So the browser is lagging TERRIBLY. I'm developing a jquery mobile site and trying to use it on my TF101, and it's almost unable to function.
Has anyone come up with a solution for this. Apparently it's been an issue since 3.2.
If someone could post the stock browser apk for 3.1, I want to see if its got anything to do with the browser itself.
Dolphin, Firefox, & Opera dont give these issues.
Issues:
Loading happens in large blocks. And super slowly.
Ajax and transitions barely function.
Thanks.
This isn't a new revelation that the stock browser sucks. There have been numerous post about it.
I usually prefer to use Dolphin HD but I'm finding that it tends to have a bit of scrolling lag. So far the stock is pretty quick. Any other recommendations if you prefer to see 'desktop' versions of all sites?
ICS Browser+
Google Chrome.
Stock rom sucks, with the random reboots, and laggy browsing customs roms are way better. When they developed these stock roms they are not thinking about everyday use, I mean it took them forever to release ics, then they release an update a week after ics came out as if they didn't have enough time to work out the kinks...
I use Dolphin Browser HD on my phone, but on the tablet it's ICS Browser + all the way.
I use Opera and Chrome.
I keep stock as a back up and use chrome opera and dolphin HD
I have to admit though would be nice to have one browser that does all things nicely
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I kinda like the ICS stock Browser. Its fast and so far havnt given me any issues.
It does the job and does it above average for my needs.
Stock browser handles almost everything I need, unless I need to pull up a quick search with another app in my active window, then I keep overskreen in my recent apps list and pull it up on top of what I am working on.
I use the stock ICS browser. I used to use only Dolphin-browser before I got my tablet but with the news of Dolphin-browser sending all our searches to some server and tracking them I uninstalled it. I line the ICS stock browser. It works and does everything I need it to.
And like stated above me, if I need to do something quickly in an app I'll use overskreen which I love!
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Chrome doesn't even feel like a beta but even though flash is dead I miss it on chrome.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA
Do you like the stock ICS browser?
I like it but I prefer Dolphin browser. Dolphin is more faster and it have a lot of options to navigate the web more comfortable. Right now I'm trying Google Chrome Beta for ICS. Unfortunately Google Chrome runs only on ICS ROM's, but this browser it's pretty, simple, very fast and can synchronize all your bookmarks, history, passwords and more with your desktop Google Chrome with an easy way.
Stock ICS browser because i use stock browser on my phone and chrome on my PC. I have my bookmarks synced across all 3 devices. I'm not a big fan of having two or more apps installed that does the same thing. I tested out chrome for ICS, which was nice, but no flash and is very laggy when scrolling. The web as a whole is far from ready to completely ditch flash just yet. While i was testing chrome, i came to realize how much of a problem this is. So when chrome is at a stable build and has flash support, then it will become my only browser. But for now, its stock iCS browser.
I have been using Dolphin for as long as I have had an Android phone. Now, I like the stock browser on my TF much better and actually started using it on my AOKP-build phone too.
Question: You can use Dolphin to pull your bookmarks from your stock browser, but is there away to pull the bm's from Dolphin TO the stock browser. Like I said above, I have been using Dolphon for a long time and always either disabled or deleted the stock browser, until now. So I have compiled a fair amount of bookmarks and really don't want to key them in manually.
For people who likes to work with keyboard shortcuts and happen to own a Keyboard dock like me, Stock ICS browser is a must! The ability to do almost anything with keyboard shortcuts is unreplaceable to me. Other browsers that I tried doesn't give me that ability, so it's an easy choice for me.
Other than that, the speed is pretty amazing too. Faster than Dolphin + Chrome imo (well, just my own observation, I know other ppl see different results).
The only downside is the ability to choose Browser Agent, but somehow I manage to get Desktop mode on most of my visit sites.
Bookmarks is also sync-ed well with Chrome for desktop after being refreshed in Chrome for android.
Stock 4 all without flash. Chrome or Opera 4 flash..
Sent from my rooted Transformer TF101
I'm very disappointed for not to be able to choose the browser agent anymore! Quite a few of the sites I visit force me their mobile version and even choosing from the menu to see the computer version it doesn't work. Some sites give the possibility to change to a normal view somewhere far away down on the page, but not all. It's very frustrating.
Also since a couple of days the videos in the browser are lagging or do not show at all. I wonder what is happening? Under honeycomb I never had these issues.
Otherwise I've been quite happy with the stock browser and use Dolphin HD just for some special needs (like changing a web-page to a PDF when I need to keep it for further usage, very practical!).
I have a TF101 B50 series with ICS 4.0.3. in WW-version
MarjaJ said:
I'm very disappointed for not to be able to choose the browser agent anymore! Quite a few of the sites I visit force me their mobile version and even choosing from the menu to see the computer version it doesn't work. Some sites give the possibility to change to a normal view somewhere far away down on the page, but not all. It's very frustrating.
Also since a couple of days the videos in the browser are lagging or do not show at all. I wonder what is happening? Under honeycomb I never had these issues.
Otherwise I've been quite happy with the stock browser and use Dolphin HD just for some special needs (like changing a web-page to a PDF when I need to keep it for further usage, very practical!).
I have a TF101 B50 series with ICS 4.0.3. in WW-version
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Thats why ICS Browser+ exists. Its basically a stock browser with user agent options and a few more refinements.
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Thats why ICS Browser+ exists. Its basically a stock browser with user agent options and a few more refinements.
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I tried ICS Browser+ yesterday... It worked quite good although slower than the stock.
... But after 5min it stopped loading pages, and I still havnt been able to get it load pages again (although I didnt spend much energy on it).
Stock browser works like a charm still.
Right now its a toss up for me. Browser + has ua options, but stock has the thumb scroller...
Since upgrading to Team Eos ICS 2.0 I can't open any saved pages in my browser.
I have tried the stock browser plus the ICS + and Quick ICS and although I can save pages on all three browsers, whenever I try and open any saved pages the screen goes black and the browser freezes.
This feature worked OK on EOS 1.0.
Motorola XOOM MZ601 - EOS stable release 2 of Android 4.0.4
Same here with wingray 90
Seems like there is a temporary solution - I read that someone elsewhere was having a similar problem on an Asus Transformer and he overcame it by using the Opera Mobile web browser (as it can use Flash?)
Have now installed it on my Xoom and saved pages can be opened!
I usually don't have this problem, because I splashtop for my computer for all webbrowsing normally. I'm out of the house on wifi and splashtop dies, so I'm unable to connect to my computer :/ Then I pop up the stock browser to browse here, and work on my schoolwork (Which is a badly coded flash site x.x) Stock browser refuses to recognize flash (for whatever reason, I reinstalled and still no.) Thats out. Download Dolphin, flash works but, button 'Start class' (javascript) refuses to work, and the pages glitch and are wonky. That's out. Opera, won't recognize flash, out. Google chrome beta, crashes instantly, out. Firefox normal, no flash out. Firefox beta new, no flash for Tegra 2, out. Maxthon (my old fav from ARHD) Same problems as Dolphin... Broken buttons/page layouts. I feel like I'm trying to browse the web on my lg cosmos 2 dinosaur phone with all these app related problems (ok exaggeration but still...) The only one I got to work was Skyfire, but it's bugging the crap out of me with page layout and speed. Is there a browser that can perform exactly the same as a desktop browser does? Or at least load pages properly? It's extremely annoying that pages don't load or layout/flash doesn't work. Ugh. I use mozilla on my computer and it works amazingly connected through splashtop, but I need a backup...
/endrant
Are you stock, non-rooted, etc? Running any custom ROMs or kernels?
I love using dolphin for pad it's really good, fast too.
You can try Boat browser
Dolphin seems to mess up page layout and buttons don't work, but it is the fastest. I don't care about speed.. as much, as having perfectly layed out pages like a desktop browser. I'll check out boat and report back. I'm running Guevor's latest kernel on AOKP b37 euroskank build atm, so yes, rooted rommed cwm whatever's needed.
I know you said that Chrome Beta crashes instantly on your site, but in general it's my go-to browser when something's displaying not-quite correctly on other browsers, since its rendering is derived from desktop Chrome. It works on my university's sites, which are horrible in all of the other browsers I have tried.
If you have a static (or at least infrequently changing) IP address at home, you could try forwarding a port to use Splashtop from anywhere on the internet (expect a performance hit). I do that with Windows' built in Remote Desktop and "Jump Desktop", super useful.
Thanks for the suggestion! I already have that all set up though
It's just kinda slow to use just to quickly look something up, I was hoping that a browser exists that won't super bork webpages.
Hopefully chrome will work in an update
I've installed cm11 M12 and everything works fine except with every browser, certain web pages load, and some just show a white screen. I don't think it is a flash issue because youtube works, but sites like thecolbertreport.cc.com or campmor.com I've tried every browser (Dolphin, CM Browser, Chrome, Maxthon), tweaking with every suggestion I've found, but no luck.
Don't normally post, but have scoured the internet and not found any solution. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
-Riff