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
NoobTerminator said:
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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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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knipp21 said:
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
Sharing thoughts about your browser experience. What browser gives you what you need? Why?
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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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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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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.
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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firebane said:
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
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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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Same here.
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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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...
So guys what do you think about the new firefox for Android running on Galaxy S3 !?
I saw it dramaticly smoothet than Google Chrome ( Specially in opening Desktop version websites ) & faster , and lets not forget it supports Flash but Chrome doesnt support it . Im using it as my primary Browser & Im loving it
( Dont forget to check the addons also , you can find useful stuff there )
So what do you think ?
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I think that you are working for mozilla
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lol I wish I work there No seriously dont you see it smoother than Google Chrome or its only me ? when you come to UI , Chrome is much better I admit it
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The best browsers is ics browser + from the play store
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Well, in my oppinion Stock Browser is smoother then Chrome and Firefox is smoother then Chrome too, but Stock Browser wins this round for me, but what keeps me away from Firefox is that there's no AdBlock extension yet and that Google looks like the one from 10 years ago, when i had Nokia 3310 >_> I have no idea why they dont change that, so that mobile would be recognized as "Android" and would display the correct Google site...
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Well, in my oppinion Stock Browser is smoother then Chrome and Firefox is smoother then Chrome too, but Stock Browser wins this round for me, but what keeps me away from Firefox is that there's no AdBlock extension yet and that Google looks like the one from 10 years ago, when i had Nokia 3310 >_> I have no idea why they dont change that, so that mobile would be recognized as "Android" and would display the correct Google site...
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You have to download an addon and tell it how you wanna be interduced to the website ( as an iPhone , Android , iPad , PC or whatever )
ya stock browser is smooth but It doesnt have the smart zoom by double tappin and I dont like the fool animation of swiching between opened tabs delays your work and not handy ( the best tab swicher is on Chrome )
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The best browsers is ics browser + from the play store
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never tried this one , but I will later
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Just test FF and Chrome on xda dev site and FF feels definitely faster and smoother while panning around the page :thumbup:
I guess for me it is a personal preference i have all my bookmarks backed up to my gmail and Chrome restores them on my phone. So for me Chrome wins maybe ff will let me do that but can't be arsed..
The best is stock smooth as firefox and also has reflow of the text when you go onto readiablity mode and chrome and firefox both don't have
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The best browsers is ics browser + from the play store
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Agree. It's by far the best browser I've tried on Android. The quick controls are great.
Have any of you guys seen the m.gizmodo.com site on ff.
It doesn't display right... It looks right on Chrome and stock browser though.
Clearing cache or anything else doesn't help
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I use the stock AOSP browser but I find myself using chrome from time to time when I need the sync feature.I wish chrome supported flash and full screen mode,wouldn't mind if it stayed relatively slow compared to stock browser.
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Have any of you guys seen the m.gizmodo.com site on ff.
It doesn't display right... It looks right on Chrome and stock browser though.
Clearing cache or anything else doesn't help
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Is that the new Firefox or the now out of date one as posted in june 2012 in this old thread .
jje
Who ever tries Maxthon browser, never comes back
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Well, i prefer Dolphin or Chrome.
Both of them rock.
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never tried this one , but I will later
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Try Opera Beta too
And I wish sitty-flash dies soon as it should have already.
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Maxthon has a way to compress data traffics, making the navigation xperience.much faster
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i like chrome the most, if only it wasnt so slow and laggy
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I put Boat Browser over all of the mentioned. In my opinion BB is totally underrated. It's fast, stable, has many features and even addons. The shortcuts for bookmarks on the start page are cool, too.
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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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