Sharing thoughts about your browser experience. What browser gives you what you need? Why?
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nikosssb said:
Sharing thoughts about your browser experience. What browser gives you what you need? Why?
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I use Opera Mobile. I don't need "super function" but i want smooth scrolling and zoom. Opera has gpu acceleration and works smoother than the stock and offers, imho, the best performances on htc devices with gingerbread
My personal preferance is xscope. I find it easy to maneuver and importing bookmarks extremely easy.
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Currently using the stock browser. Don't need any more advanced browser than that.
Have thought about changing to opera mobile or so.
I've been using Dolphin Browser for a long time now, and it's just what I need, when I need. It's decently fast, and I'm not experiencing any download drops. I've used Fiefox and Maxton before as well as the stock one, and one thing they had in common was the download drop.
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I use Opera Mobile. I don't need "super function" but i want smooth scrolling and zoom. Opera has gpu acceleration and works smoother than the stock and offers, imho, the best performances on htc devices with gingerbread
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Who said that the stock browser doesnt have gpu acceleration?
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djolebih said:
I've been using Dolphin Browser for a long time now, and it's just what I need, when I need. It's decently fast, and I'm not experiencing any download drops. I've used Fiefox and Maxton before as well as the stock one, and one thing they had in common was the download drop.
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Yeah I am currently using dolphin too. It has a nice interface and it is quite fast.
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I'm using Firefox for Androit.
I had personal Problems with Opera thats why I'm using Firefox
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Been a dedicated user of Opera for about 5 years, find that every update brings something you wanted but have just switched to a custom ICS rom and found Opera doesn't support flash on it! They are usually pretty on the ball about fixing problems but ICS has been out for months now, can anyone confirm another browser that supports flash on ICS 4.0.3. I've got a DHD with LordClockan's Ice Cold Sandwich 3.0. Hopefully it'll be sorted soon coz although I've tried almost all other browsers always seem to come back to Opera for its speed and smoothness.
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Who said that the stock browser doesnt have gpu acceleration?
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Nobody. I said opera has gpu acceleration and it's smoother. Stock browser also has it, is fast when loading pages but has a slower zoom and scroll. With ice cream sandwich i prefer stock browser (i used on sensation) but chrome will be a very good browser in the final version. Just my impressions.
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Why don't we do a poll for this?
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Boat Browser, best one I have used so far (except the stock ICS browser and Chrome which come pretty close, but not everyone can use them at the moment)
Hey mate,
Currently using Dolphin HD. Main reason why, it allows you to set your agent to desktop, so you can view full websites instead of the mobile site.
I prefer Opera browser! It gets the job done
Opera on my tablet, chrome & opera on my phone and stock on android-x86 on my netbook
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WalmsLo said:
Hey mate,
Currently using Dolphin HD. Main reason why, it allows you to set your agent to desktop, so you can view full websites instead of the mobile site.
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That's the one thing that really mattered to me since I just hate mobile sites lol.
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I love dolphin and the stock
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_andrea_ said:
Nobody. I said opera has gpu acceleration and it's smoother. Stock browser also has it, is fast when loading pages but has a slower zoom and scroll. With ice cream sandwich i prefer stock browser (i used on sensation) but chrome will be a very good browser in the final version. Just my impressions.
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Well, but text reflowing on zooming is slower on opera mobile. Also sometimes javascript doesnt work. Other than that opera is good browser. But i usually use stock one.
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Google Chrome!
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I'm using Maxthon, may be wrong, but I think it is the only one that returns immediately to the previous page via the back button, ie it's cached, not reloaded. Great for reading forums
Also, the version I am using (v2.0, build 2775) formats the page perfectly - if the page is multi-column, like your typical newspaper, it sizes the width according to the column width, which is really good. No need to resize once it has finished loading. Oddly, I have tried later versions of this browser, and I can't get it to behave this way.
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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 !
Just downloaded it from the Market and damn, the best browser just got even better! I'm loving the new UI!
http://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
thanks for the heads up!
I JUST uninstalled this browser for something called maxathon or something. Guess I'm going back to dolphin xD
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Awesome... great app.
Recent update helped, but 5.0 is refusing to load every few pages. Seems like a pretty widespread thing looking at the reviews. Hope they fix it soon!
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The newest version of opera mobile is the best browser out at the moment, super smooth scrolling and no hw acceleration yet!
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Nospin said:
Recent update helped, but 5.0 is refusing to load every few pages. Seems like a pretty widespread thing looking at the reviews. Hope they fix it soon!
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The current 5.0.1 should fix that.
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The current 5.0.1 should fix that.
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Nope, it "alleviated" some of the loading, but 4.6 is still much faster. They'll work it out eventually.
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shure2 said:
The newest version of opera mobile is the best browser out at the moment, super smooth scrolling and no hw acceleration yet!
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No kiddin'! It's really nice! But it's not displaying some pages properly and it isn't recognizing/converting pages like ESPN.com into the mobile version.
It's a great alternative to Dolphin HD though! Thanks for the heads up!
Yeah I am using opera mobile, the newest version.
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Yeah I am using opera mobile, the newest version.
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dolphin browser is actually kinda fast. i like it
Its nice but I still prefer Miren browser.
never used mirren. whats so much better about it?
shure2 said:
The newest version of opera mobile is the best browser out at the moment, super smooth scrolling and no hw acceleration yet!
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Yeah, the only problem, and the reason I stopped using Opera, is that it doesn't parse Youtube links correctly, and it's amazing how many of those I realize that I run across now that it doesn't work right.
I'll give Dolphin 5 a shot, using Miren right now. I just wish these stupid browsers would have HW acceleration like Opera (seems) to have. Everything is just so slow and choppy. Not sure if it's my live wallpaper that's doing it or not, but it's annoying.
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Cool. Thanks.
Opera Mobile for me. The pure smoothness and speed is unparalleled.
Interface-wise, Firefox is tops though. Too bad it's way too slow
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it isn't recognizing/converting pages like ESPN.com into the mobile version.
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Turned the "mobile view" setting ON, and somewhat works for that site.
Just tried seems like it loaded some sort of mobile page, but looks like its missing some graphics elements, not sure how it is supposed to look. Anyway, screen big enough for me to use full site, i basically hate when something forces to load the mobile site instead.
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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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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Just looking to see what people are using for their internet browsers on the One X... at the minute im just using the stock but looking to change.
Had artefacts on screen with stock so gone back to trusty Dolphin HD, which is much more fully featured anyway
Chrome beta.
Used to use Opera a lot.
Maxthon is supposed to be good, but I hated it. Apparently flash works though.
Chrome Beta
Although scrolling can lag a bit on graphic heavy pages (is everyone having this problem?) compared to the stock browser, I actually prefer the slowness/responsiveness of the scrolling if that makes sense. Dare I say similar to the type of scrolling on an iPhone. Also love the pretty UI and being able to sync open tabs/bookmarks with the PC!
Downsides are the lag, no flash! and embedded youtube videos don't work even as links.
Only used the stock browser and chrome beta on my one X. On my desire I used stock, dolphin and sky fire.
Chrome beta is the best browser I have ever used on any mobile device, highly recommended!
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Ics browser+ but I intend to try out chrome too.
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I used the stock browser for 5 minutes before getting frustrated with activating the menu.
A lot of people seemed to recommend Dolphin HD so I downloaded it and have to say it's pretty good. Fast, easy to switch tabs etc. Nice plug-in to switch between Desktop and mobile mode too.
Always used dolphin on my desire HD but decided to give the stock browser ago on my HOX,try as I might I can't find out save my bookmarks into separate folded like on dolphin can in be done?
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At the moment I'm still hooked on stock browser with quick controls activated.
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go for Google Chrome...best out of the whole lot
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go for Google Chrome...best out of the whole lot
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No flash support big no no
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Try Opera Mini, you'll be amazed!
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pete_n said:
I used the stock browser for 5 minutes before getting frustrated with activating the menu.
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Is that activating menu using top right button, remapped multitasking button, or quick controls?
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No flash support big no no
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Install this with chrome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nightshadelabs.anotherbrowser
In chrome select menu, share, flashify, then browser ..... to switch to the stock browser easily if you need flash.
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Was deciding on my browser and im between stock and chrome.
I also think many of you will be put into the dilemma since chrome is pre-installed on jelly bean. So im wondering what everyone else is using. I like chrome but it doesn't have full-screen options or flash but i presume chrome is faster(is it?)
anyone have a comparison between the 2?
Chrome seems to be a hog so I have been using ICS Browser + as it's light weight, full featured and is fast!
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Chrome was only the stock browser on the Nexus 7. There is a stock Android JB browser, I use it, it's fantastic.
I use Dolphin, it's working fine.
ICS Browser+ because Chrome still has some bugs
Dolphin - like the swipe sideways to bring up side bars. Seems to do everything I need it to do and is relatively nippy. Don't usr the voice or gestures actions though.
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firefox...
I was using stock browser, but now chrome is the best i can have. Simple and fast.
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I use Opera Mobile. My bank's online app only works in Opera and I use it a lot and also Opera is a fast fully featured browser. I recommend it
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Holo Web- minimalistic, fast and sleek.
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Dolphin
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Dolphin
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Used to use stock on HD2 (cyanogen 370) for quite long, then switched to Dolphin.
Tried Dolphin on HOX, no issues but swtiched to chrome since its really faster.
Finally Opera Mini, since dont know how but it uses less power.
I'm using Chrome at the moment
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Stock browser. I like using the default apps if they're good, for the aesthetic reasons. And I actually find the stock browser to be better performance and feature wise, so it's a win-win.
I am using mozilla Aurora on the HOX and quite like it .Aurora is still in beta but seems to work fine for me
Boat Browser
I use opera mini next for just reading News, opera Mobile for Full Internet experience
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The stock HTC one, I love it because even though I'm running jellybean its the only one I've used that works with flash properly without crashing. Obviously this isnt an issue for ICS users
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Chrome even if I think it's too laggy but the tab sync is essential for me.
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