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Dolphin Browser HD!

Just downloaded Dolphin Browser HD and it is freakin awesome. Try it out.

what is the difference?
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lots its smoother

I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02

thanks am gonna try it out

Just installed it.....really nice..."gestures" are really handy...

Best browser out there PERIOD.
Smooth. Options. Bells/whistles.

How does it stack up to Skyfire 2.0 Beta?

why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.

digitalscars said:
why does it zoom so far out when you go to a website? unlike the original. hate constantly pinching to zoom in everytime i go to a website. tried changing settings, nothing.
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Changing the settings for me worked. Changed the view to close and haven't had to zoom at all and double tapping zooms also fyi.

I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......

chfields said:
I'm having similar issues, although, when it opens to home page(google) it's fine, but when I tap the text box for keyboard it zooms in. Then any site I pull up is zoomed way out......
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You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision

barnacles10 said:
I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.

lv2bll said:
You can go into the settings and change the default zoom or you can double tap on the location you want to zoom in on. This isn't a bug its more of a design decision
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I read that earlier and did that to no avail......I went back to the original....

Wow... this is WAY better thank skyfire, sans the flash video support.

couple questions...
thanks for the heads up. i will give hd a try.
still frustrated that we dont have access to the vast majority of videos out there (not talking just about porn ). is this the same for most if not all smart phones? skyfire at least can play a few vids that all the other browsers cant.
i used dolphin for quite a while and have tried opera mini, skyfire and the stock browser (not bad) but so far xscope has stayed my primary for the longest. nice features and fairly quick.
cheers,
ryan

Never understood why dolphin gets so much love. It drives me crazy every time I try to use it. I have a touch screen phone so why design a browser that opens a gestures window every time I swipe my screen? I just don't get it. That and today after I installed it the thing became default browser without even asking me. That just pisses me off.
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healed said:
+1. I always keep coming back to the stock browser. I'll try this one too though, I guess.
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barnacles10 said:
I personally don't get the hype of this dolphin browser. I find the default browser to be better than any others I have tried. There are a lot of new features in HD, which seem good in theory, but in the end it just seems like an overcrowded browser that does everything the stock one already does. Just my .02
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+2 I will try this "HD" version but the original Dolphin is just the Stock browser functionality with a dolphin icon lol

xScope is the best by far... Tried them all, always went back to stock browser until I tried xScope... Now that is all i use.

Its so hard losing the speed of opera but i like it

Dolphin Browser HD2 *Pre launch version added*

Did you hate the speed of Dolphin Brower? Was it kinda sluggish, and gave you a headache?.. Well yea, I am not here to save you from your headaches...
..However..
Dolphin Browser HD2 is coming tommorow according to Androidtapp, it brings the following features along with it:
Androidtapp.com said:
Key New Feature Enhancements in Dolphin Browser HD2:
-One of the biggest advantageous you’ll notice is the speed of the browser and how it controls. The other advantage is user interface enhancements and creative interface controls.
-In v1.2 and lower when you slide the screen from left to right your windows management panel appears, this has been opted for Bookmarks & Most Visited websites. Window management can now be found in Add-ons toolbar by longpress and sliding that panel down.
-Browse the web in Full screen.
-When you slide from right to left the installed Add-ons toolbar appears (oh, don’t forget to grab the AndroidTapp.com RSS Add-ons).
-Lastly, there are new add-ons like Adblocker, Password Manager (super convenient), and Screen Cut.
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Click the link below to get the pre launch version of the browser:
http://bit.ly/DHDv2Pre
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Heres a video, if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1tfMSBYEI
I have been using the default browser lately since it seems to meet most of my needs, but maybe this will change things. Though, I said the same about the first version..

I've been using Dolphin HD for a while and really like it, but it was slightly sluggish and lacked some basic user interface features. This could really be a contender for Fennec on Android if it gets a decent amount of attention from the extension devs.

Looks WAY improved over HD1. Can't wait.

Looks awesome! Hopefully it's comparable in speed with the Froyo stock browser. HD1 was just unusable because of its sluggishness.

It should be out today ?
Looks amazing , especially the adblock plus add-on .

=/ Yeah I can't find it anywhere; is HD2 already out?

will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?

Give me an option to remove the tab bar and I'll use it! I like all my screen real estate, the tab bar annoys me.

qvert said:
will hd2 just be an updated version of dolphin HD ?
so that i will get an update notify on market?
or is it a complete new browser?
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Same question here.

Why don't you guys try the pre launch version that's posted in the OP?
I'm trying it already. It seems quite different from the previous dolphin HD.
Still no "on demand" for flash plugin though.

seems to be released
and it's updated to the normal dolphin
i really like that the URL bar is now hidden by default and only shown while using the menu key, more space!

yeah, its released.

HD2 is just a normal update from V1, you can get it straight from the market as an update.

Still no "on demand" option for flash

still dog slow.

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still dog slow.
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Don't know which one you using but im using 2.0 from the market and its amazing. this is coming from a person who used it before and thought it was crap.

does flash work on dolphin by the way?

xXJay_RXx said:
does flash work on dolphin by the way?
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yes it does, however it requires froyo with flash player installed.
p.s. i am still finding to way to switch flash on demand just like stock browser of froyo does

Am I the only one seeing no add-ons? I didn't expect them all to be there with it being a pre-launch version but i can't see any

Is anyone else having problems scrolling from side to side? Whenever I try to do so, it activates the swipe features (toolbar and bookmarks).

[APP] Is there a need for Dolphin Browser anymore?

I downloaded dolphin browser HD from the market last night to give it a try. I wanted to see if it would make the browsing even smoother and faster than it already is on frf91, or run flash better or something. I don't notice anything different. I understand that it has a lot of great features like gestures, tabs, add ons that the regular browser doesn't. But as far as just the performance of page loading or scrolling or anything, do you guys see any difference? What do you like about it?

Lol you answered it in your own post.. It's about the extra features it has

Right I was just wondering if people saw a performance increase in certain types of pages or something. Or if anyone was noticing speed increases.

I don't see any improvements whatsoever with speed. For Dolphin, I have a bunch of gestures set up that makes my lift a lot easier by having a shortcut to "select text".
I guess the only other thing that helps is the convenient access to wipe history and cache. You can also set it to private browsing mode so it never remembers history.

I like being able to exit/close the browser

I have noticed a few features that make Dolphin browser great.
First is the UAs (user agent settings) can be set to desktop client always. I hate going to about:debug every single time on the N1 stock browser. The MT3GS has a stock browser with UAs options in the stock settings. Not having that, after already having it in a stock browser is just annoying.
Downloading is much more efficient with Dolphin for me. I have been able to get everything posted on xda through rapidshare and others. If I am about to download something on my computer, I chrome to phone the link, and use dolphin to download it and astro to move it to the root.
Text clarity is much better on Dolphin. This was especially noticeable when reading text sites, like the news.
The flash player is on Demand, which is annoying when your first testing it out, but I have grown to love that feature. Especially when a lot of sites are fattened up with flash advertisements and useless widgets all over the place. News sites are the worst of all. Even when your in an EDGE only zone a news story should load fine, but an animated advertisement loading in the middle of the page will slow you down.
Downside. I can't seem to establish a secure connection when attempting to connect to a website using verisign to verify the secure connection. I don't know if it is the secure connection that isn't working or the verification? I emailed Dolphin, maybe they will tell me.
I use Dolphin primarily, but the great thing about Android is that you can run both of them, or either of them whenever you please. Getting the best of both worlds.

What I like the most is the simple refresh and stop button next to the address bar

I just wish it had a better theme...the theme tries to be too flashy and the additional themes are equally as gaudy...a simple stock browser theme (same tabs and buttons and whatnot but with the stock android theme styling) would be great...oh well.

Just so I know, dolphin browser uses the default webkit browser core, correct? And it just basically is like the default browser with different settings, UI, and "skin" overtop of the default browser.

no one uses xscope?

dmo580 said:
no one uses xscope?
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Only for downloading files that Dolphin Browser seems to not want to download...

Skyfire 2.1 has improved alot. Its fast, the multi touch is better than it was with 2.0, and its flash player works much better than before. I use this when browsing casually (not logging in anywhere.) Love to watch worldstarhiphop videos with it cause flash 10.1 performance sucks on that site.

dmo580 said:
no one uses xscope?
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i use xscope. although i like that dolphin has ability to sync bookmarks

Nope, stopped using Dolphin HD for a couple reasons:
1) It has tabs, which is awesome, but it's a little too complicated to reach them compared to the old dolphin. I liked being able to swipe down to bring down the bar.
2) It's buggy as hell. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it about three times now. Sometimes it doesn't register my clicks, sometimes it brings about the crazy screen problem, and sometimes it just doesn't try to load my pages.
I just wish the stock android browser had tabs implemented.

Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast

The ability for fullscreen mode. That's most important to me as I don't want the notification bar to waste space and to prevent further lcd screen burn in for my N1.
Although that feature is broken in the recent version but a fix is coming.

kolyan said:
Xscope has 0 bugs and its fast
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Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.

dmo580 said:
no one uses xscope?
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I do. Downloaded X-Scope and Dolphin the same day. There was something Dolphin did that I did not like, but can't remember what it was. But it was often enough it annoyed me. Never had an issue with X-Scope

Love xscope lite. Looks great, great features. many people don't know this but you can set up Flash to run automatically vs. "on demand"
I wasn't sure if all the browser improvements on 2.2 were just for the stock browser but doesn't seem anyone has noticed a difference in speed between stock and alternatives.

aussiebum said:
Fast yes. Zero bugs? No... it doesn't do text reflow on XDA forums properly vs. Dolphin.
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Not sure what you mean by text reflow, but I set it to "wide" in one of the settings and it made the xda forums look exactly the same as dolphin/stock browser.

ics browser sucks?

dont mean to be crude but it really sucks compared to old stock gingerbread sense browser. what can i do to get a smooth browser experience with no flickers and slow rendering after pinch and zoom? i tried maxthon but even that is a bit slow in rendering after pinch and zoom. i flashed the downgrade fix but that still sucks. in gingerbread everything was smooth. any help? thanks

walkinhotdog said:
dont mean to be crude but it really sucks compared to old stock gingerbread sense browser. what can i do to get a smooth browser experience with no flickers and slow rendering after pinch and zoom? i tried maxthon but even that is a bit slow in rendering after pinch and zoom. i flashed the downgrade fix but that still sucks. in gingerbread everything was smooth. any help? thanks
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G'day champ,
I understand what you're saying, I also had these problems. I don't tend to like Maxthon, Firefox is also still in what feels like an early beta stage.
I've moved towards Dolphin Browser HD, and I haven't had any problems with it at all. I'd provide more info, but I'm in a rush.
But let me know how it goes for you, as I'd love to hear your feedback on it.

Are we not liking Chrome, either?

yeah agree , before it was good but now i use chrome beta!

I got ics but I don't have any problems with my browser .

There's nothing wrong with the ics browser on my phone, and I think it's better because it has more functions.

ICS browser works fine for me on my nosense VI rom.

i tried chrome too. not really my cup of tea. im ok with dolphin though. you guys probably forgot what the gingerbread stock browser was like. I jus moved from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich and the difference is huge. i mean this new browser is ok, but i just wish it were more responsive and smooth with the rendering and pinch and zoom

I'm sure it'll be better after official release guys... And chrome is decent but I'm holding untill its released from beta
Sent from my insertcoined Sensation 4G with Beats Audio

I hate that link don't open up to the page I want, when I'm in a third party app.

Finally I am not crazy!!!
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I hate that link don't open up to the page I want, when I'm in a third party app.
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Yes thank you I have been having this problem too. I have only noticed it in Yahoo! Mail though. I have uninstalled it yahoo mail though. I have a full release version of ICS too. You would think they would check that with such popular programs as Yahoo Mail.

Thanks for the info. I've flashed a few ics roms & every1 of them has an unpleasant browsing experience compared to stock GB, especially on the desktop of utube. Does dolphin HD scroll & pinch to zoom smoothly on the desktop utube? I'd like to know b4 I reflash again for the 20th time. Thanx in advance

enserio said:
Are we not liking Chrome, either?
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I'm using Chrome Beta, and has so many bugs. I use Opera 11.62 for my computer's browser, but Opera on mobile doesn't like HTML 5. So, I still use Chrome even though it kind of sucks.

Yes it does.
Though this may work better in devices with hardware buttons such as the Sensation (I wonder if it does):
There's no standard menu button and you have to hunt for it in each application, as in all of ICS
The menu "...." icon, in Google's finest new style, is unintuitive and most often hidden
Can't search the page or perform a menu action withotu abandoning my current scroll position
But I've had even worse issues:
I can't find where can I change my User-Agent so that I don't get the crappy "mobile" sites from everybody; I haven't paid 500 € on a large screen phone to get crippled versions
I can't find where can I add custom search engines
Screen estate is often wasted with yet another obnoxious toolbar made of obnoxious Google style icons (i.e. ugly, monochrome, abstract and unintuitive)
And that's just from 5 minutes of use. Back to Opera Mobile — I suggest you do the same; it's faster, has better features and a much better UI (well, anything has a much better UI compared to Google's stuff since Google+).

I've choosen for myself "ICS Browser+".

Best Webbrowser for Android 4.4/ Nexus 5

As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.

I use Firefox at the moment... Works really good
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I recommend you Next Browser !

Maxthon
Puffin
Boat
Others: Sleipnir / UC Browser

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I recommend you Next Browser !
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I'd second that. It's a really fast browser with some excellent features.

Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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wurzelsepp3 said:
As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.
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I'm using Opera atm because it has text flow.

Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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exactly. just turn down the text size to 50% in settings and chrome looks like every other android browser but feels smoother and has no problems at all.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.

Batfink33 said:
Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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I would avoid any goteam products. They are known for privacy breaches.
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I recommend you Next Browser !
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I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.

I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.

I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.

I've used Naked on my N7 for a year or so, and works just as fast (faster) on my N5.

Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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Primokorn said:
I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.
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mitchdickson said:
I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.
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crackmulah said:
I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.
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I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.
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I agree even myself.
I have absolutely no issues with chrome.
It runs silky smooth at 60fps on my phone like any other browser.
Personally I don't use it though because It does not support flash player which is useful.
Firefox
Dolphin (with Jetpack)
And Next Browser (which I never knew about before this thread)
Are the personal preferred browsers of my choice.
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Sleipnir is a very solid browser. It has the best tab management I have seen in a mobile browser.
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Dan37tz said:
Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.
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errhmmm
http://youtu.be/LY-KuPhC0Y0

Chrome beta is usable..... The other one is crap and...in general any other browser is miles away from AOSP browser