Why does dolphin mini scroll so smooth vs other browsers? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

In case you haven't tried it...dolphin mini + cm6 (maybe other roms Idk)= the smoothest scrolling web pages I've seen yet on evo. I get that cm6 may be smoother than stock, but why does this browser beat the pants off of the stock browser? Is it loading a lesser size page? Am I giving something up for all this butteryness?
It beats stock and skyfire on my evo by a bunch.

I use it too and must agree with you. Just to add that supports full screen browsing.
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I'm using dolphin hd myself (not sure if that's the one you're talking about) and it's the best I've used on the evo. Smooth and fast with really useful features like tabs and such.

It is good other than hitting the battery hard..just saying.
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I tried dolphin hd a while back. I don't remember it being this smooth. Zooming, scrolling, the whole thing. You loose some options with the mini version. But when it comes to smooth-osity, its the best I've seen.

I take it back. Dolphin Browser HD kills the battery for some reason but mini is okay. I like it. Especially gestures and orientation lock.
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i think the miren browser is hands down the best browser out there.

fixxxer2008 said:
i think the miren browser is hands down the best browser out there.
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lol you cant just say that bold statement without back up haha. Why?

mroneeyedboh said:
lol you cant just say that bold statement without back up haha. Why?
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fast, no crashes, no glitches. not a memory or battery hog. give it a try. it's soo good i got rid of the stock browser totally and use it as my primary with opera mini as a secondary.

fixxxer2008 said:
fast, no crashes, no glitches. not a memory or battery hog. give it a try. it's soo good i got rid of the stock browser totally and use it as my primary with opera mini as a secondary.
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Gotta agree with you. It is pretty quick.

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what web browser to use

what web browser is everyone using the stock one on the g2 has a problem that i just noticed if you clear the history you lose all your book marks or is there a way to stop that?
I just re-discover Dolphin HD browser. I bought it about a year ago then Opera came out and I switched to it. I tried Fennec, but it's very slow right now to me. I'm really liking Dolphin HD!
Xscope is a great alternative. Much faster than the default browser, and instant page back/forward (like opera)
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I really like the Dolphin HD browser. I like the tabbed browsing and the pulldown tabs when fullscreen. I also like the simple slide right for bookmarks and slide left for desktop/mobile view and fullscreen. I am just getting into the gestures.
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clamman said:
what web browser is everyone using the stock one on the g2 has a problem that i just noticed if you clear the history you lose all your book marks or is there a way to stop that?
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I use the stock browser and that has not happened to me when I've cleared history.
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I use the stock browser. Bookmarks are only erased when data is cleared via manage applications.
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I am stuck between skyfire and the dolphin browser hd. They both have really good features I like about them. I guess time will tell.
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I've been using the Dolphin HD browser. I like having tabbed browsing for my browsing experience.
I have tried basically every browser out there and always come back to stock.
Dolphin is too busy for me. I hate that I can't scroll all the way to the right or left without the stupid bars popping up. The add ons are kind of cool but nothing I can't live without.
Opera was great before my city got 3G but now its just kind of blah. I like pictures and it scales the pictures all weird.
Skyfire was great before we got flash. Its way too buggy and crashed too much for a daily driver.
Fenac (Mozilla) is a great concept but just sucks. Its slow, scales images like Opera but without the speed boost. I really hope they fix it because syncing my tabs with my home pc would be awesome.
And then there is stock. Its not flashy, doesn't try to do anything special, it just works.
rudeguy said:
I have tried basically every browser out there and always come back to stock.
Dolphin is too busy for me. I hate that I can't scroll all the way to the right or left without the stupid bars popping up. The add ons are kind of cool but nothing I can't live without.
Opera was great before my city got 3G but now its just kind of blah. I like pictures and it scales the pictures all weird.
Skyfire was great before we got flash. Its way too buggy and crashed too much for a daily driver.
Fenac (Mozilla) is a great concept but just sucks. Its slow, scales images like Opera but without the speed boost. I really hope they fix it because syncing my tabs with my home pc would be awesome.
And then there is stock. Its not flashy, doesn't try to do anything special, it just works.
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Dolphin HD for me. After getting the hang of Gestures, I can't see myself using anything else.
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rudeguy said:
I have tried basically every browser out there and always come back to stock.
Dolphin is too busy for me. I hate that I can't scroll all the way to the right or left without the stupid bars popping up. The add ons are kind of cool but nothing I can't live without.
Opera was great before my city got 3G but now its just kind of blah. I like pictures and it scales the pictures all weird.
Skyfire was great before we got flash. Its way too buggy and crashed too much for a daily driver.
Fenac (Mozilla) is a great concept but just sucks. Its slow, scales images like Opera but without the speed boost. I really hope they fix it because syncing my tabs with my home pc would be awesome.
And then there is stock. Its not flashy, doesn't try to do anything special, it just works.
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I had exactly the same thought process. The stock browser really is the best option.
I normally use the stock browser but I use Dolphin HD on occassions where I want to render pages in desktop mode. As far as I know of the stock android browser does not offer this feature.
Akulamenuri said:
I normally use the stock browser but I use Dolphin HD on occassions where I want to render pages in desktop mode. As far as I know of the stock android browser does not offer this feature.
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If you type in about:info into the search bar then you can go into the settings and there is a way to select desktop mode.
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iI love dolphin browser hd with the full screen add-on it works great
Well I tried the HD and I think it really kicks back pocket. Only think is the flash content comes as arrow marked down and onces u click on it, the content starts. Any way to avoid that and render papges as is.
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kinacool said:
Well I tried the HD and I think it really kicks back pocket. Only think is the flash content comes as arrow marked down and onces u click on it, the content starts. Any way to avoid that and render papges as is.
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Possibly buy why would you want to? Flash will slow your browsing experience down and also drain your battery faster. All of us Android guys know about conserving battery wherever possible.
Or are you trying to watch a site with a ton of...well...videos on your phone? Some of them of an adult nature? If so, they just allow it under the website settings and share which page it is. Everyone I go to hijacks me to brazzermobile and sucks.
And yeah...after my rant in favor of stock browser, I downloaded Dolphin to give it another try. Its not that bad once you disable the stupid righ/left option windows.
I don't understand why Google can't make Chrome integrate with their stock browser better. Why Google...why????
Speaking of those site lol. Is their any way to view the actual desktop version of a website without viewing the mobile version. I went into the settings on the Dolphin Hd browser and set it up in desktop mode, but when I go to the site it takes me to the mobile version not the desktop version. I havent tried about:debug and adjust the settings on the stock browser yet, does anyone know if this works?
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Speaking of those site lol. Is their any way to view the actual desktop version of a website without viewing the mobile version. I went into the settings on the Dolphin Hd browser and set it up in desktop mode, but when I go to the site it takes me to the mobile version not the desktop version. I havent tried about:debug and adjust the settings on the stock browser yet, does anyone know if this works?
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The website knows that you are on an Android phone. With non-stock ROM's, you could have it spoof as something different. Stock we aren't that lucky.
Stock FTW. It is basically chrome-lite. Not flashy, doesn't do all kinds of crazy, but its fast and simply works. No need for another browser now that we have flash.
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Dolphin browser mini is up and hella fast

Just tested it against the stock browser over my wifi and i gotta say it a lot faster. I was never a fan of Dolphin HD but this one doesn't have so much going on at the same time.
http://blog.dolphin-browser.com/201...r-mini-preview2-for-android-faster-than-ever/
Thanks for the heads up, its faassst!
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Wow... now that is nice. I have always prefered dolphin browser hd because of the ui and this one doesn't feel that much off. The only crash I had was during setup when I selected set as default, but I just launched it again. Going through setup the second time showed set as default was already checked so I unchecked it and guess what... crash. Third time I just ignored it and all was fine. I went to setting and set as default that way and it works. This is a whole lot faster.... I'm loving it so far. Great find and thanks for the link.
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But does the mini one support Flash?
etjrowe said:
But does the mini one support Flash?
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Yes it does.
I might try this. Thanks.
like this app alot. works well, very smooth, very fast
wow fast! i like it.....for now lol
I use the mini version since the beginning and I agree, its REALLY fast, very inuitive and stable. My number 1.
How is this compared to the speed of SkyFire?
I've used mini since the days of the htc touch hd and it is my stock browser unless i need flash support.
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This browser is stupid fast, flash video support too. Thanks for the heads ups.
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So cna someone tell me what the difference between mini from HD?
I recently switched form stock to hd as my default bcs I really like the naigation and options (hidden screens), but it just seems to be slower than stock, and somewhat unstable.
I also run Opera Mini on my device, it's good but screen management is not very good...seemed to be better back on the BB. Tried Firefox for the bookmarks thing, but found it too buggy and no flash. At this point it seem stock browser was not that bad. I'll check out the mini, but wanted to understand differences better first.
HELLA FAST
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HELLA FAST
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Thats right! Keeping it PG friendly.
As much as it's nice looking, the new Opera still murders this, and it seems like it's just trying to be a green Opera Mobile or Mini, or whichever one has pinch zoom.
Yes this has gestures. Who ACTUALLY uses them on a regular basis?
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The only issue I had with it is that I can't watch anthing on atdhe.net using dolphin mini but I can on the stock browser. No idea why.
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i hate to mention this, but the implementation of text reflow is not to my liking. Text doesn't reflow as soon as after pinch zooming is performed. It is activated by double tapping the screen AFTER zooming in, which makes putting more effort to do the same thing as the stock browser. Weirdly enough the text reflows right after pinch zooming OUT.
Other than that, it is smooth as butter and has better tabs management than the stock browser.
As soon as they fix the text reflow issue, this is gonna be my default.
djfoo000 said:
As soon as they fix the text reflow issue, this is gonna be my default.
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Not sure if this would apply to you or not but if you're running Cyanogen mod there is an option to automatically reflow content immediately after pinch to zoom in.
CyanogenMod settings > User interface > Reflow after pinch in *check*

[Q] EG22 Browser Scrolling Issue

I don't know if anyone is getting the same, but when I use the browser if I try to scroll it won't move at all untill I let go. Like, when I touch the screen and move my finger it stays the same and when I let go it automatically snaps to where I moved it.
if u on the deodexed rom that and keyboard skipping is present!! the odex is very smooth and snappy
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I don't know if anyone is getting the same, but when I use the browser if I try to scroll it won't move at all untill I let go. Like, when I touch the screen and move my finger it stays the same and when I let go it automatically snaps to where I moved it.
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They way it scroll actually makes it easier to read. When browsing.
I just flashed the odex, the browser is freaking amazing smooth! You guys ever watch dog fights of phones from sites such as phonedog or technobuffalo? Honestly touch wiz browser blows away most dual core phones browsers.
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I just flashed the odex, the browser is freaking amazing smooth! You guys ever watch dog fights of phones from sites such as phonedog or technobuffalo? Honestly touch wiz browser blows away most dual core phones browsers.
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In a plac that has greta signal that may be true, but the are others out there that are better, Dolphin HD is super fast, gives you the option to change image quality also, making it even faster to render websites.
The stock browser does this but the Dolphin Browser moves as you scroll.
Wave Runner said:
The stock browser does this but the Dolphin Browser moves as you scroll.
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Agreed. I use Dolphin Mini for a more closer to Chrome look.
The only scrolling issue I have on EG22 stock leak is in Twidroyd sometimes while navigating tweets it will act like it's at the top, when it's not (if that makes any sense)
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I have a similar problem. My scrolling lags as if it delays to scroll. No smooth scrolling.
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Best 3rd party browser?

Boat Browser is my go-to but it's not working on the N7 and I can't stand Chrome. The scrolling just feels clunky.
What do you guys recommend? Dolphin HD?
I use xscope and it seems to work well. Flash works fine.
ICS browser+ is a good one that is fairly unknown ....everyone seems to like dolphin HD too
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great browser
Dolphin HD seems to do a good job for me including opera
Dolphin HD, OP put a poll up!
Here's another prop for xscope pro. It is the best I've used so far. Flash works, you get true full screen, it's fast and it's smooth. You really can't ask for more.
Been using dolphin mostly.. very smooth
Maxthon
Dolphin for me here, very smooth, Chrome feels like its still in beta.
Xscope was my fav on previous devices, but doesn't seem to work as well on the N7 for me. It use to pinch/zoom every mobile web site, but on the N7 it doesn't. I'm getting use to Chrome, seems to pinch zoom well (but doesn't auto-wrap like Xscope). Pretty sure I have every setting the same, but still no luck. Example is Facebook mobile page, zooms on my Player and phone, no go on my N7; where Chrome does. I need to try it again, because I'm missing flash.
Darreno1 said:
Here's another prop for xscope pro. It is the best I've used so far. Flash works, you get true full screen, it's fast and it's smooth. You really can't ask for more.
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Dolphin or Maxthon. Though honestly, I pretty much exclusively use Chrome nowadays. Google spanked every Android browser dev in the world with how awesome tab switching/handling is in Chrome for Android, lol. Every other browser feels like an old, clunky piece of crap by comparison.
+1 for boat on GB
+1 for Chrome if you are on ICS+
Give Firefox's nightly build a try, its called Aurora
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Dolphin HD is good. Though I'm using chrome again don't know why.
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Maxthon
Maxthon for me due to full screen mode, although if Chrome had full screen I'd be using that instead.
I use Xscope pro, works for me.
I never liked Firefox on my phone but the beta is really nice on my N7.
Xscope is interesting. I like the ad block feature and its Dark mode. It works very well compared to the Inverse crap the stock browser uses.
I'm kinds confused on the way it works though. I see tabs at the top but when I swipe left to right, I get other pages but each page has a single tab. Almost like a new browser window. Seems to be speedy.
I tried Dolphin several times and just can't get used to it.
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player911 said:
Xscope is interesting. I like the ad block feature and its Dark mode. It works very well compared to the Inverse crap the stock browser uses.
I'm kinds confused on the way it works though. I see tabs at the top but when I swipe left to right, I get other pages but each page has a single tab. Almost like a new browser window. Seems to be speedy.
I tried Dolphin several times and just can't get used to it.
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Downloaded scope based on your guys reccomendations and it seems to be really fluid. Gonna take a bit to get used to all the feautures and gestures but so far seems to be a huge improvement over chrome,
aristurtle said:
I never liked Firefox on my phone but the beta is really nice on my N7.
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Indeed, looks like they finally got it right apart from bookmarks being buried 6 finger taps deep. WTF?
Nice to have Adblock+ working, too.

Best browser and why

Which browser you use and the reasons why. (Maybe compare features with other browsers) i used boat browser but after having problems viewing full site web i am indecided now between opera chrome or firefox...
I use stock browser... and chome... was using dolphin... but its just "TOO" much for me ... my only issue with chrome is lack of flash... but its hella fast... but stock browser seemms to be a happy medium in most cases for my usage
U should try dolphin browser beta. Fastest browser out it uses the new HTML5 . No flash but I have stock browser for that
Tried Chrome but caused massive battery drain. Uninstalled and great battery life returned. Currently use Dolphin browser and I like all the extras I never use.
I like Dolphin. Tried Firefox a few releases ago but found it very frustrating. Tried the stock browser after flashing my phone with a new ROM but ended up getting Dolphin anyways. Dolphin does have a ton of extras that I'll likely never use but I still find it fast enough and super intuitive to use.
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Always used stock not having any issues its stable and works just the way it should..
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JawjaBill said:
Tried Chrome but caused massive battery drain. Uninstalled and great battery life returned. Currently use Dolphin browser and I like all the extras I never use.
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I am also noticing chrome eats battery like crazy! Is fast though. Sucks that doesnt support flashplayer. And whoever mentions about what dolphin includes and blabla i think is just lies. Dolphin devs say they includ advanced stuff but truth is thwir browser is slower than chrome boat firefox and maybe opera.
Doesnt dolphin cause alot of battery drain as well? I switched to chrome because i always see tunny browser or something from using dolhin browser using up my battery a lot! Been using chrome for the past couple of months but I do miss the dolphin gestures!
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I use Chrome on the PC, so Chrome is the obvious choice, mostly because of the automated bookmark sync (I have loads of them). I like using the AOSP browser + CMarks, but it doesn't display the xda page properly after I log in (all text is gray and hard to read). Dolphin does the same thing. Only after I log in.
Not trying Firefox because the desktop version is a joke, why would the mobile version be different? And Opera hasn't been relevant for years.
sarni84 said:
U should try dolphin browser beta. Fastest browser out it uses the new HTML5 . No flash but I have stock browser for that
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+1
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Touchwiz browser.
BrownDevil said:
I like Dolphin. Tried Firefox a few releases ago but found it very frustrating. Tried the stock browser after flashing my phone with a new ROM but ended up getting Dolphin anyways. Dolphin does have a ton of extras that I'll likely never use but I still find it fast enough and super intuitive to use.
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I concur. I found Firefox 14 to be incredibly slow. I don't like chrome (personal choice). Dolphin beta crashed too much for me.
I am using Dolphin 9.0.0. It seems to be the most stable and fastest to me. I don't like the menus sliding in from the sides. They tend to come up when I am trying to scroll sideways and I haven't figured out how to turn them off
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I think im switching back to boat browser. I wish it had an appearance like chrome or firefox
I do recall switching from Boat to Dolphin for the extras I don't really use. Might switch back myself.
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Being able to swipe between tabs on chrome makes a big difference for me. It would have to be chrome in my book.
Chrome
I switched over completely to Chrome, I was using dolphin but I like the ability to switch between devices a lot easier.
Boat. Enough said.
They call me "Jelly" cuz jam don't shake like this!
Xscope Pro. It was the only browser I could find that would let me make an appt. for the DMV from work, I wanna say it was a java based website, but whatever it was, Xscope has been able to take anything I throw at it, and it's got a dark colored theme which is a plus for me because I hate looking at bright white light all the time. Also as a throwback, Steel was an amazing browser for it's time.
Try pushing menu => more => settings => lab => advanced swipe settings and choose disable
You may need to scroll down in settings to see the lab option.
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I use Chrome on the PC, so Chrome is the obvious choice, mostly because of the automated bookmark sync (I have loads of them). I like using the AOSP browser + CMarks, but it doesn't display the xda page properly after I log in (all text is gray and hard to read). Dolphin does the same thing. Only after I log in.
Not trying Firefox because the desktop version is a joke, why would the mobile version be different? And Opera hasn't been relevant for years.
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This must be the most stupid and ignorant post I ever read on Xda. Your comments about Firefox and Opera are ridiculous.
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