I know that everyone will have a personal opinion and preference (not to mention that this question has probably been done to death); but with the latest GB update/ROM, 2.2 roms and so forth...At this point in development, is the stock browser just as good/fast as 3rd party ones (specifically sykfire and opera mini).
I am updated to the 1/28 Gingerbread, and while the stock is ok, I still prefer Dolphin. I have a difficult time exiting out of stock (the back key just pages back, does not exit), and downloads don't always seem to complete in the stock browser for me. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah I figure it really depends on the user's needs/wants. I read this interesting review, (tried to post the link but not allowed yet :-( and it looks like skyfire is the best overall (supposedly plays flash on non-flash devices pretty well)
Miren is the best.
Skyfire for Flash video conversion support. Also a good system for tabs and a great browser overall.
LATE EDIT: I read the topic wrong, I thought it was like a poll... Umm, the stock is still nowhere near as good as Skyfire or Dolphin.
I use dolphins mini.
ive used xscope for quite a while and nothing else ever really feels right when i try it
I like miren as well.
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I'm using Opera atm but I don't like that there is no pinch to zoom or text formatting when I zoom in. It's still much better than stock, maybe I'll check out dolphin or miren
I would say boat browser
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Miren seems like a really good browser. I like it.
Was using Opera now Dolphin is my primary, however a bit frustrated with not being able to set my home page. They all run rather slow to open up and are sluggish on my phone. Web pages are a pain in the *** on all of them. Either too small or too big.
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Miren seems like a really good browser. I like it.
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Haven't heard of it. How does it compare. Why do you like it. I might have to give it a try.
Opera Mobile
Now using Opera Mobile and I find it is very snappy. I tried Dolphin and it seemed a bit cumbersome. I will have to check out Miren.
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ive used xscope for quite a while and nothing else ever really feels right when i try it
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Xscope is very good, especially the newest version as they worked out alot of bugs, it is a paid app tho. Try the different versions of dolphin browser they are really fast and customizable.
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I liked the functions embedded in Skyfire, but on the aospCMod, it seemed to cause some FC and weird booting issues.
I use dolphin HD licensed and skyfire for flash yxplayer fc's on me in aospcmod
Best browsers for android
For me it is opera mini ucweb for more info
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I’ve tried few and have to agree skyfire works best.
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Just wondering which web browser everyone thinks is the best. I used to use steel but have recently switched to dolfin browser I think steel might have been faster and the favorites were easier to access. Are there any good browsers I'm missing? What do you think the best is?
Opera Mini is the fastest to render pages, but has some quirks and uses a lot of memory. Still, if you're going to be doing a lot of surfing, it's worth it for the speed increase.
Dolphin browser is pretty good also, it alows tabs and multipoint
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I've used three browsers so far: the default Donut browser, Dolphin, and the default Eclair browser. My favorite by far is the Eclair browser that comes with CyanogenMod.
EDIT: I also tried Opera Mini, and despite loving it on feature phones in the past, it's not the best smartphone browser
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I've used three browsers so far: the default Donut browser, Dolphin, and the default Eclair browser. My favorite by far is the Eclair browser that comes with CyanogenMod.
EDIT: I also tried Opera Mini, and despite loving it on feature phones in the past, it's not the best smartphone browser
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on the contrary(I know everyone is entitles to their opinion), but I have come to love opera mini beta 5..I am actually using it now and has been my daily browser for about a week now. It's really good with loading websites super quick and I also love the interface and the one touch zoom. of course, some pinch to zoom or some zoom buttons would be nice, but.It's really nothing to complain about. can't wait for the updates for it...and that's my two cents
I like stock HTC Eclair browser. It's totally lacking on features, but it just looks good. I'm a bit of a fanboy
As far as others, I used Dolphin for a time and liked it, just didn't like the look. But when Fennec is officially released (even in beta), heads will roll
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I've used three browsers so far: the default Donut browser, Dolphin, and the default Eclair browser. My favorite by far is the Eclair browser that comes with CyanogenMod.
EDIT: I also tried Opera Mini, and despite loving it on feature phones in the past, it's not the best smartphone browser
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Yes , it is
Tunny Browser RC, by the devs of Dolphin Browser... is aweseome.
All I can find is a R(ed) C(andy) theme for Dolphin...hardly the "best browser"...
Been using xScope this past week and find it miles better than the stock browser. Have made it my default. Excellent browser.
Skyfire....hehe
Pictures of Skyfire on g1:
skyfire is cool so far, of course it's still beta and missing a lot of the cool features that makes skyfire great on other platforms, but its not bad. i switch back and forth between skyfire and the default sense browser.
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Been using xScope this past week and find it miles better than the stock browser. Have made it my default. Excellent browser.
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I have been using the XScope broswer for a while now and find it the best browser I have tried. I really like the way tabs work and it is also very fast.
Andy
All,
I tried Dolphin HD browser and it was really great. Its got lot of innovative features. But its not much of use on Galaxy S i guess, because within minutes of using it bcomes horribly slow. Each tap almost takes seconds for the app to respond. Even the scrolling is equally bad.
I really dont want to uninstall this browser. Does anybody have any tweaks to make it usable ? Do all galaxy S users feel the same or it works okay on others.
Any comments will be helpful.
yes, don't use dolphin
use skyfire, it is the fastest one
2nd fast is opera mini
According to the maker of Dolphin it had some issues in the later builds. But now it is more focused on speed improvements.
Opera is good. Hasn't tested skyfire on android. Didn't like it much all those years ago on PPC. The issue with Opera is when u use it for rapidshare or megadownload for instance (when u get the count down to the link) it is not updating. Probably because of the proxy to Opera. Turning this off hasn't worked for me.
Good luck!
Wow, if the makes of dolphin really work on improving the speed, I will be one happy camper.
Haven't uninstalled dolphin yet, hoping for a fix to come soon.
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dolphin is one heck of a good browser, but the speed is horrible
my 10 years old Palm Treo loads faster than that
and the Treo was known to have the worse browser on the planet at that time
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dolphin is one heck of a good browser, but the speed is horrible
my 10 years old Palm Treo loads faster than that
and the Treo was known to have the worse browser on the planet at that time
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Loved my Treo :-D
Guys, I tried Skyfire. Many people suggested that its very fast and all for Galaxy.
however, I am seeing the same sluggishness with Skyfire as well. The pages load fast but the browser acts very slugish. The taps dont respond well, the scrolling gets held up at places etc.
Still searching for a better stock browser replacement.
Anybody?
What's wrong with the stock one? I find it very good!!
Tried xscope? Best non proxy browser imho
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araje said:
Guys, I tried Skyfire. Many people suggested that its very fast and all for Galaxy.
however, I am seeing the same sluggishness with Skyfire as well. The pages load fast but the browser acts very slugish. The taps dont respond well, the scrolling gets held up at places etc.
Still searching for a better stock browser replacement.
Anybody?
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did you try opera mini?
my main browser is still sky fire, i don't have the sluggishness you described, i'm on stock JH2 ROM, no lag fix
Guys, looks like my prayers got answered.
Dolphin update: v 3.1.1
It's as smooth as Silk. Amazing improvement. NOW, it is the best I can say.
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Yes the new version of Dolphin HD has much better performance. Now I'm happy to use it as my default browser
Have just installed the latest version and after spending a little time with it, I think it's better than opera for me
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3.1.1 ?? I can only find 3.0 ?!?
Its faster but I'm just not used to it, I think I'm too used to Xscope
Yeah, How do I acquire dolphin browser hd 3.1.1 ? Market shows 3.0 to be the latest...
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I'm sure he uses just dolphin browser not dolphin browser HD.
Dolphin browsers latest version is 3.1.1 but HDs latest version 3.0.
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I'm sure he uses just dolphin browser not dolphin browser HD.
Dolphin browsers latest version is 3.1.1 but HDs latest version 3.0.
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Oh, I see... That makes more sense.... Well, does that mean that the regular dolphin browser is better than dolphin browser hd ?
P.S. I didn't find dolphin browser hd 3.0 any faster than 2.x as opposed to how it's advertised. Good browser all over, but I didn't notice any major (performance) improvements. Is it just me ?
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I'm sure he uses just dolphin browser not dolphin browser HD.
Dolphin browsers latest version is 3.1.1 but HDs latest version 3.0.
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Sorry after reading the post I went back to see market and appbrain. They both show 3.0 only. I might have seen just the dolphin brower I guess. BUT, I just upgraded the HD browser from market and I am sure I have dolphin HD. I see a nice HD on my icon.
The speed and the general handling is completely different and smooth now. The performance improvement is easily notice able
Sorry for all the confusion guys, I guess was just to excited seeing the speed.
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Continuing from my previous post, are you guys saying that you have upgraded to latest version yesterday and stol not seeing the improvements?
If you haven't, I suggest you upgrade.market will show you that an upgrade is available for them.
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I have upgraded to 3.0 but it still is kinda slow. Although I haven't tested it with wifi cause my connection is down.
Still the built in browser is faster than dolphin HD with 3g.
I used only dolphin hd when I had desire and really liked it but in galaxy it is just too slow.
I have JM2 installed if it makes any difference...
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Has anyone tried this yet? Been using since last night and I have to say... wow. It's what the android browser should've been. Opera 10 was smooth, but this is even better with flash support now. Runs buttery smooth (iPhone like... smoother than any other android browser) even when I'm underclocked to 800mhz =)
Yes, better than the laggy stock browser, more smooth and support flash, for me the better mobile browser with safari.
you know yes....! Opera - need to be original browser in Nexus S
I'm liking it a lot more.
Tried it and uninstalled within half an hour, word-breaking for Thai characters looks terrible. Super lag compared to Dolphin Mini & stock browser...
I dont seem to get any reactions to anything I touch on webpages:S?
Wait reboot and fix permissions sorted it...BEST BROWSER TO DATE! I use the psx scene site as a benchmark which one dolphin and stock lags like a *****! On opera its perfect..very very smooth!
To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
I have to agree. Opera 11 is awesome. (click for browser shootout)
dude is fantastic! !!!!
Thanks for this! I was wondering how to get the full engadget site to show. =)
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To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
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I've just tried the V11 and ... WOW :O
Absolutely perfect, lighteningly fast, no checkerboards at all, no lag, etc... The fastest browser I've ever seen.
The best mobile browser ever!!
Thanks to Opera team for this fantastic work on Android.
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I've just tried the V11 and ... WOW :O
Absolutely perfect, lighteningly fast, no checkerboards at all, no lag, etc... The fastest browser I've ever seen.
The best mobile browser ever!!
Thanks to Opera team for this fantastic work on Android.
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that's true!!!! I hope Cyanogen gonna change original stock laggy browser, for beautiful and performance Opera 11.
I love this browser as well, but some of the pages don't look like they should. Like m.db.no and mobil.aftenposten.no. (these pages are in Norwegian, but you'll see what I'm talking about). Any tips? I would like the mobile version, not the desktop one.
Edit: the m.db.no seems to be working as it should now, but what I wrote still holds true for mobil.aftenposten.no.
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To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
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how the hell do you get this to work?
I tried putting in opera:config that takes me to a list of stuff but got stuck there theres no userpref option halp thanks
I would love it if it didn't make a lot of websites look terrible. great speed and features but I can't stand how it renders google.com
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jaker.the.skater said:
I would love it if it didn't make a lot of websites look terrible. great speed and features but I can't stand how it renders google.com
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It's the old-mobile version of Google. You have to change your user-agent to default Android browser or iPhone browser etc. to see proper mobile version of Google.
what should I put for the user agent in the opera:config to get the android user agent?
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Ya that is quite nice. I've used previous versions and none of them were quite perfect but this might just do the trick. Its quite a nice piece of kit, if I'm honest. I use Bank of America and can't use their mobile site in my area or even load their full site on the standard browser for reasons unknown to God himself but this using the spoofing lets me do just that which makes it completely worth its weight in Gold.
The lack of a user-agent preference in the settings area is a big downside. The browser's fast, but that's a setting that should be easily accessible. Going to the config page address and what-not is a pain in the ass.
im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
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im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
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Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
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Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
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+1 on firefox...
I'd really wanna know which browser will run well on a Pentium 4 PC with 512MB RAM. On Windows XP. So far FF is beating Chrome with a slight edge.
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firefox the best!
I stay with Chrome.
Chrome all the way! I hate Firefox. Here's Lifehackers' browser speed test btw: Clicky<--
I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
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This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
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I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
I'm still using the old version of firefox. Haven't tried the opera browser.
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Chrome rocks but the new IE9 is also right up there...
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I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
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It was awful!
Loading times for pages used to be really quick. Then, when I updated, it got pretty bad at times. I'd have to restart Firefox sometimes.
I'd never had that problem, and have really fast internet, so I didn't understand what it was.
No problems whatsoever on Chrome though!
my browser
I'm using firefox 4.It's amazing
Royal Wedding Mysteries
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Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
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Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
Chrome and mozzila are great
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Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
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This. Opera is too buggy for me
I am a diehard fan of Chrome. Not only do I run it on my Acer Netbook, but on my CR-48. I love how no matter what machine I use it all syncs up automagically.
Sparky WAS in the doghouse. Now, He's allowed on the deck at least.
My Nexus S is annoying me.
chrome!
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chrome is for noobs who wanna be cool by using somthing "trendy" and different ..
get outta here ya yuppies , who you tryna fool , real men use latest firefox pre alpha nightly builds
Have been running Unjust's CM11 version and I must say I think it's the best ROM I've ever used. Super smooth and quick. That being said the browser has quirks so I went about finding a replacement.
After trying all of them several times I tried "Naked Browser". It's ugly as sin and missing a few features, but man it's blazing fast. Very small footprint as well. Just thought I would throw it out there for some that it might help....(4.3 & 4.4 users especially).
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Can you give us a rundown of the others you tried and what maybe was your main pros & cons of them?
I've always thought chrome was nice but way to much memory hog for 4.2.x and up ROMs.
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Well to be honest my main reasoning came down to 2 basic things. Number one being speed. In my limited use the Naked Browser is very basic and speedy. None of the others, even Opera Mini, seem as quick to me.
Number 2 reason is the way it looks on a smaller screened device. And by that I mean I hate, I hate, having to constantly pinch and zoom to get the pages "optimized" upon every click. Naked's pages come up in a manner that is already usable. And when you need to zoom you have the option of using zoom buttons...a la' the old Google Maps style. Much better for me personally.
And as a bonus the apps' footprint is under 200kb.
I haven't used it long personally. But so far I'm really liking it. Hope this helps!
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Also...
I hate saying and using the term "outdated", as my Fassy has been an excellent device for me but technically that's what it is now. If it wasn't outdated and had more horsepower I would probably use the stock browser, Chrome, or Next Browser. I like them as well. But they don't play nice with a Fassy running 4.2+ in my experience.
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I seem to get along just fine with chrome on my phone. It's a bit slow but it works
Quick update:
After using this browser some more I feel it has great potential. Have had a few glitchy moments depending on what I'm doing, and on certain webpages. I find myself using this browser as well as waffling back and forth to Opera Mini.
If you are ok with a feature rich browser and don't mind it being a little slow than these options probably won't serve you well. I however, hate lag or slowness of any kind. If you're like me give both these options a try. Naked is fast and occasionally glitchy. Opera Mini is nearly as fast, more polished, and has more features. Both stomp the stock browser running newer 4.2+ ROMs on the Fassy. Hope this helps some people. -Thanks
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watching youtube problem
hi Thanks for this browser.
But i am facing a problem, when i watch a youtube video in fullscreen and try to exit fullscreen, the browser does not exit. the large video keeps playing in the background of the browser.
Kindly fix it or tell me how to do it.
One more thing, can you think of changing the name from 'Naked' to something else?