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Browser on 2.3.4 not yet GPU accelerated?

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

Stuie said:
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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Get Chrome from market if you are on ICS

In case you forgot, you can run Google Chrome on your ICS device now (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome&hl=en). There are some goodies there which are not available in stock browser and you might like it better.

Agreed, it is smother than the stock browser, plus, you have all your chrome bookmarks automatically synchronized. Also, you can access the pages you have opened in other computers and devices (which is cool and scary at the same time).

mauix said:
Agreed, it is smother than the stock browser, plus, you have all your chrome bookmarks automatically synchronized. Also, you can access the pages you have opened in other computers and devices (which is cool and scary at the same time).
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It's by far the greatest advantage of Mobile Chrome... being reading something in my laptop, then leaving and continuing to read the same thing, effortlessly, is pretty cool.
Or if I run into a page some cool Android app while on my computer, instead of e-mailing the link, I just open Chrome Mobile, and there's the page.

But there's no flash
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iandr0idos said:
But there's no flash
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You have to remember that it's still in beta. For what it is at the moment it's great. Personally, I use it daily, a lot
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It will NEVER support flash.
And I still find that Quick ICS Browser is faster and more responsive.

Best selling point for Chrome to me is the bookmark syncing. Thats huge IMHO and I think it should have been implemented from the start with Android.
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I'm using boat browser and love it. I'll have to install chrome and compare.
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iandr0idos said:
It will NEVER support flash.
And I still find that Quick ICS Browser is faster and more responsive.
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What makes you claim it will never support flash?
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Probobly this
Google's new Chrome web browser for Android will never get support for Adobe Flash, Ars Technica reports.
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, since Adobe previously stated that it was finished working on Flash for mobiles.
So effectively, mobile Flash is officially on the way out. Even though Adobe itself has given up on it, that hasn't stopped plenty of manufacturers from continuing to advertise Flash as a selling point for Android.
Ars Technica deftly points out:
When Google eventually moves to replace the default Android browser with Chrome in future versions of the Android platform, devices that run the operating system will likely no longer be able to play Flash content in the browser.

silver03wrx said:
Probobly this
Google's new Chrome web browser for Android will never get support for Adobe Flash, Ars Technica reports.
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, since Adobe previously stated that it was finished working on Flash for mobiles.
So effectively, mobile Flash is officially on the way out. Even though Adobe itself has given up on it, that hasn't stopped plenty of manufacturers from continuing to advertise Flash as a selling point for Android.
Ars Technica deftly points out:
When Google eventually moves to replace the default Android browser with Chrome in future versions of the Android platform, devices that run the operating system will likely no longer be able to play Flash content in the browser.
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Now that really sucks...
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No! Wonder who made that excecutive decision. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing yet. People use the phones more than a home computer. So you would think they would want to work harder on mobile flash. I'm still kinda in denial about this whole thing,
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I really wish Chrome had a desktop view feature
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DANIEL133337 said:
I really wish Chrome had a desktop view feature
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It does doesn't it. Hit the menu button and doesn't it say something about desktop?
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Last I read, Flash was going away. In favor of HTML5? So not everyone will be supporting it in the future.
I'm using Chrome Beta also. It's not 100% ready for prime time, but works pretty well so far. And the fact it syncs bookmarks with my home Chrome browser is HUGE for me.
But I wish it were easier to add mobile-only bookmarks. It's not super friendly in that area yet. I love Dolphin browsers home page where I can add quick bookmarks.

So OK, how is it that I can't find it on Play? Is it because I'm on superlite ICS and if so, is there a way I can trick Play to show me everything?

I tried Chrome and it is ok, but has handy features missing. I'll stick to stock, which has all my Chrome bookmarks synced to it anyway, it is super fast.

bdbx18 said:
So OK, how is it that I can't find it on Play? Is it because I'm on superlite ICS and if so, is there a way I can trick Play to show me everything?
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Just search "chrome" and it comes up.
I really like it, works well for me with no issues yet....

Turbojugend said:
I tried Chrome and it is ok, but has handy features missing. I'll stick to stock, which has all my Chrome bookmarks synced to it anyway, it is super fast.
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How were you able to sync your Google bookmarks to the stock browser? I tried a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out.
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Just search "chrome" and it comes up.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbmRyb2lkLmNocm9tZSJd

CZ Eddie said:
How were you able to sync your Google bookmarks to the stock browser? I tried a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out.
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I'm assuming you're on GB still since you mentioned you tried a couple of months ago. Using the ICS browser it automatically syncs your chrome bookmarks.

Better Browser available anywhere?

I've been using the standard Android browser on my G2x stock 2.3.4 and realize that I'm not the only one who thinks it stinks--too stuttery, too slow, whatever. And it's a general Android browser problem. Is there any alternative that's faster? I'm not interested in fancy interfaces, or whatever--just speed. I've prowled around and haven't found anybody really saying that Opera, Opera Mini, Dolphin, or Firefox, are faster--or that any of the others with weirder names are faster than the stock browser either. Lots of notes about interfaces, but little about speed.
Anything out there noticeably faster than the stock browser? Or are there any tricks to speed up the stock browser?
EcdY

ecdy said:
I've been using the standard Android browser on my G2x stock 2.3.4 and realize that I'm not the only one who thinks it stinks--too stuttery, too slow, whatever. And it's a general Android browser problem. Is there any alternative that's faster? I'm not interested in fancy interfaces, or whatever--just speed. I've prowled around and haven't found anybody really saying that Opera, Opera Mini, Dolphin, or Firefox, are faster--or that any of the others with weirder names are faster than the stock browser either. Lots of notes about interfaces, but little about speed.
Anything out there noticeably faster than the stock browser? Or are there any tricks to speed up the stock browser?
EcdY
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I prefer speed as well when it comes to browser.
Give a shot of Opera mini or Dolphin mini.
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DupleX01 said:
I prefer speed as well when it comes to browser.
Give a shot of Opera mini or Dolphin mini.
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The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.

cricketAC said:
The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.
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+1 for Boat
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cricketAC said:
The minis are security risks as they do all the data manipulation on the server side. Plus there is an ongoing thread in Android apps and games which tells that Dolphin collects user data.
Try boat Browser instead.
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Oh ok, cheers for that!
I will try Boat then.
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Same results here, I'll try boat and see if its legitimate.
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Just checking back to say thanks. Best browser ever and haven't had any random crashes on EB`s ROM
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I will vouch for Boat too. Very similar to Chrome. After trying it I got rid of Opera and Dolphin as well as froze the default browser with Titanium. Its a 1 stop shop! LOL

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?

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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?
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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.

Quickest browser?

Hi,
I'm fed up with Chrome browser on my Nexus S. Way too laggy for single core.
What is the best lightest, quickest browser for Nexus S now?
I have tried Dolphin but don't really like the layout. Prefer something minimal similar to Chrome but with no lag.
Is boat browser still going? I remember that from a few years ago.
Any recommendations appreciated.
I'm currently trying out Helly Bean FYI.
Cheers.

Stock android browser works best for me.
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lyvidium said:
Stock android browser works best for me.
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I use opera mini browser, its fast and never force closed to me. And my second choice of browser is stock android browser.

Besides stock i roll with boat mini
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I think stock is for me.
I have never seen any updates for stock at all. Does it never get updated?
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Warren_Orange said:
I think stock is for me.
I have never seen any updates for stock at all. Does it never get updated?
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Only when a new Android version comes out
PS. Stock is the best one for me as well
Me Gusta!

I am a bit of a purist, and have used the stock browser more than anything else. I do like the smoothness of Opera and the quickness of Opera Mini, however Opera is so large, it can be slow, and Mini doesn't support flash. A few weeks ago, I tried Naked Browser, and it has become my daily driver. It's minimalistic, which I like, and quite quick. Only thing I don't like, and this minor, is the icon. So I simply change it to the stock browser icon (Holo HD launcher), and I'm good to go.

Firefox is the way to go.

i use opera mobile... what is the difference between mobile and mini?

dolphin browser beta, google chrome with gpu rendering active (flags) holo browser
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i found the default browser of Cyanogen/slim bean really fast ! Not only because of loading time, but also with the side-pie system !:good:

Try Naked Browser. It is very light and doesen't look fancy but it is by far the fastest i've ever tried.

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Try Naked Browser. It is very light and doesen't look fancy but it is by far the fastest i've ever tried.
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That makes two of us! (Did you notice post #8?)

I'm using Opera Mobile. I found the stock browser was okay, but lacked something that I can't remember now. Mobile also supports Flash. I will give Naked a try though.

wmdunn said:
That makes two of us! (Did you notice post #8?)
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Sadly, i didn't!
Believe it or not, but i don't like the Naked Browser icon so i changed it to stock browser icon too.

I gave naked browser a go in the end but just didn't like it. Didn't seem any faster than stock to me and that address bar looked awful.
So it's stock for me. Seems to combine speed with slick functionality.
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Im using UC Brower and believe me... Its the best one
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I'v been using One Browser. Not sure if it's faster than the Stock, but it's been doing a good job for me so far.
I remember Opera Mini been fast too.

opera mini & stok browser