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[Q] Which web browser do you prefer?

I found the stock browser pretty dang good but it can't tab (can't figure out) so sometime I use dolphin mini. I found some custom roms preloaded with maxthon and also heard some people praised about the Opera, which I haven't try. Which one do you prefer?

Before I jumped to the dinc2 I used dolphin hd. But since the speed of the stock browser is pretty snappy here I now just use stock. As for tabs, there are no tabs in stock but you do have "windows". List press menu then press windows.

I always preferred dolphin because you can close the app whenever you want. The stock browser doesn't have this feature, i believe its "always" open. I've been told that it doesn't really matter because GB controls the memory for our phones pretty well, but I'm just OCD about that those kinds of things...

Xscope Pro is my fav just because it is the only browser with "Pin-to-zoom." This feature makes one-handed use a delight since double tap isnt always enough. It also has a file broswer and great bookmark tools. I really hope a new version comes out or Miren adds pin-to-zoom
Miren is amazing. If it had pin-to-soom and a working "'text selection" feature it would be hands down the best. It renders facebook the best and its main page and bookmaking and "one key backuping" are sweet.
Opera mini is allegedly/suppoosedl faster but i dont think os. I do like how selt-text and copy-paste work/look. wish i could set default download folder but that not a big deal.
Dolphine mini- not as many features as HD dolph but its fast and has enough featues to be mentione.
Also, stock MIUI is kinda sick.
FFbeta has soo much potential but needs flash support.

I've always liked the stock best, but after trying all the browsers I could find I like dolphin mini as a close second.
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Boat Browser Mini is my fav

Stock here.

I like the stock miui browser, it feels very snappy and has a nice homepage layout.

Can't go wrong with Opera!
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ben805 said:
I found the stock browser pretty dang good but it can't tab (can't figure out) so sometime I use dolphin mini. I found some custom roms preloaded with maxthon and also heard some people praised about the Opera, which I haven't try. Which one do you prefer?
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Stock is king!
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+1 for the Miui browser. Its one of the best but only available with the miui rom.

Stock works great, but I'm loving the latest release of Dolphin.

Wheres regular Opera not mini.
Thats the one I'm using. Really smooth and works great.

Am I the only one using Firefox mobile? Actually, don't use my browser much, but Firefox sync's all my bookmarks automatically between my Dinc2 and my desktop computer.

Whatever happened to chrome coming to the android platform? Once upon a time, there was talk...
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I've tired stock, Dolphin HD, and Opera Mobile and Mini. I'm currently using Opera Mobile.

Lagos3sgte said:
+1 for the Miui browser. Its one of the best but only available with the miui rom.
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Miren is very similar

The thing is Chrome would not truely be Chrome on our phones. Chrome is such a powerful browser because it opens each tab as a seperate process... It would be such a memory hog on the android so idk if it world work too well...
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Lagos3sgte said:
+1 for the Miui browser. Its one of the best but only available with the miui rom.
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I was a big fan of it as well, until I tried Dolphin and Opera. They are both faster than the Miui browser.

It's not our kernel, it's chrome.

Scrolling and crashing are known bugs for chrome. It's just mainly optimized for the pure google devices for now.
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=2451255
Just wanted to clear things up.
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#blamesamsung!

I used to use Chrome on my CM9 powered GT 10.1, but I grew sick of the crashes and the absence of Flash support.
I have to be honest, I used Dolphin for a long time, have tried Opera and Firefox, but I always come back to the stock ICS browser.

BrandoKC said:
I used to use Chrome on my CM9 powered GT 10.1, but I grew sick of the crashes and the absence of Flash support.
I have to be honest, I used Dolphin for a long time, have tried Opera and Firefox, but I always come back to the stock ICS browser.
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I agree, the stock ICS browser is the best. Ive tried them all.

Iandv said:
I agree, the stock ICS browser is the best. Ive tried them all.
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Stock ICS browser is cool, but swap it out for AOSP browser...seems faster with a couple more features. Grab the one in the Frankenstein rom and while your there grab the AOSP MMS...much nicer.

BigJPNut said:
Stock ICS browser is cool, but swap it out for AOSP browser...seems faster with a couple more features. Grab the one in the Frankenstein rom and while your there grab the AOSP MMS...much nicer.
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That's what we were referencing. The stock AOSP browser my brother.

Honestly, CM9 feels much more stable than TW ICS right now. I suggest you guys try it out and go on IRC for today's build, which can't get any better
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the new firefox beta is pretty nice

Miren.... That is all...
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Rom for gaming + decent browser on locked bootloader

First of all i want to apologize if any of my questions seem a little noob
I have still a locked bootloader (dont want to avoid warranty) and if i understand correctly i can only install roms 2.3.4 based, since i can't change kernel right? Wich is ok, cause i think ICS is not good enough for gaming experience.
Best roms available, like Xperia NXT or DIxperia 2 are great, but i was wondering is it possible to have a decent default browser too?
I mean, the best option will be having the default ICS Xperia browser (i test it on xperia mini pro official), but i understand that it's not possible to have that kind of smoothnes without video acceleration, so only ICS? On this matter, how can the Galaxy 2 (when still on 2.3.6) had a very smooth default browser, whithout video acceleration?

Why use stock browser when you have Dolphin Browser?
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jeff7424 said:
Why use stock browser when you have Dolphin Browser?
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It 's the same: not smooth at all. I already tried everything. Only opera mobile is almost decent

Dany XP said:
It 's the same: not smooth at all. I already tried everything. Only opera mobile is almost decent
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true ancestor is my favorite rom
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fma965 said:
true ancestor is my favorite rom
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Has the same default browser on stock 2.3.4?

Dany XP said:
Has the same default browser on stock 2.3.4?
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not sure I use the latest dolphin beta
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fma965 said:
not sure I use the latest dolphin beta
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Can u do a screnshot of default browser?

Dany XP said:
Can u do a screnshot of default browser?
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nope as I don't have it, why not just copy the default browser you want to the rom you want
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fma965 said:
nope as I don't have it, why not just copy the default browser you want to the rom you want
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Since i was talkink about smoothnes, it doesn't matter. Dolphin uses the same engine of default browser, it's basically a skin. So, your Dolphin is smooth as Opera Mobile?

The latest Dolphin beta uses their own engine.
http://dolphin-browser.com/beta/
About Dolphin Browser Beta
What is Dolphin Browser Beta?
Dolphin Browser Beta is our pre-release build, which includes our very own Dolphin Engine. After scoring highest among mobile browsers on HTML5test.com, we have now baked in additional canvas enhancement and behind-the-scenes technology, making Dolphin Browser Beta is the highest performing HTML5 browser available.​ Download Dolphin Browser Beta on the Google Play store now!​ How fast? Dolphin Engine’s HTML-5 rendering is:
5-10X faster than the default Android browser
100% faster than Chrome (at times)
Initially scored over 450 when tested on HTML5test.com. (HTML5test.com is an industry respected tool for testing a browser’s support of HTML5)
With a score of over 450, the highest tested, Dolphin has:
Full support for Web Worker
Full support for Web Socket
Full support for Web Audio
Support of Camera real-time video display
Support of Web Notification
Support of Web GL
Support of Web application customization
The Latest Update:
8/16 UPDATE: Dolphin Browser Beta (1.0.6) is the First Browser to Pass Ringmark’s Ring 1. Get it from Google Play now.​
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Si1ver Shad0w said:
The latest Dolphin beta uses their own engine.
http://dolphin-browser.com/beta/
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I know, but we are going OT from my initial questions....

I would use Gin2JellyBean lite and Dolphin beta

Gin2JB for gaming? I think not.
Because i replied to more than 50threads with same answer, im going to save my time :3
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wuby said:
Gin2JB for gaming? I think not.
Because i replied to more than 50threads with same answer, im going to save my time :3
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you havent even tried other roms so cant really say NXT is the best
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I can relate to needing the superior gaming of GB but missing the smooth browsing of ICS. And Opera Mobile being the best browser of a bad bunch on GB.
I'm a bit weird in liking a particular old version of Opera Mobile 11, why not try it? :fingers-crossed: I still think it's smoother than the new Dolphin beta and lets you scroll diagonally:
http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/download/temp/1310050386_Opera_Mobile_11.10.ADR-1107051709.apk
Honestly though, I ended up using Opera Mini since it's by far the fastest of all, and just keep whatever other full-fat browser around for when I need one. It's sad though cos I know from using ICS the device can do better.

Dont hate on me, i have tried CM7 and TA but this one is best, + i tried Gin2JB too, and it sucks for gaming.
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Stock browser still in 4.2.2?

I use the 4.1.2 stock browser and i think thats the fastest and most stable browsers out there. I also like that i can have full screen
But i've heard that google plans or have replaced the stock browser with chrome in 4.2.2? Is that true? It the stock browser gone in the SGS4 with 4.2.2 fw?
Chrome for me is just super laggy and slow with no support for full screen

Fenrisulven_ said:
I use the 4.1.2 stock browser and i think thats the fastest and most stable browsers out there. I also like that i can have full screen
But i've heard that google plans or have replaced the stock browser with chrome in 4.2.2? Is that true? It the stock browser gone in the SGS4 with 4.2.2 fw?
Chrome for me is just super laggy and slow with no support for full screen
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well on theory the browser is Samsung's stuff not google so i would like to believe that the browser will not be changed, it is really awesome and I talk with the experience of having had to change my stock browser in all my previous devices because they were terrible.
hope It helped to you, if someone know it for sure I'll be glad to read it.
bests
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Aah. I thought that the stock browser was android. But if it's samsung then it'll sure be with 4.2.2 thanks for replying
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Which browser for Nexus

I am on unofficial Liquidsmooth 3.2 with fancy r56 and I am looking for the best browser with no lag at startup and not UI refresh at closure.
By now the best is native browser then Opera. Worse are Chrome, Dolphin and Firefox.
Can I speed up these browser with some settings? Which browser do you have?
Sorry for my English

fauner said:
I am on unofficial Liquidsmooth 3.2 with fancy r56 and I am looking for the best browser with no lag at startup and not UI refresh at closure.
By now the best is native browser then Opera. Worse are Chrome, Dolphin and Firefox.
Can I speed up these browser with some settings? Which browser do you have?
Sorry for my English
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Chrome Beta or Stock browser are the best for me.
And here is link for speeding up chrome:
http://lifehacker.com/speed-up-chrome-for-android-with-this-settings-tweak-1555623190

Boat Browser.
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CM browser for me

wherezmyphone? said:
CM browser for me
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Another vote for CM Browser.

Cm is the best by now, thanks

im currently using atlas browser. sastisfied for now.

Default browser is the fastest, but Firefox has addons and isn't far behind in performance

For me the best is opera

Also Firefox seems to be ok: on testing

I really advice you to edit your thread. Just ask the last question from the op. There is no best in anything. Everyone has a different taste. There is no best ROM, no best kernel and no best browser.
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Only Opera