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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..

mr.boonet said:
@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.

fastest thirdparty browser on ics

Hi Guys,
plz share your view on the best/fastest thridparty browser runs on ICS and how they compare to the stock one? So far I favour Maxthon.

catbear said:
Hi Guys,
plz share your view on the best/fastest thridparty browser runs on ICS and how they compare to the stock one? So far I favour Maxthon.
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So far, I've found that Dolphin Browser HD does not work. I too am using Maxthon though Opera Mini and Boat Browser are quality alternatives.

bigmac44 said:
So far, I've found that Dolphin Browser HD does not work. I too am using Maxthon though Opera Mini and Boat Browser are quality alternatives.
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Update came out for it today to fix it. Works great. Prefer it over stock.

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10 char

does the update still have ads on the speed dial? Or is there any way to remove them?

Boat browser was my favorite for my OG and its working great on the Nexus. Worth a true for sure.
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I just did some testing among a few popular browsers on ics 4.0.1. I always liked maxthon and used it as my default browser. But to my surprise, both boat and dophin mini's scrolling are much much smoother than maxthon. I used www.openrice.com to test.
I also gave miren a run, it is somewhere in between maxthon/boat in terms of scrolling, but it's back/fwd speed is amazing. It basically caches the entire page and doesn't download anything again unlike other browsers. BTW anyone know why miren disappeared from the mkt?

Do any of them work with the browser sync though? That's definitely one of my favorite new features...

I was down on the stock browser in gingerbread, but how can you not love the new ICS browser? I love the labs feature from honeycomb (now implemented in ICS) whereby the menu pops up with swipes from the side. Brilliant.

InsightGoalie said:
Do any of them work with the browser sync though? That's definitely one of my favorite new features...
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miren is my favorite (or was, on my Dinc) but I too am wondering why it is gone from the market??

I absolutely LOVE dolphin mini.
Used it on my OG Droid, and it works wonderfully on ICS.
Set the user agent to desktop, and it flies!

so far, i've been using stock browser! pretty good!

I mainly stick with stock on this phone but for downloads I go with opera mobile never gives me an issue downloading plus its fast also

Maxthon looks good
I am only on day 2 with my G'nex but the browsers, native and Firefox, did not seem very friendly. Maxthon at first glance looks good. Glad to have found this forum to get ideas, thanks.

I've ran some benchmarks and Dolphin Browser HD and the stock ICS browser are about on par. Firefox is bad though.
Dolphin: 115k on Browsermark
Firefox: 70k on Browsermark
Stock: 110k on Browsermark

Why would you want to use a third party browser when the stock is the best???????????
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I have been using stock but I will abandon it unless they provide a one-action route to the bookmarks. Currently the only acceptable method is saving bookmarks as widgets on the home page.
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The stock browser in 4.0.3 has bookmarks on the quick slide feature. I wish the back button was fast like mirrn but I am going to have a hard time using a different browser. I absolutely love the quick slide feature of the stock browser and I always try to use it in the market place.

nycebo said:
I was down on the stock browser in gingerbread, but how can you not love the new ICS browser? I love the labs feature from honeycomb (now implemented in ICS) whereby the menu pops up with swipes from the side. Brilliant.
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Labs on my browser is weird. I can swipe and it does nothing. I have to put my thumb in the exact spot where the menu button would be. Pita
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civicsisedan said:
Labs on my browser is weird. I can swipe and it does nothing. I have to put my thumb in the exact spot where the menu button would be. Pita
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I hear you. Having gotten used to it on the Xoom, the application on the SGN was more intuitive for me. The trick is to just slide your hand from the outside of the phone towards the center of the screen. You'll see the menu pop up as you do so. But, don't let your finger leave the screen or it will disappear.

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
GT-N7000

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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Firefox for tablets is available at Google Play!!!

For those looking for an alternative browser. It seems faster than Chrome, my initial observation
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Nice.
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Cool i've always wanted to leak memory on my tablet
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atticusmas said:
Cool i've always wanted to leak memory on my tablet
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What?
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Firefox on the PC is notorious for having all sorts of memory leaks. It's gotten a bit better with updates but it's still pretty bad. At least I don't hit 800,000K of memory with it anymore. I may have to check this out though

Lol for a minute there i thought you was under the impression that you where assuming the final version of firefox had the same problems as beta. Silly me as you have tried the final version on youre nexus 7 haven't you. My bad
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Flash?
Edit, just installed... It works!
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It works awesome but I get the phone UI instead of the new tablet UI on my nexus 7
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Works great. Better than beta and aurora.
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rexant1 said:
It works awesome but I get the phone UI instead of the new tablet UI on my nexus 7
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You might have installed the beta version for mobiles? I saw 2 versions at Google Play, the first one released on 24 of august, and the second on 28th. The version customized for tablets is the second one.

I have the second one that was updated on the 28th , I've tried both and have the phone UI on both...it's weird
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megamoz said:
Firefox for tablets is available at Google Play!!!
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It's been available for ages!!!!!!!!11111eleven

My opinion of firefox on the Nexus 7
To me when i first start it up it flies thru pages.. Then i realize its quite clumbsy .. Mis touches often.. Putting in passwords is a pain in the Butt . I find it leaving the password box. jumping from zoom to not zoom. and so on .. It seems if they would slow the ui down just a bit it would work better.. NOW Once your past that it does load pages better . Page rendering seems to be a big faster but it shows things being rendered. With the NEW Chrome they do most of that in the background and you see a micro second or so of lag while its rendered then pushed to you. With firefox you can see the text come into focus..
SO Over all i would say its Much better then there past tries..
my conclusion is . to stick to Chrome and stock browser for sites that do not like chrome.. But keep watching and checking out FIREFOX in the mean time...
Anyone with comments on the above is very welcome . If im the only one with such issues i would like to know .. OHH I USED Thumbs keyboard . stock android keyboard and swift x keyboard there latest one. SWIFT IS VERY BUGGY AT TIMES . SCRAMBLES WORDS AND TEXT . ESPECIALLY in Word processor .. Thumbs most stable ...

Why so many versions? I've been on Aurora for a few weeks and really liking it. Only thing I don't like is bookmark access. I just loaded the new one and it does seem a bit faster loading pages. The UI looks identical to Aurora (why 2 versions?). Not sure what the password problem is mentioned, I find it no different than any other browser (I use Swype).
The "Desktop by default" doesn't seem to work most of the time, but that doesn't bother me, I just hit "Desktop" version at the bottom of the mobile page if I want to see it. Most bookmarks that are www. do go to Desktop version. There's a few good extensions that "usually" work, "Always zoom", "TapTapWrap", and Adblock. Has 4 built in search engines, which you can add to the list. I really don't like all the clicks to bookmarks, but I solved that by just having a shortcut folder on my home screen that goes straight to my most used ones.
Sure seems like there should be an "import from Aurora" rather than just from default browser... a little pain getting the new version set up. Seems stupid you need to re-set up sync. I'll convert to FF for a few weeks to see if there's much difference. Plays flash just as well as Aurora.

Seems nice but boat browser does everything it does including flash and is a little easier to navigate IMO.
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I agree, but I use FF at work and home, and the syncing is great (can edit mobile bm folder on PC, rearrange, rename, add folders, and sync!). I do like Chrome a lot, but FF finally seems to work as well (as far as zooming and wrapping). I tend to prefer one browser so I don't get too confused. I do have and like Boat on my Froyo phone.
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Seems nice but boat browser does everything it does including flash and is a little easier to navigate IMO.
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There's no "Firefox Tablet" version, it's just called Firefox.

Yes, just Firefox, Firefox Beta, and Aurora. "Firefox" seems best now (updated yesterday).
NEW:
* Support for tablets, including faster startup and beautiful new design
* Find in page
* Text Selection fixed
* Desktop sites can be requested from the menu
* Better tabs experience - swipe to close
* Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
* Bookmarks & history can be imported from stock browser in the Settings
I can't figure out Swipe to close... and question "beautiful new design".
Salty Wagyu said:
There's no "Firefox Tablet" version, it's just called Firefox.
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Xscope>all
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tcat007 said:
Yes, just Firefox, Firefox Beta, and Aurora. "Firefox" seems best now (updated yesterday).
NEW:
* Support for tablets, including faster startup and beautiful new design
* Find in page
* Text Selection fixed
* Desktop sites can be requested from the menu
* Better tabs experience - swipe to close
* Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
* Bookmarks & history can be imported from stock browser in the Settings
I can't figure out Swipe to close... and question "beautiful new design".
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Its not beautiful at all is it.
Honestly I've tried most of them but chrome is so much nicer. Proper tabs with swipe left and right. The misclick thing that pops up to confirm what you really want. The only browser I haven't tried is xscope and I dont think I will since there's no free version.
Swipe to close is just like the normal app close thing. When you are looking at the open tabs you swipe off the one you don't want.

[Q] favorite web browser?

What browser does everyone use?
I just got dolphin with the "jetpack" add on works damn good so far.

I use Chrome, Firefox Aurora and Orweb (for banking).
Thinking of getting Dolphin.
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quick ics is my favorite because of the quick controls and how customizable they are. can't imagine not using quick controls for surfing the web once you get used to them.

Naked browser and firefox are my goto browsers. Used to use maxthon and dolphin.. but dont trust them...
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I was using Dolphin prior to getting the GN2, now rocking Chrome

I use chrome for most stuff and the stock browser for flash.

Sleipnir and Chrome
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I may be the odd one out the bunch, but I really like the stick browser
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

Using ninesky browser.
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I use the stock browser since some of the internet doesn't feel like switching from Flash videos, but I do like using Chrome from time to time.

+1 for chrome

Chome, because it syncs my pages and bookmarks. I like using Chrome-to-Phone too.

Your not the only odd one bro because I rather use the stock too. (My opinion) It makes know sense to use another browser when the stock does it all. As long as I can get flash with the stock I'm Good.:thumbup:
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I like Chrome

Chrome, use it almost exclusively on my other devices because of how nicely everything syncs

I'd say Chrome is my favorite Android web browser so far, but the Firefox Beta browser is quickly becoming more of a daily driver. I like how Firefox Beta handles flash heavy pages and video content.

for general web browsing - opera
for more desktop experience - firefox or aurora
for pron/videos - aurora - supports flash and has on of the the best html5 video support, especially if you choose iPad UA. chrome is #2 for this.

While I like chrome, I always go back to dolphin because of the plugins (especially Lastpass).
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dolphin

Been using the AOSP browser since I'm rooted. I enjoy it for the Flash support.
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