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Which WEB BROWSER?

which web browser do you guys prefer/use?
i am currently using OPERA but heard dolphin HD is good too.
i am wondering which one you guys think is better and WHY?

bstylz911 said:
which web browser do you guys prefer/use?
i am currently using OPERA but heard dolphin HD is good too.
i am wondering which one you guys think is better and WHY?
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using xscope, but dolphin mini seems faster/better to handle!

Honestly I've used em all. Nothing compare's to the speed and stability of Miren's, followed by dolphin mini

Stock browser is good enough for me.

I prefer Dolphin HD. I noticed that it loads pages a little faster than the stock browser. I also like the fact that I can actually 'exit' the browser as opposed to it continuing to run in the background.
I used Opera very briefly on my Desire Z and though it was amazing on my old Blackberry phones, I think Dolphin has it beat on this platform.

Whay do u think about DOLPHIN MINI?
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I use the stock browser most of the time and think is the best out of all of them
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I haven't tried Dolphin Mini. With the power of the Desire Z, Dolphin HD runs plenty fast and zippy for me
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I prefer stock over any other

I use Dolphin HD. It's fast, I like the ergonomy (gestures, toolbars on both sides), it's multitabs, it can read Flash and has add-ons (I can easily switch between desktop and mobile views for example), web pages are automatically resized to fit the screen width when you're zooming.
It's just perfect!
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Dolphin HD - hands down... I hate the fact that you never actually exit out of the browser for stock and all other 3rd party browsers... till then Dolphin HD is the way to go
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I was using dolphin mini but I missed the notification bar I n full screen and have been using stock. Now I miss tabs. Any browser have both of these? I don't care about flash...

Miren > Dolphin

I used stock a long time, switched to Opera (since I liked it in WM) which felt heavy and laggy, moved further to Dolphin HD (which has been my daily browser for the last weeks), but am trying Miren again now. I really prefere it's UI, but I've earlier experienced random crashes when downloading etc... Crossing fingers now thought
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DL'ing workes like a charm now May have been the "GB support" they added a few days ago...

So wrong about saying: i hate the fact i cant exit 3rd party browsers... download miren, press menu, presse exit and think hmmmm.... Then browse and see that its a lot better and less overbloated then dolphin hd...

I've tried Miren as some of you find it better and if that's the case it sounds logical to give it a try.
There's one dealbreaker for me: when I zoom in it doesn't resize the page to fit the screen. Have I missed something?
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@missparker It's true... only letdown..

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@missparker It's true... only letdown..
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Miren is faster. Sticking with this one
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stock browser is best imho.
2nd is dolphin mini, if it had all the features of stock
3rd is dolphin hd, it's just too much though
4th is meh, who cares

Stock browser is my favorite but I use Opera and Miren sometimes because downloads sometimes screw up on file sharing sites. They never fail on Opera or Miren. Miren tends to crash on occasion and Opera is heavy on memory so stock still is the best for normal use imo.

Best browser?

I'm having alot of problems with downloads not completing with cm7 so am after a new browser,i like mirren except the color and flash when u scroll it covers up the tabs so was wondering if there are any other good browsers that have flash and are fast ?
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rosswaa said:
I'm having alot of problems with downloads not completing with cm7 so am after a new browser,i like mirren except the color and flash when u scroll it covers up the tabs so was wondering if there are any other good browsers that have flash and are fast ?
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There isn't a "best browser" they all have their disadvantages.
I use Miren browser for the ease of browsing and downloading.
I am testing Boat browser at the moment. This one is very fast.

In hindsight I probably should have put "favorite browser", I just wanted to gauge some opinions and get some suggestion, just tried boat and I find it abit ugly

I've tried Opera, Dolphin HD, Skyfire, Firefox... and whilst they all have good things going for them, I always end up back with the stock browser. Works well and looks most integrated with the rest of Sense... but then that's no use if you're using CM. So, in your case I'd try Firefox to begin with, and then Opera.

I really like stock browser on cm but downloads always fail, which when your downloading ,big files is abit of a problem
I didn't think firefox had flash support? I don't like opera lol

I have same problem as you and use Dolphin HD for all my downloads
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UC browser is great
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Hmm I also had thus issue with downloads failing I gave up and reflasged the rom since then its been ok.
IMO tho Moreno browser the miui one is pretty good
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i use Dolphin HD and is pretty good

I will go for opera mini if you need speed or stock browser. FireFox is good but has lots of bugs
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i like Dolphin HD too

I have used dolphin browser for 2 weeks, but my battery drain raised, so I threw it out...

Strangely i did not take attention about the battery drain using various browsers... I'll check that

Skyfire is the best !

Best browser

Have we determined that stock is the best overall? I just wanted to grab some opinions.
Samsung Galaxy S II

Is it possible to go full screen with stock and not have the taskbar on top...I couldnt figure it out in the settings..i like having full screen when browsing

I'm not a big stock browser fan. Dolphin HD works and looks great. I prefer tabbed browsing.
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DexterDawg said:
I'm not a big stock browser fan. Dolphin HD works and looks great. I prefer tabbed browsing.
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+1 Dolphin HD is number one. Miren comes in a close second.
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Big fan of Opera Mini while away from wifi. Sure, it doesn't have flash but holy crap is it fast (recompressed images, compressed everything, remotely cached and downloaded, streamed from Opera servers..."opera turbo technology", very fast). I typically use that when I'm out of the house. It helps save battery and holy crap is it smooth. Sure, our phone runs every browser as smooth as can be, but, Opera is far smoother than any of them.
I'm a big fan of DolphinHD too though. Though typically if I have a great 3G connection and/or have battery to burn I'll stick to stock.

chrisnosleep said:
+1 Dolphin HD is number one. Miren comes in a close second.
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+2 on both counts. I've been trying the stock browser because of all the rave reviews but I'm still liking dolphin HD better. What can I say, it has all the features I want.

I think I'll try Miren. I really liked it on my Evo. Are you guys uninstalling the stock browser?
Samsung Galaxy S II

Me and my daughter both use Dolphin HD, so that's another two.

I used dolphin hd on all my other android phones but the stock browser on the et4g is much faster. I just wish it had some of the features dolphin did.

Dolphin HD all the way, it works very well and has great feature set.
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Yup, Dolphin HD here. Only browser that actually will play certain sites........naughty lol

wait, no Opera love? imho its THE best browser for android phones. Opera Mobile with full desktop rendering for WiFi browsing and Opera Mini with turbo rendering for 3G browsing.. best of both worlds
ps: Dolphin Mini is my #2

R2D2 631 said:
Is it possible to go full screen with stock and not have the taskbar on top...I couldnt figure it out in the settings..i like having full screen when browsing
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Don't think so. But with a 4.5 inch screen...does the notification bar really bother you that much??

chrisnosleep said:
+1 Dolphin HD is number one. Miren comes in a close second.
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I'm trying Dolphin again right now, but my go-to lately has been Miren.
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Opera is the fastest

Dolphin hd
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed

Opera mobile.
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walord said:
+2 on both counts. I've been trying the stock browser because of all the rave reviews but I'm still liking dolphin HD better. What can I say, it has all the features I want.
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I agree, Dolphin HD is the best browser I have used.

I use Dolphin HD and set it to open a new tab with every link. Then I use a flick gesture to close the tab. It's awesome for browsing forums, and the phone doesn't slow down even if I have 20 tabs open.

You should definitely try boat browser mini.... I tested them all pretty extensively and it proved fastest.... I'd think Opera browser was second (for sure it preserves desktop display settings which great). Dolphin didn't for me. Boat does also with a tweak.
But give boat a try....speeedy!

Best browser?

Which is the best PROVEN browser on Android? please give opinions also, I use xscope at the moment but is there a better one out there? I used to use dolphin mini but changed, what's the best?
Thanks
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That will always come down to personal preference. Personally I like Dolphin HD, it's almost as functional as a full desktop browser and supports plugins

I Tried Xscope but it didn't let me manage my bookmarks into folders and Dolphin used to crash when starting up. Now I am using Opera which surprised me as I hated it years ago on symbian but its really good these days.

Gonna have to go with opera, myself. I particularly like that you can set it to use less bandwidth while not on wifi.
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Is opera the fastest?
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KindaUndisputed said:
Is opera the fastest?
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Opera Mobile is pretty fast, but lacks flash I think. The full opera is pretty much the same as any other browser.
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Opera Mobile does have Flash support & seems to be the fastest...Dolphin browser is good as it can get add-ons as our normal PC browser add-ons...

Easily answered: DOLPHIN HD

Will try dolphin
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Bumping this thread... I used to have an iPhone (it was the only way of getting unlimited data in the UK at one point, shoot me :cyclops so outright smoothness in browsing means the most to me. I use an old version of Opera Mobile (11.10.ADR-1107051709) below... The hardware acceleration really helps. I think this site is legit, if not mods please remove... It has flash and you can set the user agent to "Desktop" if not other to other machines.
http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/download/temp/1310050386_Opera_Mobile_11.10.ADR-1107051709.apk
Opera Mini is the best for saving on CPU/battery and is fastest because the rendering goes on on the server, but 404 File Not Founds come back annoyingly on secondary Google hits.
The newer versions of Opera Mobile seem more choppy, and I can't stand the webkit browsers (everything else). On ICS webkit becomes hardware accelerated, but I like my games too much not to stick to GB.

I prefer Dolphin hands down. If not dolphin then the Miren browser
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A bit of a bump, but I'm very happy with the new Opera Mobile (12.1.1). It's smoother than any other browser I'm aware of on Xperia Play + Gingerbread. The only problem is it takes a few seconds to start up (and you can get a "Application not Responding" during that sometimes).

I tried a couple dolphin crashed on startup for me alot but when it worked was great but I prefere maxthon stable pretty fast and simple
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Thanks for the answers and comments
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I use Dolphin Beta & stock browser.
Dolphin Beta has some minor issues that need to be fixed while the stock browser works fine but is missing a lot of features compared to other browsers.

try using dolphin browser with the dolphin jet-pack add-on, i use and its pretty fast.

i use the stock one ever since... especially in ICS the stock has been much improved!

If you want more customization, dolphin browser might be the one, otherwise, use the minimalist opera mobile.
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PROUD BE BANGLALI!!

I think most of us use dolphin... Its the best all around. Good size, better reaction time, looks sweet, & its a freakin dolphin...! Plus its always being updated.
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best browser for phone?

hello guys, i was wondering what the best browser for this phone was. which one is the smoothest with private browsing. thanks in advance...

try dolphin hd browser very nice smooth and awesome if you hit the back button it display a window if you wanna erase your history etc..

I like the stock browser...I downloaded the ics browser from the market yesterday and its pretty nice too. I just like the stock look of the browser. Other browsers I have tried just seem to clutter up the screen with too many options.

I use Dolphin HD as well; it's very smooth.
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I played with a lot of browsers. stock is actually very good and fast.
opera mobile and dolphin are both great browsers. another great browser is boat browser. Dolphin however gave me some problems.
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Dolphin HD
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Dolphin HD is a very good browser, also gives you an option to close out of the browser and clear the cache and history. I recommend this.

Dolphin for me

Maxthon is best browser in my view. You may check which 1is best at: http://html5test.com
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chrome beta on ICS is good otherwise skyfire or dolphin hd

I prefer Opera Mini.

Opera mobile is the best, hands down :thumbdown:
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Dolphin HD cause I can turn off mobile view and turn on desktop view. Can't live without that.
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+1 more for Dolphin HD. Although Firefox Beta is growing on me
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...chrome.
If not on ics....get on ics.
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Try Quick ICS on Google Play Store. The real feature in this browser is to be able to customize the Quick Controls (read in that description). This is by far truly the fastest way to browse -with one hand!. I got mine customized to open, close tabs, launch bookmarks, go back & forward, reload page and manage tabs. With just the thumb, I can browse with ease. Another cool think is to setup upper / lower quick controls. On the upper, I have the "change browser mode" to switch between desktop and android - helps in loading certain pages that won't load properly with android mode. And on the lower controls, I have enabled Find and Invert screen. The invert helps reading at night / in bed. and of course the find to search stuff on the page.
Check it out. Plus, it is free.

Dolphin HD has been good for me. It has crashed a few times though where I've had to uninstall it and reinstall it to get it working again. Mind you, this was on a custom ROM (Beastmod 4.2) and I'm now on ICS via Darkside and have had no problems with it as of yet. I like the plugins that you can install such as the PDF saver and what not.

Many browsers can go from mobile/Android view to desktop not just dolphin.
Opera mini is fast but some things do not work fully because i think it's optimized for mobile viewing.
The fastest i think goes to boat browser. You guys can check that out. They copied dolphin a bit. The most fully functional would be opera mobile, but is slow at times. Dolphin is a great browser too, but there are times it does not load pages correctly or download correctly otherwise i would definitely go with them.
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Teo032 said:
Many browsers can go from mobile/Android view to desktop not just dolphin.
Opera mini is fast but some things do not work fully because i think it's optimized for mobile viewing.
The fastest i think goes to boat browser. You guys can check that out. They copied dolphin a bit. The most fully functional would be opera mobile, but is slow at times. Dolphin is a great browser too, but there are times it does not load pages correctly or download correctly otherwise i would definitely go with them.
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Yeah I switch from opera to dolphin and viceversa constantly.
Opera = almost 100% functional, but slow, ugly interface (having to tap 3 times to switch tabs for example)
Dolphin = Smooth, pretty and fast interface, but sometimes doesn't load pages correctly. (like pages w/ animated gifs)
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