According to me Chrome, Dolphine And UC Browser are better !
For me Opera performs well as well. I might try Chrome soon too. :good:
I like firefox.
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I don't understand why Chrome works so poorly. Its Javascript engine is among the slowest. It doesn't emulate mouse-over (press+drag). Etc.
I like the stock browser. Opera works well too (I've used it for years on my PC, and it's good on Android too... resizes text very well)
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Anyone know which browser doesn't re-download the page when its activity is reloaded? The way Android closes background apps can be annoying enough, but why do most (all which I know) browsers have to re-download the whole page?!?!
Dolphin Browser
Use Naked browser for speed. You can find it in Google Play.
I find the stock browser to be the best.
I like chrome because thats whats on my PC at home, but im using dolphin browser on my Gnote2
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After trying different browsers on my phone (Galaxy S Plus) and be deeply disappointed by Chrome, use that instead with satisfaction on the PC, I also believe that in the end better to use that stock!
Forgive my poor English!: (
Stock
For mobiles sure i use stock browser. Perhaps chrome is fast and usefully.
I prefer to use Firefox because it integrates really well with Firefox sync. If you use Firefox sync on the desktop it is really useful to have your passwords and bookmarks available on your mobile.
for me
Stock Browser >> UC Browser >> Firefox
In order of usefulness:
Opera, Stock, Dolphin (Jetpack), Firefox.
Opera Mobile and Stock are the _only_ browsers that have perfect text reflow and resizing.
All other browsers break in many scenarios particularly when browsing forums (Firefox and Chrome are quite bad with text becoming large and small seemingly at random).
I don't consider all the browsers that just skin the stock renderer. Chrome is actually quite terrible with slow javascript, noticeable input lag and isn't as smooth as the others.
Opera Mobile
I am on Opera Mobile, because it is very fast and doesn't need too much performance. I have also tried Dolphin and Chrome but they are a lot slower on my Galaxy i9003.
I think, opera is still the best browser even on smartphone
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For me the better it's the stock browser 'cause its lightning
, and chrome its the seconth 'cause little bit minus performing but great features like full painless sync with alla your device... I've used dophin too with great consideration but for personal use i frefer the firsts two! ... It's like comparing smarphones or cars... Everyone have its own best choiches... Try and find yours ... Cause you are the user! ^^
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Dolphin hd browser is best
I use opera mini and uc browser.
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I use Mozilla. Once you get used to it, I find it pretty good to use and fast.
S3 with super nexus 2.0 v3
I use opera, but I've never used firefox or dolphin. Might try once
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Hi all, I'm new to the android world, with the nexus s being my first android operated phone maybe even my first smart phone, had a Nokia n97 previous although it wasn't quite the smartphone advertised but thats another story.
The title says it all really I'd just like to know what browser you would recomend and why. I used to use opera on the n97 however there wasn't the selection available there is for android. I see dolphin hd pop up alot around the forums.
So please share your favorite browser and you reassons why. e.g speed, UI, customise ect
Cheers for everyone who takes part.
Firefox or Dolphin HD for the add-ons
Opera for speed
Stock browser for all-round
Stock browser for speed (less lag)
I also like the stock browser but I'm also a big fan of xScope Browser.
I usually use the stock because it seems the best all around as one of the above stated but to save pages I use Opera and I've been testing out some others as well
Im really liking the Dolphin mini beta at the moment. I find it quicker than stock and still runs everything perfectly.
For me the stock browser is the best atm :
- Firefox : looks promising, but way too slow for day-to-day use, needs optimizations
- Opera : don't like the rendering, almost impossible to click on links (try browsing Google Reader...), not really faster than stock (with turbo mode off)
- Dolphin / Dolphin HD : too bloated for me
The stock browser has been impressive so far. I haven't run into any problems so far
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The only thing that bothers me in the stock browser is the navigation through open windows. I'd love to have some proper tabbed browsing.
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nicholasbgr said:
The only thing that bothers me in the stock browser is the navigation through open windows. I'd love to have some proper tabbed browsing.
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I've extensively used the stock browser, Opera Mobile, and FireFox (nightlies and latest stable). I primarily use Opera Mobile (not mini) for almost everything because of how ridiculously smooth its pinch zoom and panning is compared to everything else out. To see its advantages, simply go to an image-heavy page like Gizmodo and try panning and zooming on any other browser (the newest FireFox included). To me, its smoother/better user experience is important than the javascript speed advantages in FireFox.
I have run repeated tests on both my N1 and my NS and have found that in SunSpider, the fastest is FireFox by a healthy margin, followed by the stock browser, distantly followed by Opera. However, in my experience, page loading has always been similar across all three, meaning that js speed doesn't factor that much in rendering most pages.
Extensions are a big draw in FireFox, as is Flash in the stock browser, but I find that Opera does everything I need natively. Plus, flash support is supposedly going to be added (as well as to FireFox Mobile).
x scope 6 is solid its fast and all around just great I know its not free but I think its the best one out at the moment until firefox comes out of beta and adds flash it may be king
stock for me.
Dolphin HD has a lot of add-ons that I thought sounded interesting and installed on my Galaxy S and Nexus One, but I never really used any of them, so that's a pointless feature for me. I found Dolphin HD to be bloated and much slower than the stock browser on any of my phones, even without add-ons.
I've kept the NS on stock based on past performance with Dolphin.
seems like I haven't really gave the stock browser the chance it deserves, to be honest dismissed it almost straight away.
Back to stock for me to give it a real test. Although I'm hoping firefox lives up to it's desktop browser standards.
Also quick question which is non related but I don't see the point in starting a new thread. I need to return my phone due to the back button not lighting up. I was just wondering if there is a away to save all my data to when I get my new phone i can put all my data back on. E.g phone numbers, sms msgs photos angry bird progess, music ect.
thanks again for any help.
I prefer the built-in browser for everyday use. I have one website that I get from a real estate broker which has some fancy frames in it that doesn't render correctly in the stock browser, for this site I use Opera mini.
i'm still can't decide which one is best
using (in no special order):
Stock 2.3 Browser
Opera Mobile
Opera Mini
SkyFire
Dolphin HD
FireFox beta
they all have their Cons/Pros
SkyFire was my main Browser until they screwed it up, and now it has become as broadware as Dolphin HD
I like both Dolphin and Skyfire for their Flash & Video support but... they are slow and broad.
FireFox still has much work to be done on it
Opera Mini & Opera Mobile is identical in Android, but in WinMo they were 2 different apps
so it boils down to Stock 2.3 Browser being the fastest, but.. not so great on Flash / Video support
can anyone answer my question on a way to back up all my data as I'm returning my phone tomorrow due to the back button light not working.
Is there away to back up all data, apps, contacts,photos, messages, angry bird progress. live wall papers. Or will i need to start all over again?
Also how can I earse all my data in order to return the phone.
Thanks in advance
[Q] Better Web Browser
I'm looking for a web browser for my TF that views pages in actual web form, not as mobile pages.
I think with a screen this size it should be possible, right?
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
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I'm looking for a web browser for my TF that views pages in actual web form, not as mobile pages.
I think with a screen this size it should be possible, right?
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
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Skyfire has a desktop mode.
~DC
I use Dolphin, can set user-agent to Desktop.
Some people have suggested Dolphin HD as good replacement for the stock browser. I'm just not clear about your problem? My stock browser displays the webpages as my PC browser would. You can check Settings|Advanced and User agent string.
Hope this helps,
rio
I'm using Dolphin HD and like it better than the stock one.
~DC
I guess maybe I'm missing some steps, or haven't tried a few of them that you've mentioned. Just noticed that in my firefox browser (and also the stock browser) all of the pages (MSN, Facebook) are showing up in their mobile forms.
I'll try a couple of those you mentioned and see if I can find them...Thanks!
try Firefox
rio911 said:
My stock browser displays the webpages as my PC browser would. You can check Settings|Advanced and User agent string.
Hope this helps,
rio
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Do this to stop getting mobile versions!
rio911 said:
Some people have suggested Dolphin HD as good replacement for the stock browser. I'm just not clear about your problem? My stock browser displays the webpages as my PC browser would. You can check Settings|Advanced and User agent string.
Hope this helps,
rio
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Now we just need hulu to acknowledge this!
Dolphin HD
This should be a poll
If you get ADW EX you can adjust the standard (useless) browser widget to 2 columns by 7 rows (looks a lot better), then when you first click on a thumbnail it asks you which browser you wish to use, click your preffered item then you have a custon full size browser of choice widget.
Lately I have been experimenting with different browsers because I am not happy with the stock browser on Honeycomb because it seems to have a lot of issues and slow performance when rendering. I know that a lot of people have been recommending Dolphin Browser HD, and I have tried that alongside Mozilla Firefox. Which browser is everyone else using on their Transformer and how do you like it?
The thing I miss most about the stock browser is the sync with your google chrome bookmarks, so if anyone can suggest how to get that to work with Dolphin Browser or Mozilla, I would appreciate it. Mozilla seems to have the best rendering speed out of the two, however, Dolphin seems to have more features and a better overall interface. Both Dolphin and the stock browser have problems rendering this forum, but Mozilla seems to do it with ease. However, it doesn't seem as though Mozilla is proportioned right for Tablet use yet.
I guess each of the has their positives and negatives, which is why I want to see what everyone else is using and their thoughts.
I use all of them because I don't like any of them. Every one has some problems. The best is probably the stock one, but it doesn't have adblock and when I turn on flash some pages turn into literally hell because of ads. Firefox on the other hand is fast but has very few options and scales images very poorly (this forum looks ugly on it for example). Opera is strange (especcialy the tabs are strange). Dolphin looks like a bloatware.
I hope to see full desktop browser on Android some time. With extensions and such (Firefox mobile extensions are laughable, even adblock doesn't have any options).
to me the stock browser seems more and more like chrome...is it just me?
All Android browsers are really inferior... Right now I go back and forth between stock and Firefox... Don't like either...
stock is as fluid as it gets
I tried Dolphin... but to be frank, it definitely does seem like bloatware. Its overall pretty awful. I keep it installed just because I use it for some websites that the stock one doesn't work properly. But thats rare. And I don't care for it.
People keep saying that Dolphin is "optimised for honeycomb" but I really don't think so. If it were, it'd run a crap ton better.
I use stock. It doesnt always work perfect, and it has its flaws for sure, but its pretty darn fluid, the tabs work great, and its just a clean looking browser.
Stock for browsing and firefox for downloading .zip files
would prefer opera as its my desktop browser of choice but its just terrible atm on android
re browser's
I,d really like to like the stock browser, or dolphin (my usual favourite), but the opera mobile seems currently the only one that has that ipad floaty feel to scrolling. Why cant the others do this?
Dolphin hd beta 5 is awesome
Firefox with adblock is sweet. For watching Flash websites, I use stock or dolphin hd. I like opera too. I guess I will be using all of them as I see fit. That's what I like about android.
So i have find he stock browser, skyfire, dolphin, and xscope all installed
and i cant find one that works really well for all pages, like a desktop browser.
what do you all use for your web browsing?
i use the dock, and the typing in web forums is pretty laggy i dont know if this is a browser, or dock issue though...
my default right now is dolphin, but skyfire seems to handle more complex pages better
Havd you tried firefox?
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I had the same problem.
The only browser that can load my university website and about a dozen other pages that I frequent is Opera Mobile.
The other ones all have big gaps in pages, won't download files and pages look messed up -- even Firefox.
I haven't tried Skyfire, but I tried all the others mentioned.
Have you tried changing the user agent to desktop in the stock browser (in settings)? Web pages always show up exactly as they should for me with this setting.
Lag in the browser is honeycomb specific ..happens on xoom and galaxy tab as well
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Maxthon works very well..
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Opera
Opera mobile have desktop like experience and overall very good browser
i have stock and maxthon installed and i use always the stock. Dispite the lag works pretty nice even for watching football transmissions.
I too don't really like any of the browsers, keep going back and forth when one does something that pisses me off I switch to another for awhile. I currently got Firefox, Dolphin HD, Opera, Maxthon installed and they all suck at different things. Overall the web browsing experience is pretty ****ty compared to ipad even without the flash, it's just so damn slow and laggy. Wish they'd bring out Atomic Web and Mercury browsers to Android, those both rock especially Mercury on the ipad.
anyone tried Dolphin for Pad? Its quite good! Replaced Opera with it!
I like Dolphin so far.
is this different than dolphin HD 6.0?
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is this different than dolphin HD 6.0?
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Yes and it's pretty ownage, I deleted Dolphin HD shortly after trying Dolphin for Tabs cause it ownz
Both Dolphin HD and Dolphin for Tabs work great. The stock browser is pretty good too. Just make sure you set the User Agent to Desktop.
Does no one elses dolphin have a weird graphical glitch when you tap in the address bar?
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Since today I've upgraded from Dolphin HD browser to Dolphin for Pad. This new version was released yesterday and I like it very much! Since I already was a Dolphin user, this browser is even better dan the old one.
What's different in Dolphin for Pad?
It seems to work ok but I dont seem to have the "button" for gestures.....or am I missing something. Also how do you get quickly to the history without going through settings ?
kodakeos said:
what do you all use for your web browsing?
i use the dock, and the typing in web forums is pretty laggy i dont know if this is a browser, or dock issue though...
my default right now is dolphin, but skyfire seems to handle more complex pages better
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In my opinion there is no a definite browser at this moment.
- No one has ad block but firefox.
- No one is able to upload files but Opera.
- No one has a private mode but stock browser.
- Opera is slow when showing pages already loaded in cache and it does not render pages until fully loaded.
- Firefox has an horrible square patron when scrolling. I don't understand why. And image scaling is quite bad. And don't support flash.
- Stock browser and Dolphin render quite fast as pages are loaded and perhaps are more balanced...
So at the end of the day I use firefox for regular browsing (due to adblock and a better tabs management in my opinion), opera when I have to upload something, for example torrent files to my transmission server, and stock one if I have to use private mode (specially if I have to access hacking and or scene blogs)...
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It seems to work ok but I dont seem to have the "button" for gestures.....or am I missing something. Also how do you get quickly to the history without going through settings ?
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Tap the arrow, top right side than do your gesture. I had to ask too and another member showed me.
I just picked up my Fire and wasn't entirely pleased with the browser performance, so I sideloaded Dolphin HD...definitely an improvement over stock Fire browser. Feel free to post any results you guys get from other 3rd party browsers so we know our options!
Agreed...I went into the settings and unchecked accelerate page loading and that seemed to help with the speed. I'm not that impressed with the silk browser
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I wasn't overly impressed with the speed to be honest with you, and after loading Firefox 7 on, I think I'll stick with that (plus I can use AddOns). Mobile browsing is never lightning fast, but I think they touted the Silk browser as the best thing since sliced bread. I'm not as convinced.
I installed Opera Mini and it works great. It's not full featured, but for general browsing it's much quicker than the stock browser.
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I installed Opera Mini and it works great. It's not full featured, but for general browsing it's much quicker than the stock browser.
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I am also using Opera Mini.
As stated, it is much faster than the Stock Browser.
ii have found opera mobile to be my fav so far. fast rendering and smooth page navigation.
Can you guys link or post to the other browser APKs?
Silk is smooth as...gravel :-/
Miren browser is super fast and has all of the features that I need. I am trying to get the stock aneroid browser loaded, that would be perfect.
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I'm going with dolphin hd for now as well.
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Can you guys link or post to the other browser APKs?
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I got Opera Mini v6.1 here:
http://search.4shared.com/q/1/opera mini apk?suggested
Opera has apk downloads right on the mobile site:
http://mini.opera.com/mobile
I got Dolphin from the google apps zip in the first post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349902
Opera Mobile here. Using it as my main browser on my phone and tablet.
I've loaded Dolphin HD, Opera Mobile and Firefox and tried them all out on the Fire. Opera Mobile is now my daily driver. Even if you choose not to use Opera Turbo (The Opera equivalent of Silk), you get really good speed and fast rendering.
What's more, when you go back to a previous page, it comes up like, instantly, whereas there's more load time for the other browsers. Makes navigating really fast and painless.
Being able to hit back and not have to load the page again is the best feature.
Ive been using both Dolphin HD and Opera Mobile over the past week and I'd have to say im liking Opera a bit more. Feels speedier and more responsive.
didnt they say it connects to amazon server to makes it faster 20 times :s
I thought the stock browser performed just like every other stock browser, like crap. I installed Opera and I really enjoy the interface on the larger screen, browsing is much more enjoyable than on my Galaxy SII.
I know this is a bit of a subjective questions but what does the majority feel as the fastest/best browser?
I've tried stock, Chrome and Dolphin. I'd have to say I prefer Dolphin but believe only stock/Chrome integrate bookmarks with my desktop/laptop Chrome browser.
So, thoughts on what is your favorite browser?
I like both, just install both, but I like dolphin HD is better, chrome sometime very stupid, both of em u can sync with ur pc too
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Give boat browser a shot. It is extremely lightweight, very fast and stable with many tabs open. I'm a big chrome fan on desktop but have grown frustrated with it and now use boat on my 10.1 and SGS3.
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Naked browser... exyremely fast.
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You can use Bookmarks to SD it is in Google Play as a dolphin plugin and it will allow you to export and import bookmarks to and from a bookmarks.html file so you can export your bookmarks from your laptop / desktop chrome, firefox, etc. to a bookmarks.html file and then import them into Dolphin or the default browser.
Opera - for me nothing else matches its ease of use, tab handling and text reflow.
Opera Browser !
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Opera +1.
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I know this is a bit of a subjective questions but what does the majority feel as the fastest/best browser?
I've tried stock, Chrome and Dolphin. I'd have to say I prefer Dolphin but believe only stock/Chrome integrate bookmarks with my desktop/laptop Chrome browser.
So, thoughts on what is your favorite browser?
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Dolphin browser,opera mobile
Boat or opera. I like boat on my tab and opera on mobile...
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Opera is my favorite! +1
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If in Ice cream , OPERA ..
If in Jelly Bean , Dolphin ( and older version to support flash ) ..
personal favor ..
+1 to naked browser
Great dev support
Be careful with Dolphin and Boat. Check out this thread for how browsers track you. It's an invasion of privacy and it wastes bandwidth, battery power, and CPU cycles. I know Dolphin and Boat are specifically mentioned in that thread and I'd stay away from them. Opera Mini does have the option to send all of your data through Opera's servers so be aware of that.
I made Naked Browser in response to all of the privacy shenanigans of most of the browsers out there. It's free in the Google Play Store, is tiny and quick yet with lots of features, and does not and will never spy or monitor in any way. No ads either!
Boat browser. Light, very fast, support flash and has very good features.
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Firefox because Chrome is ****ty on my Ubuntu drive (still not sure why and I don't have time to fix it yet), and I like having the syncs.
Dolphin defeats all because of easy access to bookmarks with it's slideout sidebar. Until someone else copies that no other browser competes.
The one that comes closest is Maxthon but Dolphin is still just a bit slicker.
The disadvantage to Dolphin and Maxthon is that no one seems to be able to get them to work in multiview. Ah for one browser that just does it all!
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mitchellvii said:
Dolphin defeats all because of easy access to bookmarks with it's slideout sidebar. Until someone else copies that no other browser competes.
The one that comes closest is Maxthon but Dolphin is still just a bit slicker.
The disadvantage to Dolphin and Maxthon is that no one seems to be able to get them to work in multiview. Ah for one browser that just does it all!
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Naked Browser has the slideout sidebar for bookmarks and works in multiview.
Dolphin, Maxthon, Boat, and many others violate your privacy (wasting your battery power, bandwidth, and CPU cycles in the process) while Naked has no user spying or monitoring.
I feel like using windows 3.1 with naked, it's that ugli
To naked lol, it's skinless, only bones... a nice interface will make it great.
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Unfortunately I'm stuck worth Dolphin because it's the only one with a plugin for Lastpass.