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I'm trying out Dolphin HD right now and formerly had Skyfire. I think Dolphin is quicker but Skyfire felt easier to use.
If the performance of a web browser app suffers, it will be because it is a poorly coded interface. Very few of them use their own rendering engine (ie: Opera). The rest actually use the "web view" provided by Android, which is the same "web view" used by the Android web browser
I like dolphin because it has the privacy mode and some extra functionality on top of the web view. Firefox seemed pretty decent and includes animated gif support, but it had some severe rendering issues (I believe Firefox uses its own rendering engine). I've tried opera, but for some reason I can't remember the experience. As of now, I'm using the stock browser as my main browser.
I am using stock now because I like how one can pinch the window in to show open thumbnails of windows. I use to use Miren Browser back in the day.
Stock browser on cm7 is what I normally use. Never ready have any issues with it unless I want to watch certain flash videos, then I have to use opera
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Dolphin for me.
stelv said:
I am using stock now because I like how one can pinch the window in to show open thumbnails of windows. I use to use Miren Browser back in the day.
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Is that the stock sense browser?
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xScope. Fastest page rendering for me.
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Is that the stock sense browser?
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Yea on the stock unrooted browser that comes with the phone you can pinch/zoom-out the page to show thumbnails of open pages. I discovered it by accident one day. It's pretty cool.
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stelv said:
Yea on the stock unrooted browser that comes with the phone you can pinch/zoom-out the page to show thumbnails of open pages. I discovered it by accident one day. It's pretty cool.
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I like that. I want the honeycomb browser though.
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Yea the honeycomb browser is definitely nice
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stelv said:
Yea on the stock unrooted browser that comes with the phone you can pinch/zoom-out the page to show thumbnails of open pages. I discovered it by accident one day. It's pretty cool.
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You just made me like the stock browser more now! Thanks, I had no idea you could do that.
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cthorson910 said:
You just made me like the stock browser more now! Thanks, I had no idea you could do that.
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No problem! Its a nice feature.
Privacy mode is for porn watchers...which reminds me...brb.
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I'm using Dolphin HD because it is essentially the stock browser with some added perks. But the main perk I love is clicking Exit. Lol that way I'm not just staying on some random site I no longer need to have. That and the tabs are cool.
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Been using stock. perfectly fine with it.
Stock on CM7 is fine for me. I used it on my Dinc and now on my Dinc2, it provides all I need it to after I adjust the settings to how I like them.
stock for me!
Miren or the stock MIUI browser. I like how you can go back a page and it's still loaded (no need to wait for it to reload).
Dolphin all the way. Recommend to people on the weekly. Ram intensive application but has Xmarks add on and I also use the toggle desktop/Android browser mode rite from toolbar
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I'm using Miren Browser. For me it just works best
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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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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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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So I'm tired of using like 3 different browsers for different applications. I use Firefox because its what I use on my desktop and I like the look and feel. I use chrome for the simplicity and speed sometimes, going to try switching to chrome on my desktop, I liked the bookmark sync Firefox has I think chrome has it too. But not everything works on chrome... I have to use stock browser for things like checking my sub trust account. And then there's Opera browser I like because I can make everything in desktop mode. What browser(s) do you guys use and is there just one I might be able to use instead of all 3?
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You tried dolphin browser hd?
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So I'm tired of using like 3 different browsers for different applications. I use Firefox because its what I use on my desktop and I like the look and feel. I use chrome for the simplicity and speed sometimes, going to try switching to chrome on my desktop, I liked the bookmark sync Firefox has I think chrome has it too. But not everything works on chrome... I have to use stock browser for things like checking my sub trust account. And then there's Opera browser I like because I can make everything in desktop mode. What browser(s) do you guys use and is there just one I might be able to use instead of all 3?
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I use all of them to but I prefer opera mobile
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You tried dolphin browser hd?
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I tried that but I really like the sync bookmarks that Firefox has. Possibly chrome too, haven't looked yet.
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Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
tazb said:
Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
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That's the deal breaker for me.
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You can request a desktop version of almost any site with the stock ics browser by just hitting the menu button and checking that option.
I use Opera Mini for everything.
The Chrome browser doesn't have flash?? Is it going to get it?
I'm currently using the stock ICS browser in CM9 and it gets the job done. Previously I used Dolphin Browser HD.
Im using stock browser too its really fast and can do java/flash within less then a second even on bad days!
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I used to use dolphin but was having issues. I found the stock browser can get the job done but I don't use bookmarks.
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The AOSP browser works the best for me.
I think it is up to the user I used to use dolphin hd with the gb roms. But I have always been a fan of chrome so when ICS came out I switched to that and have no complaints I keep the stock browser installed just in case there is something that chrome cant handle chrome still is in beta I think. And the stock ICS browser is not that bad at all.
tazb said:
Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
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Pianowned said:
The Chrome browser doesn't have flash?? Is it going to get it?
I'm currently using the stock ICS browser in CM9 and it gets the job done. Previously I used Dolphin Browser HD.
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Unfortunately Adobe dropped support for mobile, so only the stock browser can do flash. I remember when they announced the chrome app it said something about not supporting flash. HTML5 video works great though!
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Prefered Browser
I have tried them all as well. I like Boat Browser. No flaky UI issues like dolphin, fully functional layout kinda Mozilla like. flash works great with it.
It is also very customizable. Imports bookmarks and is very fast. My $0.02 worth..
I like Maxthon. Give that one a shot. It has tabs and a nice fullscreen mode.
The only issue I don't like is the tooltips that pop up, and so far there is no setting to turn them off.They have told me they are working on that though.
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Honestly all I run on my pc's and Macs is chrome. But on my phone as much as I have tried to use Chrome there's always little bugs that frustrate me. In my book, dolphin hd is the BEST browser for mobile platforms.
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my list goes like this.
Firefox
Miren
Maxthron
xscrope
I can't stand dolphin hd or mini.
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i am gonna have to say chrome for this one...... i dunno why but for what i need it for it works just fine. The only thing that i have found that bugs me is that the 2 finger zoom thing that is in the "browser" is not supported here. Yeah, yeah i know its dumb but ya know what i use it from time to time when pinch2zoom is not as easy to use, for example when my 2 year old baby wants to sit on my lap doesnt want to move because he "wants me". ya know stuff like that.....just sayn...
What browse do you use? I use Chrome at the moment on freesg3 jb, but it seems to be a pretty heavy app. Looking for something that is lighter but just as functional. Dolphin seems to be even heavier than chrome...
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Dolphin is great but I get way less screen time per charge if I spend time on it compared to other things. Would also like to know if any browsers exist that wouldn't use as much power, not necessarily faster.
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I use chrome as well. Unless it needs flash, then i use the stock android.
I use Boat Browser. Simple, fast, small and wonderful.
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chrome has synchronized folders, passwords, and open tabs.
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cnstarz said:
chrome has synchronized folders, passwords, and open tabs.
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I hear ya. I know I'm not getting those functions out of any browser just looking for something lightweight for casual browsing. I think I can manage handling 2 browsers for different tasks.
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What browse do you use? I use Chrome at the moment on freesg3 jb, but it seems to be a pretty heavy app. Looking for something that is lighter but just as functional. Dolphin seems to be even heavier than chrome...
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I use opera. It's light, quick, and efficient.
IMO Chrome is the most useful browser considering all the integration with the things I use most often. Today's Android update has brought even more speed and stability.
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Opera Mobile and Chrome.
Maxthon is my favorite. fast and clean. has plenty of features.
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I use opera because I want text flow
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Chrome. The latest update seems to fix the bugs I had before.
Someone out there said ninesky is a good browser with flash integrated for you jellybean users.
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I was using Chrome for awhile, but it was just so unruly on my EVO 3d and lacks flash. I mainly use opera and dolphin. As mentioned, dolphin does seem heavy. I'm still looking for that perfect browser.
I vaguely remember using maxthon on my old tablet. I'm actually going to download it right now.
definitely Dolphin
On cm10 I use the stock Android browser. I used to use Chrome but it feels much slower now.
Been playing around with Ninesky. Interface is a bit clunky but integrated flash is great. Otherwise I like Dolphin.
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Dolphin HD.
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Which browser is the best out of the big names (Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin, Default etc.) I just don't know because lateley with these new updates they let me down in diff areas. I wanna be a one browser man lol.
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I used XScope for the longest of time. I really liked how it functioned. But I currently use Dolphin. I like the reliability and how it handles swipe gestures.
You know what sucks? No third party browser supports links to apps. They don't open party store or Google plus. They open the websites. Except boat browser does play store but no other ones. Only browsers that support those links are stock and chrome. And stock mod browsers obviously
I know, the only gripe I have with dolphin is that when you dont pinch zoom into a page and click a tiny link next to another link example: Xda next page and last page chrome has like a popup that enlarge them for you.. I dunno if dolphin has this and you have to set it up or w/e but its a good app. Lol and everyone flames the default.
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Never noticed that one.
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This browser
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I use Chrome Beta. I like the syncing
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Puffin Browser is the fastest but I like Opera, Dolphin and UC Browser
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AOSP Browser for sure.
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Chrome for me. Light and I like how everything from my desktop sync
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I like boat browser. Lots of similar features to dolphin and its the only browser that has never given me any issues with flash videos.
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stonew5082 said:
You know what sucks? No third party browser supports links to apps. They don't open party store or Google plus. They open the websites. Except boat browser does play store but no other ones. Only browsers that support those links are stock and chrome. And stock mod browsers obviously
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Where'd you get party store from? I want it!
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I know, the only gripe I have with dolphin is that when you dont pinch zoom into a page and click a tiny link next to another link example: Xda next page and last page chrome has like a popup that enlarge them for you.. I dunno if dolphin has this and you have to set it up or w/e but its a good app. Lol and everyone flames the default.
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Yep noticed this too, i like that about the Chrome browser. Also it syncs my open taps on all my devices and lets me use online GAPPS with auto login...
Been running this one for the past couple of days now. Fast and light. Go here to check it out......
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/39296-app-chromium-browser-for-snapdragon-nightlies/
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UC Browser is my fav. It's never crashed on me, everything works!
What's party store
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What's party store
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Play store. It's a typo.
Oh lol I thought it was a black market , I was bout to say shhhh.
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If you haven't tried the chrome Beta. I would suggest giving that a go. Its a pretty nice improvement to the non beta and really pretty stable. Definitely with all the syncing and everything else I have no need for anything else
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I use opera mini 7.5 for browsing.one browser if i have to download something very reliable and downloading never fails even u exit the application u can continue downloading when u restart it