I have tried so many browser's, but I can't find one that has the whole package, performance, features etc.......................................I do like dolphin, but I had seen that they gather information from you, which I am not fond of. Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
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am2354 said:
I have tried so many browser's, but I can't find one that has the whole package, performance, features etc.......................................I do like dolphin, but I had seen that they gather information from you, which I am not fond of. Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
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Luv Dolphin! It has many custom Security/Privacy/Data options in settings...
I'm using javelin
Cm browser Is great alternative other than chrome ..maxthon also is very credible for its features
Atlas browser.
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firefox and addons adblock and ghostly....
Next Browser
Nexus 5 running Mahdi/ElementalX/Nova Prime
I use Dolphin, but when browsing history is huge, typing web adress is lagging. As alternative I'm using Chrome Beta. Has aby other browser sync with Chrome PC bookmarks?
I've been using now browser recently. Really nice and fast a simple with material design
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Didn't find the right Browser for me either. Chrome sucks data and battery, I don't like the way the AOSP browser handels tabs, UC Browser and Javelin are not smooth, Dolphin might collect some private data, ..
Just need a fast and smooth browser with no ads..
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Didn't find the right Browser for me either. Chrome sucks data and battery, I don't like the way the AOSP browser handels tabs, UC Browser and Javelin are not smooth, Dolphin might collect some private data, ..
Just need a fast and smooth browser with no ads..
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Try Lucid Browser..
Nexus 5 Slim optimized
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Try Lucid Browser..
Nexus 5 Slim optimized
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Wow. Exactly what I have searched for! Big thanks
I've not been able to get off AOSP browser. Still the fastest browser in my experience.
They're all just a little bit sh*t IMHO
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I go back and forth between Now Browser and Atlas... both very lightweight and perfect for my needs. :good:
I'm using uc browser for two years and I am so happy with it
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Every Browser have any issues. For me, the Best is Dolphin with JetPack
It seems I keep going back to Dolphin, but what is annoying to me, which may be trivial, but when I load Google and other pages they are all damn small, that I have to pinch to zoom. Is there a way to get Dolphin to render the pages larger?
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It seems I keep going back to Dolphin, but what is annoying to me, which may be trivial, but when I load Google and other pages they are all damn small, that I have to pinch to zoom. Is there a way to get Dolphin to render the pages larger?
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I think unchecked 'open pages in overview'.
OP, might I suggest Link Bubble? It allows pages to load in the background and gives much better quick-reference to links/sites. I love it because oftentimes I'm browsing by clicking on a link just to read one article, not necessarily to do any actual web browsing.
For example, I tend to browse Reddit using the app called Reddit Now, but when I click a story that it's linking to, it makes it much more manageable by loading in the background and blinking when it's loaded. PERFECT for mobile browsing. When you finish reading the article or looking at whatever the link sent you to, simply hit the back button and the bubble disappears! Of course, you can load that page in your full browser at any time by clicking the overflow button and selecting "Open in [browser]", but this is just a great app for those in-between cases when you really don't need to use the full browser just to view a single article. It's also great because it recognizes Youtube vids that are in the page and lets you open those videos straight to the Youtube app.
Related
This browser is definitely better than default browser. Fast, flash support, and it gets 100% on acid3 ( http://acid3.acidtests.org ) test.
Finally, I found a right browser for Galaxy Tab.
I have to agree for the most part. Its definitely much faster and smoother than anything else I've tried. I would classify it as the best if they would implement an exit button and different fonts.
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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And 4000 on sunspider. Although i have gone back to dolphin. Opera has no reflow and youtube looks really bad
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No problems with reflow for me!
Regards,
Dave
And youtube
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Works like a charm for me to with almost everything. Youtube work perfect for me.
Have just encounter one wiki page that became realy screwed up. But i justed used the stock browser to read on it.
It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.
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It crashes every time I try to play a streaming Flash game from mlb.com which is a real shame considering it looks very nice in every other aspect and it very responsive.
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I was able to play vids from MLB.com with the only problem being that the quality was a little jerky.
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For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.
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For people using Dolphin HD, how does it compare to Opera? I've just gotten used to Dolphin and I would prefer not to have to learn the interface of a new browser...
Tried Miren and Skyfire and didn't like them, but may want to give Opera a try.
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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.
I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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I would highly recommend Firefox mobile (Version 4)
It supports all of the above and has multiple-language support (such as Arabic/Hebrew and other non-latin RTL characters) and one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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I'm gonna check it out. Hopefully it is as fast and smooth as opera.
I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find
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I think it's the same if not smoother than Opera
Let us know what you find
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It doesn't support flash yet so that's a deal breaker for me. I'll revisit it when flash works. Hopefully it will become as good as the desktop version.
T-Mobile tab running latest Overcome
I tried Firefox 4 as well, because I like it.. In principle. The result after synchronizing everything was that it took more than 1.6GB (reported by the OS in My Apps). I then unchecked history sync, and it came back to a few megabytes over (aka around 86MB), but it then stopped bringing my bookmarks over from the desktop. It's also rather slow in operation (compared to it, Opera is blazing fast).
That said, I'm looking forward to the next release, so far it has been going in the right direction. JavaScript performance in Firefox is stellar, the real speed problem is with page rendering, but it has been getting better. It's still a decent browser though, and it compares well to the stock one (juuuuuuust a bit slower, but with add-ons and lots of goodies)
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Dolphin HD was my primary browser, but now Opera Mobile is. The changes are significant but very welcome and easy to get used to. In fact it enhances the experience in my opinion, but there are issues. For one, it needs an exit button and there are some strange font issues when playing flash video. It also needs a way to import and export bookmarks. Even after those shortcomings, browsing is quite fast and very enjoyable. But this is just my opinion. It costs you nothing to try this out so give it a shot. You might like what you see.....or not.
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same here! dolphin HD was my defaullt browser, but now it's been replaced by Opera 11 + Opera Mini (for 2G)
I have deleted Dolphin HD - its toooo slow!
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one of my favourite features is that it keeps all of your settings, your bookmarks and even your open tabs synced with your desktop or anywhere else you're running Firefox v4
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Opera called that Opera link. Syncs bookmarks, notes, quick dial. Open tabs... nope, but that would've been a deal breaker for me since on the desktop version I usually need at least 500 mb just to open Opera lol. It's a feature that's been there for quite a long time now.
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Was using Dolphin HD too, but I just tried Opera Mobile 11 and I kinda love it. And it's free!
I am still sticking with skyfire. Fast, supports flash. Opera performs poorly on symbian mobile.
I've found Opera to run silky smooth on my tab, except for youtube. They look absolutely terrible, stuck in ultra low res mode or something. Only flaw with the browser.
Annoying as hell regardless.
[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
Soopafly Incredible said:
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.
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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
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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 ?
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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.
Can you Nexies recommend me your favorite, the best performing browser for Nexus S.
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I think most people would recommend opera or dolphin hd, firefox nightlies are a bit hit and miss
there is only two browsers, Opera and Stock... the others is just the stock with some things changed, but they render pages just like stock, lag in the same pages, freeze to load extacly same things and has almost same bugs...
Opera, in other hand, seems to be hardware accelerated, it is completely different, and for me, it is really better... loads every pages faster and so smooth as it should be in stock one... but, it has two bad things: 1) it is really annoying to see "Opera Mobile" every single time you open it and 2) doesn't render Google's pages like it should, like gmail or search page. In stock browser it is shown like a web app, but in Opera you see generic mobile pages...
personally, i use both, Opera for default and stock for those things that Opera can't handle well! =oP
I keep trying other browsers and always end up back with the stock. Opera is my backup browser. Its fast, but like all 3rd party browsers, has quirks
Stock & Opera as wingman
Of course Opera...
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there is only two browsers, Opera and Stock... the others is just the stock with some things changed, but they render pages just like stock, lag in the same pages, freeze to load extacly same things and has almost same bugs...
Opera, in other hand, seems to be hardware accelerated, it is completely different, and for me, it is really better... loads every pages faster and so smooth as it should be in stock one... but, it has two bad things: 1) it is really annoying to see "Opera Mobile" every single time you open it and 2) doesn't render Google's pages like it should, like gmail or search page. In stock browser it is shown like a web app, but in Opera you see generic mobile pages...
personally, i use both, Opera for default and stock for those things that Opera can't handle well! =oP
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I agree. For more examples, anandtech.com is horribly slow in stock, but ESPN's baseball recap pages do not display correctly in Opera. I'm trying out the latest Firefox, which seems like a compromise: not as fast as Opera, but more accurate rendering.
Honestly, when HTC and Samsung branded phones have stock browsers with superior scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, I don't quite understand what's supposed to be so great about the "pure Google" experience. This phone has been out for almost a year and its browser is still terrible. So we get updates direct from Google, but if none of them improve the browser, who cares? It would be great if this improves with ICS, but I still haven't seen any official word on that.
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Honestly, when HTC and Samsung branded phones have stock browsers with superior scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, I don't quite understand what's supposed to be so great about the "pure Google" experience. This phone has been out for almost a year and its browser is still terrible. So we get updates direct from Google, but if none of them improve the browser, who cares? It would be great if this improves with ICS, but I still haven't seen any official word on that.
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that is a thing i REALLY miss in my old HTC devices, browser experience is far far far better. I like Android and all, but ICS is the last chance for Google to me, there is always a tiny thing is not great as it should, in all android handsets i owned! Nexus is amazing, but this browser sucks, i can't understand why google made it that way, just can't. They are mostly a internet company, for god sake, and Chrome is great for Desktop....
For me, Nokia + WP7 or ICS will be a 'watershed'... =o\
The best one I've found is Miren Browser.
I personally enjoy Firefox mobile (it is on market). Though I use the nightly build (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#Download_Nightly)
It does not do flash sadly however I love the sync since I also use it as my desktop
I was thinking about this earlier myself; but, seeing as I tried most of them I knew the answer. To me at least.
I currently just use the stock browser. As much as it bugs me. They need a serious overhaul on this thing. I want Chrome FOR phone. I fee like that team could do a better job at building a browser. Not sure why they haven't.
Anyways. I use stock because it's stock; and, if I'm not 100% happy with another browser I don't keep it because I hate having 2 apps installed that do the same thing. Just the way I am.
Dolphin is my favorite UI. Gestures are cool. The tab interface is better, etc. But, like mentioned above it's really just like the stock browser skinned. However, you don't have to type in about:debug to change to desktop rendering for sites without links on the bottom. Button built it.
Skyfire: I wasn't thrilled with the UI but did like how the Desktop/Android rendering button was right there on top. Again, just like the stock browser though.
Firefox is atrocious.
Opera is by far THE best alternative as far as web experience goes. However, I despise how it doesn't render certain websites "correctly". For example Google and Facebook. It has that "old" look to it. Basic if you will. However, it does load desktop pages a lot faster than the stock browser. So it's not bad if you don't mind waiting a LITTLE loger for the desktop site. In comparison it will load a desktop site ALMOST as fast as the stock browser loads a mobile site. Depending on what;s going on - on the site. But it's very fast and snappy. The way the stock browser should be.
So bottom line if your going to chose a browser other than Opera (if your happy the way it renders) the only advantage the other browsers have are features, plug-ins, ui, etc. The web experience will be the same.
Edit: I was messing with Opera again after reading this. I love how when you click on something (we'll use a link here) that's close to another item: it will highlight both to indicate you pressed both of them and it wasn't sure which one your big finger hit, lol. Instead of "guessing" like the other browsers.
What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?
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What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?
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I always go for the "bigger one" mini is always a lighter app. Smaller. Missing features from the "Regular" one. Correct me if I'm wrong; but, doesn't Opera mini not support flash where the regular one does?
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What's your preference between Opera and Opera Mini?
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If you check "Turbo" in Opera Mobile it will use the server compression stuff just like Opera mini. Then if something doesn't look right you can long press on it to "load image in full quality" or something like that. Basically Mobile gives you all the capabilities of Mini + more, since space is not really an issue with this phone you should just use Mobile.
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i would recommend for opera..
but one thing i dont like is while you using opera, and switch to another app or just back to home sceen, the internet connection then lost.. so you must loading or refresh it again..
how about soon to be Google Chrome
http://androidandme.com/2011/10/news/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-an-android-device-near-you/
wait for chrome. it's coming in october
Drzfr3shboialex said:
how about soon to be Google Chrome
http://androidandme.com/2011/10/news/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-an-android-device-near-you/
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Wow, that is a great great news...
Cant wait for it..
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Careful using Dolphin or other browsers that may have a user string that looks like a desktop.
If you have grandfathered unlimited data on AT&T, this string will flag you for tethering and you will get a nasty text warning that you need to change your plan (thus losing unlimited data). I personally just use the stock Android browser 100% of the time due to concern that I'll lose my grandfathered data. Especially since AT&T will yank your data even though you aren't really tethering...and it's gone forever.
Just a thought.
Thanks all for that healthy, fruitful discussion.
I have tried both Stock and Miren.
Initially Stock was acting good but then it started hanging. Miren also left unimpressed.
Now I am on Dolphin, it seems to be good. Let us see!
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What do you guys think is the best Browser for ICS or jelly bean on this device?
I had been using Xscope and really liked 2 features.
1. I could save my favorite sites on my computer as an html file and then just open that file on xscope and I had them all ready to go. I had roughly 60 sites, other browsers dolphin, opera, android could not do this.
2. My favorites would then be saved on my homepage in a "speed dial" like mode where I could just scroll and click on the site. I loved this because it was simple to use and looked great.
I would like a browser that could do this. I would also like a browser that could play flash on sites fairy well? If possible? If it happened to be blazing fast, that would be great.
Sites that I use
twitch.tv
espn.com
firstrowsports.eu
chess.com
xda!
Thank you for the advice!
dont know about you, but i rather enjoy chrome
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dont know about you, but i rather enjoy chrome
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never been able to use chrome on android yet. So I have no idea if its good or not.
Dolphin works the best on the sites that I go to. I can also save my favorites and just log in and have them back again when I flash a new rom.
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never been able to use chrome on android yet. So I have no idea if its good or not.
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IMO Chrome on phones sucks. I'm using it on my desktop/laptop and I love it. But as far as browsers for my mobile devices I go with Boat browser. It's simple, clean and bug free. It doesn't have the option to import bookmarks from other devices though, but I have few sites that I actually bookmark.
As far as Chrome syncing to the phone, just install an add-on to your desktop called Chrome to Phone.... you then install an app called the same thing on your phone and you can send ANYTHING you choose too(as long as you can open it in the browser) to your phone and have it automatically pull the webpage up or start a download etc...
I've tried literally every single browser there is multiple times. I've tried beta versions, lite versions, and everything in between. I've come to the conclusion that almost every browser for android absolutely blows. Seriously. They blow. The only good ones are ICS+ and boat browser with boat being the one I use. The rest are laggy, clunky, uncustomizable wastes. Chrome doesn't even have double tap to zoom images ffs.
Chrome for me. I have 3 devices and it saves mobile and desktop bookmarks. When you reflash, just sign in and everything is restored. :laugh:
I use Chrome but noticed the stock browser loads pages a lot faster
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ICS+ >Boat browser> the rest
I guess I will have to try a few then once my GIII arrives.
I appreciate all the advice.
ICS+ browser for me, I've always liked the aosp ics browser. Then Dolphin or chrome
Haven't tried any others, really but Maxthon Browser has kept me satisfied to not seek alternatives. Tabbed browsing with a home screen for shortcuts to frequently used sites.
Lastpass.com and the android browser associated with it is actually pretty sweet, autologins and password saving is excellent
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dont know about you, but i rather enjoy chrome
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That's where i'm at now. Before I liked opera mobile (not mini) but chrome is a bit nicer to use in my opinion.
I'm using Chrome on my PC and phone, I love the sync between the two. Shared bookmarks is awesome.
Ive tried out a few from peoples recommendations and I always come back to dolphin. I love the favorites on the left side to drag out and overall its always been smooth for me
Tap'n
Ok I have the ICS browser and Chrome. I logged into my gmail and chrome information. I did not see any of my bookmarks in chrome browser. However when I go to the ICS browser it has all my chrome bookmarks....
Can anyone help me out with that?
Maxthon
I really like Maxthon, instant back is a must for me. It is similar to Miren which I loved on Froyo/Gingerbread.
Opera: it's fast, has very good window management and incorporates the best text reflow on zoom in/out of the browsers I have tried. For that matter, Chrome and Stock ICS browsers don't reflow text and Firefox had its own issues.
Opera plays Flash apps fine, from what I've experienced.
Opera Link can offer a central sharing point for your favorites/bookmarks and other settings between your Opera browsers, so copying around a hardcopy file you've generated would probably not be necessary.
- ooofest
I have been playing with a lot of the browsers, does anyone know if any of them can stream tv such as..
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/
http://atdhenet.tv/
etc?