages with "Save this page" via a gester and then jump to the bottom of the page with another gester so I can save multiple chapters at one time. When reading them "Save this page" has its own browser.

Try Opera Mobile. It's the smoothest scrolling browser i've tried on the infuse.

chrisyou said:
Try Opera Mobile. It's the smoothest scrolling browser i've tried on the infuse.
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Yeah. That's the one I use. The only problem I've had is that it doesn't want to connect to my university's website, but it really isn't a big deal. Scrolls great, loads great, and the tabs work really well.
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I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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yiannisthegreek said:
I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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Hmmm im interested in this too, but try over in GS2 thread. PLease post it here when you get it, I and others would love it haha. I, personally use dolphin.

Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1

diablo009 said:
Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1
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I'm sorry but I really am not so familiar with this kind of thing.
Where do I go to do this exactly? What tool do I use?
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diablo009 said:
Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1
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Bump... Can u tell me how I do this?
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yiannisthegreek said:
Bump... Can u tell me how I do this?
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I use root explorer its a payed app though, under system, then hit mount button in upper right corner so it says mount r/o, then long press build prop, click on open in text editor, then add that new line, then hit phone settings button and save and exit.restart phone.Don't know if adding that works or not i'm just
letting you know how I edit my build prop
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Came from an Inspire 4G I like this browser way better no problems at all.
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yiannisthegreek said:
I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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Doesn't matter...stock android browser checkerboards and lags on sgs 2 as well...
I use dolphin browser...
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Doesn't matter...stock android browser checkerboards and lags on sgs 2 as well...
I use dolphin browser...
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My SGSII browser is smooth as butter and has no lag what so ever. I have the international version of the SGSII.
That browser is so fast that more often than not when I'm scrolling with it I overshoot where I wanna go because it just takes off... LOL.
I installed Opera on my Infuse and it seems to work very nicely. I forgot how nice it was when I had my Samsung Omnia running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional...
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Comparison tests of the browser by phonedog.com using the att and sprint versions had checkerboarding during the tests....
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Comparison tests of the browser by phonedog.com using the att and sprint versions had checkerboarding during the tests....
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That's too bad. I'm in Canada but bought the international unlocked version of the SGSII and I don't have the "checkerboarding" at all...
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Favorite browser?

Just wondering what everyone's opinion on browsers is. I'm using chrome right now cause I'm on aokp and wanted to try it but usually stick to the stock browser or maxthon. I've read good things about dolphin and a browser called uc.
So what do you use?

I've used several just to see what they're like but I always end up using the stock browser and uninstalling the others.
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Chrome works amazing on my EVO LTE and stock works the best on my Shift
Shifted from Outer Space

Stock Browser has always been my choice.

Chad The Pathfinder said:
I've used several just to see what they're like but I always end up using the stock browser and uninstalling the others.
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I was the exact same way with my Shift. I wanted to like Chrome on the Shift but it just didn't seem to perform as well as stock. As for my LTE, I'm with Thronnos.. Chrome is pretty damn good.
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On gingerbread I love dolphin. On ics, I stick with stock.
I've tried using chrome on my shift, but as others have said, the performance wasn't exactly stellar
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Htc Evo Shift
Dolhpin Browser Hd :cyclops:

My favorite is miui gb browser, I wish I get it working on other asop roms. There are a few similar with small differences, but those small differences are usually exactly what I like about miui gb browser.
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Boat browser works pretty good for me. Pretty fast as well.

Just read about privacy concerns with Dolphin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...Dolphin's collection of your browsing history
Supposedly fixed in version 7 but bothered me so I switched to Boat Browser which I like better. Customizable side bar, more start page speed dial spots, seems smoother, no random closes, etc. I'm a fan so far.

Flash player

I don't understand why this is being disabled by browsers, chrome won't let you use it, dolphin browser disabled the feature and it also says to refer to iPhone 5 that its no longer supporting it on android devices..
I installed adobe from the website not the store.. works fine on stock browser after enabling always on..
Are they removing flash player all together? What the heck will we use? Pleanty of sites require flash player..
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naelme said:
I don't understand why this is being disabled by browsers, chrome won't let you use it, dolphin browser disabled the feature and it also says to refer to iPhone 5 that its no longer supporting it on android devices..
I installed adobe from the website not the store.. works fine on stock browser after enabling always on..
Are they removing flash player all together? What the heck will we use? Pleanty of sites require flash player..
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It's more the fact that most browsers never supported flash on android. Chrome didn't. Dolphin used some server side processing to allow support for flash websites but that wasn't true flash.
You've just gotta use the stock browser (or ics browser if not on jb) if you need Flash. It is still also possible to have flash player on jb, despite a lot of people complaining it isn't possible.
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lawrence750 said:
It's more the fact that most browsers never supported flash on android. Chrome didn't. Dolphin used some server side processing to allow support for flash websites but that wasn't true flash.
You've just gotta use the stock browser (or ics browser if not on jb) if you need Flash. It is still also possible to have flash player on jb, despite a lot of people complaining it isn't possible.
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I'm confused.... flash is being used so widely. How will android view sites without bypassing.
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Everything is slowly being converted to html5 coding. It is less consuming and more optimal
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HTML5 coding groups have split and are now heading in different directions possibly... maybe?...
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/191-htmlcss/4531-which-html5-whatwg-and-w3c-split.html
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that scares me, so which standard will which browser follow?

Ashcunak said:
HTML5 coding groups have split and are now heading in different directions possibly... maybe?...
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/191-htmlcss/4531-which-html5-whatwg-and-w3c-split.html
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that scares me, so which standard will which browser follow?
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Well thinking of current standards, there are different implementations of things, css html asp and the browsers support them all. So in reality the browsers will probably support all different variations (if it does go that way), as long as they at least vaguely follow the original standards.
Correct me if I'm wrong I'm no developer. (one day hopefully)
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lawrence750 said:
It's more the fact that most browsers never supported flash on android. Chrome didn't. Dolphin used some server side processing to allow support for flash websites but that wasn't true flash.
You've just gotta use the stock browser (or ics browser if not on jb) if you need Flash. It is still also possible to have flash player on jb, despite a lot of people complaining it isn't possible.
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Dolphin still works fine for me and it does not use server conversion. I have the TF 300 with stock JB OS.

eciteuc 615
Flash is being phased out in mobile devices since its memory and cpu intensive and generally has poor performance on mobile compared to a desktop. Apple began the transition with others following. Hopefully the transition will be over by 2014.

Quick question

Is Chrome the native browser for JB? And if it is, am I going to lose my current native browser when Verizon finally gets around to putting out an update for my stock gs3? I find it to be much faster than chrome...
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I don't forsee Android switching browsers mid-stream like that. I know that chrome is the native browser on some ROMs only because the developer swapped it out for their personal preference.

Ahh..I thought it was the built in browser on jelly bean. Am I incorrect about this?
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it would be nice but as of now the stock browser isnt based off chrome

Thanks for the response. I Love chrome especially the"other devices feature" but I hate that I can't set a homepage, and the native is just a little faster still.
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Personally I hate chrome on my phone. Love it on my PC with all the plugins it's got. Just garbage on the phone tho, the whole 'sync' thing isn't worth it for me to lose other basic functionality of most of the other browsers. Plus there's a plugin for the PC where you can send your phone links anyways directly to a download or webpage, whatever.