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Browser for ICS

Can anyone recommend me a good browser to use? I'm in ics using the uniporn rom.
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Ice cream sandwich browser plus in the play store. It's free. Has some cool shortcuts and a lot of useful settings.

hollywood528 said:
Ice cream sandwich browser plus in the play store. It's free. Has some cool shortcuts and a lot of useful settings.
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I know lots of people prefer ICS+ but It just keep messing up my usage. Just somehow, I don't like the way how it worked on infuse. The side selection menu is all the point.
I would recommend Chrome beta or the system browser. They are both pretty good.
The system browser has the side selection which is very convenient, even it's only five fixed selections it's enough. I like the way how you can switch between tabs in the system browser easily.
On the other hand, I noticed a speed advantage in Chrome beta. The tab sync function is excellent if you use Chrome on your computer. Totally "Cloud". Also the magnifier function when you click on some close links save you some time double tap to zoom in.
The others are gingerbread era browser. Probably among those I would recommend Opera mobile.
Just some personal suggestion

Dolphin HD is stable and ez to use
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Chrome Beta
KingVekxin said:
Can anyone recommend me a good browser to use? I'm in ics using the uniporn rom.
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The BEST ONE will be Chrome Beta. You can download it from Google Play.
It has a lot of great features.
I use it and I would say it is the Best browser for ICS for me right now.
Have the Galaxy Nexus device.

Trying dolphin for now, seems pretty smoothy so far, thanks guys u rule
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I use opera mobile without any problems
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KingVekxin said:
Trying dolphin for now, seems pretty smoothy so far, thanks guys u rule
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Works well, looks great =
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome
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I use opera mini, skyfire, or dolphin
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I like Boat Browser.
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LDimchik said:
The BEST ONE will be Chrome Beta. You can download it from Google Play.
It has a lot of great features.
I use it and I would say it is the Best browser for ICS for me right now.
Have the Galaxy Nexus device.
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I must agree. I was using ICS browser plus... but after using Chrome beta.. I must say.. it is probably the best browser I have used.. It's great how it links to your home computer's tabs if you're using Chrome at home too.
Chrome Beta for the win!

hollywood528 said:
I must agree. I was using ICS browser plus... but after using Chrome beta.. I must say.. it is probably the best browser I have used.. It's great how it links to your home computer's tabs if you're using Chrome at home too.
Chrome Beta for the win!
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Bookmark syncing is a welcome addition as well. Chrome ftw

I used to dislike chrome for android... but it now works very well. I vote chrome, it makes the browsing super snappy compared to the stock one which takes forever to load xda and such.

Ryanscool said:
I used to dislike chrome for android... but it now works very well. I vote chrome, it makes the browsing super snappy compared to the stock one which takes forever to load xda and such.
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Same. It's a lot faster than the default browser and it is still in Beta and only available for ics roms. One of the things I like about it is that it syncs all of my bookmarks from my pc, which is a really cool feature. My vote is for Chrome as well.

Best browser?

Which browser preforms the best?
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Im using hd dolphing and its iite
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I like the google chrome beta browser.
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dolphin hd for me. but i'm excited to see firefox come into the picture for ICS. hopefully they will get their act together for the mobile market. their original mobile firefox was terrible.

i have used the stock browser, ICS+ Browser, Chrome Beta, Dolphin Pad, Opera Next, Opera Mobile, Firefox beta, and Boat.
so far, the one with the best balance between stabliity and speed is Dolphin. Though the .29 update made chrome more usable.

I have found dolphinhd and opera to be the smoothest I have used.

Opera mobile for me. As much as I want to like the Chrome beta (and it is, really, really good) I feel that Opera is still the best browser for touchscreen devices. It still has some issues with a few sites, but it's been getting steadily better and has received a steady stream of updates.

Opera mini (not mobile) is the fastest smoothest browser. It has page transitions and seems to take a static approach, as though it takes a snapshot of the page before displaying it. The scrolling and animations are always fluid. The graphics do appear compressed. This browser definitely has its place for me.
I also use the stock browser when I need a more full featured browser, which is the best in that category due to the quick controls and bookmarks.
I have tried the chrome browser on differnent tablets and its quite slow, not ready for prime time in my opinion. Its excellent on the galaxy nexus phone, though.
Firefox is no good, dolphin is fine but has no advantage over stock in my opinion.

ryzilla23 said:
Though the .29 update made chrome more usable.
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The .29 made Chrome more stable?
Has anyone used Flash much? The only browser I seem to get Flash working on OK is Opera Mobile. Firefox and Chrome don't seem to want to run flash at all.

Overskreen is interesting as it performs as an independent resizable Window on top of every app which means true multitasking...? Multiple Windows are possible as well.
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elburna said:
Overskreen is interesting as it performs as an independent resizable Window on top of every app which means true multitasking...? Multiple Windows are possible as well.
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Overskreen is good but i dislike the UI and it has a slow startup and it just seems slower. Can be useful though
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Anyone tried the ign full website? Makes browser slow when other tabs are open. Is it because of heavy usage of flash?
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psjw12 said:
The .29 made Chrome more stable?
Has anyone used Flash much? The only browser I seem to get Flash working on OK is Opera Mobile. Firefox and Chrome don't seem to want to run flash at all.
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Flash works in chrome and dolphin, but when you go to fullscreen it doesn't work well, or at all some cases. Chrome doesn't crash or freeze nearly as much since .29 ( for me at least)
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How? I can't use chrome at all. It Fc's as soon as I search or go to a website
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How does ics browser plus work? Does the developer have access to your history and passwords or does it work like a sort of add on for stock browser and so the data is stored on the stock browser and not on the developers app? (If i haven't been clear, please tell me).
Thanks greatly.
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I just use the default one, flash didn't work with Chrome

zurny said:
I just use the default one, flash didn't work with Chrome
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ryzilla23 said:
Flash works in chrome and dolphin, but when you go to fullscreen it doesn't work well, or at all some cases. Chrome doesn't crash or freeze nearly as much since .29 ( for me at least)
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I'm on version .17 and I can't get flash to work on Chrome. It says loading plugin, but stays like that. I seem to be OK going full screen on Opera on one movie host I use but I don't know about others.

Google Chrome for me! Love the browser sync between PC,Phone and Tab!
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ryzilla23 said:
Flash works in chrome and dolphin, but when you go to fullscreen it doesn't work well, or at all some cases. Chrome doesn't crash or freeze nearly as much since .29 ( for me at least)
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Chrome for Android has never had flash support:
What version of Flash is supported on Chrome for Android?
Chrome for Android will not be supporting Flash. As you may have seen in November, 2011, Adobe announced it has stopped investing in Flash for mobile browsing. Google has long been committed to making the web platform more powerful through open web technologies like HTML5 and is working with Adobe and other partners to further advance the web standard.
https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/faq

I like browsers that have add ons that block advertisements.

Chrome

I love this browser on my desktop but on my phone the soft keyboard only comes up in the address bar but it doesn't come up in actual websites. Does this happen to anyone?
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It's been doing that on mine since the last Chrome upgrade, but I mostly use FireFox so it doesn't really bother me.

its a chrome bug with devices that have hard keyboards....it also causes this on other apps until you uninstall chrome. I would really love to use dolphin browser but I need my bookmarks on my desktop to also be synced with my phone

xmc wildchild22 said:
its a chrome bug with devices that have hard keyboards....it also causes this on other apps until you uninstall chrome. I would really love to use dolphin browser but I need my bookmarks on my desktop to also be synced with my phone
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Long time Firefox user here. I'm thinking of switching to chrome exactly for that reason...

I've been using FireFox sync, works well.
http://blog.mozilla.org/services/2011/03/29/firefox-sync-on-your-android/

Lol but I'm thinking, why not just keep everything in my life google now? It just makes things simpler
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gtmaster303 said:
Lol but I'm thinking, why not just keep everything in my life google now? It just makes things simpler
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I see your point. Same reasoning behind me using Firefox I guess. I use it for 99% of my desktop browsing so it just makes more sense to use it on the android and have everything available there. :good:

What baffles me is the android browser hasn't been replaced by chrome yet. Why have two separate?
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gtmaster303 said:
What baffles me is the android browser hasn't been replaced by chrome yet. Why have two separate?
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I wonder that as well. We have native Gmail support..
::Respect::

gtmaster303 said:
What baffles me is the android browser hasn't been replaced by chrome yet. Why have two separate?
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I never thought about that. Guess I always assumed that it was a stripped down version of Chrome in android. I know Firefox won't run on all androids, or at least satisfactorily, so maybe that has something to do with it.

http://db.tt/ZfkJSl2T
I have a copy that still works before the update that made me stop using it. Just don't update it.
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xmc wildchild22 said:
its a chrome bug with devices that have hard keyboards....it also causes this on other apps until you uninstall chrome. I would really love to use dolphin browser but I need my bookmarks on my desktop to also be synced with my phone
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The browser in MikXE syncs my chrome bookmarks
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gtmaster303 said:
What baffles me is the android browser hasn't been replaced by chrome yet. Why have two separate?
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No Adobe Flash in Chrome, but the android browser supports Flash.

Chrome Turbo???

http://blog.gsmarena.com/opera-turbo-like-functionality-spotted-in-chrome-for-android/
Just saw this on GSMareana, you guys think it's gonna make a difference in our browsing experience?
I love chrome on my desktop but don't like it all that much on my HOX (I use the stock browser)

Wrong section.

Google should focus on making Chrome itself less crappy, not using hacks like this to speed up the Chrome experience. I wouldn't use anything but the AOSP Browser (the CM-maintained version), Firefox, or Dolphin at this point.

Protogon said:
Google should focus on making Chrome itself less crappy, not using hacks like this to speed up the Chrome experience. I wouldn't use anything but the AOSP Browser (the CM-maintained version), Firefox, or Dolphin at this point.
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Lightning browser is all I use on Sense ROMs.

Dolphin, end of story.

RollTribe said:
Lightning browser is all I use on Sense ROMs.
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I really like sense browser, but I'll have to try that one since I haven't yet!
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I'm trying out Lightning myself. So far, it's a lot faster than Chrome with a much smaller file size.

I use both stock sense and chrome. Chrome for normal stuff and stock if I absolutely need flash.
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I've switched to using Chrome exclusively. It used to hang on some webpages but that seems to have been resolved. The only thing I miss about the stock browser is the hidden address bar.

Dolphin here. Browsers are a dime a dozen, I use Dolphin because of the LastPass integration

hero913 said:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/opera-turbo-like-functionality-spotted-in-chrome-for-android/
Just saw this on GSMareana, you guys think it's gonna make a difference in our browsing experience?
I love chrome on my desktop but don't like it all that much on my HOX (I use the stock browser)
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Yes, it works great. I tested against iPhone 5 and it was a noticeable difference. Faster browser yet
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Alternative to chrome ...

I need a suggestion ... a smooth browser for multi tab browsing which is not very heavy so i can get better battery life also because i browse a lot ... also despite i like chrome a lot i had some crashes when browsing the forums here but also seem too memory hungry and battery also ... any suggestions would be appreciated

Dolphin Browser Beta. That shiz flies. Way faster than chrome yet more battery friendly. Boat browser is also pretty good

Opera browser it can save some kb/mb when browsing
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I use now the NextBrowser for me is the best browser i ever use try

Use tapatalk when u wan browse forum?
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vote for dolphin (not beta)

I'm currently using Firefox with no problems at all when opening multiple tabs and battery life seems good

Dolphin.
I like opera mobile more, but in terms of response and fluidity nothing comes close to dolphin
Stock aosp is also nice, but the quick controls seem dodgy to me and doesn't always work, which is a deal breaker when running full screen.
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coolnessQ said:
Opera browser it can save some kb/mb when browsing
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Why to save some kb/mb if have unlimited 4G? Dont get it..

zige said:
Why to save some kb/mb if have unlimited 4G? Dont get it..
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not all people have unlimited 4G

zige said:
Why to save some kb/mb if have unlimited 4G? Dont get it..
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Oo i didnt know that i said it to you?
I responsed to the first port
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Having tried dozens of browsers, a Vote for Boat (see what I did there?) from me.
With Xscope a worthy second.
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Opera all the way, works brilliantly.

Dolphin is the best for me, bookmarks slide bar is unbeatable.

ahmed534 said:
not all people have unlimited 4G
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Oh really? In finland every operator have unlimited 3G/4G (dataplan).. I didnt know that this isnt normal on other countries..
coolnessQ said:
Oo i didnt know that i said it to you?
I responsed to the first port
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But i responsed to your post It's isnt denied, or is it?
I really dont like Chrome at all, it sucks. But then, why the hell Samsung has leaved out chrome bookmark sync from native browser? I dont get it. I need good browser, which sync automatically my desktop Chrome bookmarks, but there isn't any browser... Is it possible port browser example from Note2?

zige said:
Oh really? In finland every operator have unlimited 3G/4G (dataplan).. I didnt know that this isnt normal on other countries..
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In greece data plans tend to be rather expensive ... and i think that the same applies to numerous other countries ... i believe u should count yourself lucky in that matter
I used chrome on my gt i9500 although i'm from greece i opted for that because i thought it may have more potential since it's a new technology and snapdragon 600 reached pretty much it's limits ... didn't count overheating in that equation unfortunately but you never know what the mighty xda developers may come up with and i also like touchwiz so i'm not that disappointed ... anyways chrome seems that gets unreasonably bloated at times ... like around 650mb of ram with just xda forums tab ... except the fact that i tried most if not all of your suggestions and thank u for the contribution to the topic i reached to the conclusion that chrome uses the most memory than anyone else but is also one of the most fluid ... also dolphin and dolphin beta use a bit less memory and are just as fluid with beta version a bit faster than the non beta and just as fast as chrome ... boat is ok would say a bit inferior to those mentioned above ... ucbrowser and maxthon doesn't seem to be as good at least in my device ... i used opera a lot in the past but i didn't try it because not full screen mode and that adress bar which doesn't dissappear started to getting on my nerves and firefox left to try
i opened the exact same pages to all of those browsers i tried and also seem pretty much all of them have some kind of problem with xda forums ... seem to get stuck at some point
Conclusion ... so far dolphin beta and chrome seem to the best ...

Boat - many options and good/clear UI ...

Try Boa t Browser
Very great one
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i have a few issues with chrome but bookmark synching with google bookmarks is hard to come by so no other choices for me
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Stock all the way!