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Internet Timeout on AT&T Tilt

Mmkay all you xda wizards, I need a bit of guidance here...
I have not yet switched over my browser on my Tilt, and I was wondering two things:
a.) I am working with IE which sucks, of course. I am able to open my browser successfully about three or four times, but after that it shows my homepage addy in the bar, but does not load. I have the Kaiser Tweak on my phone, but I was wondering if there is a setting that will prevent me from having to soft reset my phone when this happens,
b.) I had previously posted a question about switching browsers (h/t to those who made suggestions). I tried one, whose name I cannot recall, and my beef was that it was a pain to have to constantly zoom in on the part of the page I wanted to view. I was told Opera would be a good browser for me-I am really interested in being able to open multiple tabs-and could someone tell me if switching to the Opera browser would do anything to help this data timeout.
Thanks for the help all...I love this site because I am pretty clueless on this type of thing.

get skyfire

Use anything but Pocket IE. I have the following free good browsers installed on my device: Iris Browser, Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, Bolt Browser, and Skyfire. My most used browsers are Skyfire and Opera Mobile, but I use different browsers for different things. Try each one to see which ones you like best.
Dave

Safe Browser for Online Purchasing

Hi all,
I've currently got 4 web browsers installed:
IE,
Opera 9.5,
Opera Mini 5( beta)
Opera 9.7 (beta)
and am wondering which are safe for online transactions such as purchasing items and online banking.
I'm lead to believe Opera Mini isn't safe as everything is rendered on Opera's servers first so entering any passwords would be on their server.
Do the other Opera browsers work in the same way.
Any advise would be appreciated

kersey said:
Hi all,
I've currently got 4 web browsers installed:
IE,
Opera 9.5,
Opera Mini 5( beta)
Opera 9.7 (beta)
and am wondering which are safe for online transactions such as purchasing items and online banking.
I'm lead to believe Opera Mini isn't safe as everything is rendered on Opera's servers first so entering any passwords would be on their server.
Do the other Opera browsers work in the same way.
Any advise would be appreciated
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IMO these days no browser is really safe and
everything is somehow stored somewhere.

doministry said:
IMO these days no browser is really safe and
everything is somehow stored somewhere.
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Seconded...

kersey said:
Hi all,
I've currently got 4 web browsers installed:
IE,
Opera 9.5,
Opera Mini 5( beta)
Opera 9.7 (beta)
and am wondering which are safe for online transactions such as purchasing items and online banking.
I'm lead to believe Opera Mini isn't safe as everything is rendered on Opera's servers first so entering any passwords would be on their server.
Do the other Opera browsers work in the same way.
Any advise would be appreciated
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BTW Opera Mobile 9.5/9.7 is not supporting certain formats of windows, frames or however it's called,
so it does not support number entering in my bank anyway,
so I just use OperaMinis...

Skyfire 2.0

Hey I did a search and didn't see that any one had started a thread on this so I figured I might as well.
http://www.skyfire.com/
The Skyfire browser brings the desktop web experience to the phone, but until today Android phone owners were unable to share in that experience. Skyfire 2.0 has been released today for the Android platform, and the full Flash experience (sorry Jobs) is part of the package. Skyfire uses server-side page rendering to bring web pages to the phone screen looking like they do on the desktop. Video streaming also works with few compromises, according to the developer.

skyfire 2.0 beta
heres the apk
enjoy

wow thank you.

and skyfire again carries on the tradition of being flash capable and a solid browser. this thing is awesome.
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

woooo, playin worldstarhiphop.com videos
THANKS FOR THIS

I like how it acts like the default browser but still is way faster than any other webkit browser out there

I must be doing something wrong, because this thing is so slow, I've never actually had it successfully open a bookmark before I give up and close it...btw, not allowing a close when you back arrow from the main screen is not consistent with the way most apps work.

not downloading
hi iam trying two down load Skyfire 2.0 but no joy. its starts two download on my phone but 20mins later no joy can u help plz
my phone is samsong galxy s 19000

[Relatively] Stable Browsers

I have encountered the annoying browser glitch with text box's. And in my search for stable browsers, I have found a few results. Aside from the awesome Opera Mobile, I have found these to work rather nicely:
Ninesky Browser:
I haven't played around with this one too much, I only really checked to make sure it didn't crash. But the layout is nice enough, not too cluttered.
Maxthon Mobile Browser:
This one was the only one so far that allowed me to utilize FimFiction.net's archive search. Opera Mobile and others would either refuse to load or crash the browser. This browser also has an interesting active gesture system, which allows you to temporarily see the result of your finger swipes. However I find this to be more of a pain, as it is hard to always get the browser to move around when it is interpreting every swipe I make. I also couldn't figure out a way to zoom in and out.
Browsers I have found to either crash or not work very well at this time are: Miren, Dolphin, Boat, Bolt, xScope, and Skyfire.
That is the scope of my search so far. If anyone knows of any other stable browsers, I would be happy to learn about them .

I'm using opera mini. Worked fine. Tried several others, with poor results. Dolphin almost made it, but the url bar does not work (can't type your own url, only coming from search or another site)

hi,
the dolphin HD or dolphin mini browser crashed? I would like use the dolphin mini, it's possible and stable?
thank you

Both had problem at the url bar, and both had some minor crashes. Doesn't look that good anyway. Opera mini still rules.

Probably any browser based or that uses the default webkit will not work.

text only browser
hi,
text only browser work on nook?
ex: market.android.com/details?id=com.spacenext.textonly
like kindle article mode.
thank you

Opera works great for me.

I finaly found a browser that can use volume keys to scroll and (so far) seems stable. It's called Galapagos browser. Doesnt compare very good to Opera otherwise, but scrolling with keys is a big help on eink screen.

xScope
I use xScope Pro ($2.99, lite version available). You can use the volume keys to scroll (remapped my side buttons on the NST), change the standard font size to be bigger and change the theme to an all black one. Only problem I've had so far is logging into reddit.com causes it to crash for whatever reason. I think it's permission related, going to poke around on the command line later.

tiborq said:
hi,
text only browser work on nook?
ex: market.android.com/details?id=com.spacenext.textonly
like kindle article mode.
thank you
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yes it works fine

I've tried several browsers but only opera mini made it, it has poor scrolling but after a while you get used to it
Sent from my NOOK STR using XDA

"Exsoul Browser" seems to be working fine.
EDIT : It does not =_=. Sorry for useless post.

sayno2quat said:
Opera works great for me.
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Opera mini, and or opera mobile. Also, they can be configured for high contrast browsing. (editing global CSS file)

I've been having the best luck with Opera Mini. Pages load very, very fast, and scrolling is remarkably responsive if you turn on NoRefresh Toggle.
I had high hopes for Dolphin Mini, but it doesn't seem very happy on the Touch.

aaronwe said:
I had high hopes for Dolphin Mini, but it doesn't seem very happy on the Touch.
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B&N (intentionally?) broke webkit on the Nook, so yeah, Dolphin won't work.

"Maxthon Mobile Browser For Android"
seems to be working more than fine + it plays Flash animation with the plugin installed.
EDIT:
Probably the best replacement for Opera Mobile there is.

osowiecki said:
"Maxthon Mobile Browser For Android"
seems to be working more than fine + it plays Flash animation with the plugin installed.
EDIT:
Probably the best replacement for Opera Mobile there is.
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But can it use a user defined CSS file, for high contrast browsing?

Nope.
In Maxthon you can use the "WAP mode" to remove all of the pages formatting thus creating a high contrast site.
You can also turn on a "negative mode" to inverse all of the colors.
This NoRefresh makes me quite happy with the achieved contrast.

Opera "New" 7.0
I tried the Opera "New". It only crashes, so I'm reluctant to upgrade Opera mini 6.something.
Update "New" to 7.0.1 also crashes on launch.
brendan10211 said:
Opera mini, and or opera mobile. Also, they can be configured for high contrast browsing. (editing global CSS file)
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I would like to know how to set up the user css. Couldn't find any mention of it for the mobile versions, only full version.

stephen.george.west said:
I tried the Opera "New". It only crashes, so I'm reluctant to upgrade Opera mini 6.something.
Update "New" to 7.0.1 also crashes on launch.
I would like to know how to set up the user css. Couldn't find any mention of it for the mobile versions, only full version.
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This thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360624&highlight=css
works for Opera Mobile 12

Opera Mini : incredibly fluid with ICS !!!

Hello all, I already talked about this in another thread called "ICS 4.04 disapointment" but I think that this news diserve a specific thread as people in search of a good web browser may not be interested in reading the "ICS 4.04 disapointment" thread...
I just tried Opera Mini, and now when running ICS this browser is a lot more fluid than the stock one. With the stock browser when displaying some pages with big pictures in it, it sometimes became slow. Opera Mini is absolutly fluid whatever you display with it, just as good as on an iPad !!!! Exactly what I was searching for !
The only problem is an annoying bug : when you switch to another app, if you go back to Opera all previously opened tabs are closed, just like if you were running Opera for the first time. As far as I remember, when I was tried Opera Mini with Honeycomb I didn't have this problem. So I guess this bug with ICS may be corrected in the future.
Now that I know we can have a very fluid web browsing experience on our Xoom running ICS, I really feel like I have a new device.
I also tried Opera Mobile and Dolphin but they are slower than the stock browser. Opera Mini is really the best regarding the fluidity. There is another one called "Opera Mini Next" but I couldn't see no differences between those two apps.
Note : if you have a problem where sometimes the website cannot be displayed, go to the Opera parameters and change the setting "protocol" from "socket/http" to "http". Now that this parameter has been changed on mine, I never had a problem displaying a web page.
So, if your Xoom runs ICS, please try Opera Mini and let me know what you think about it (but I guess you'll love it).

Data save upper to 85 percent by loading a webpage. It's really to help you consumption plan with 3G network for the surf by the phone.

It is more fluid, because the pictures are compressed. It's a lot easier to handle a 20kB pic than a 500kB.

TheStickMan said:
It is more fluid, because the pictures are compressed. It's a lot easier to handle a 20kB pic than a 500kB.
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Thanks for this information but it's not the only thing as some sites which contains only a few small photos are very laggy with the other browsers, but ultra-fluid with Opera (wikistrike.com for exemple).

I finally found that the reason of losing the open tabs in Opera when switching to another app was a bad parameter in my ICS.
So finally I couldn't find any major problem with this app. Opera Mini is now my default browser.
I also could read that the perfect fluidity of Opera Mini is due to the fact that Opera uses a server to compress all web pages before loading them. So here is its secret !
Anyway it works so fine that I don't really care how it does this.

whenever i set the image quality to medium or low, te pictures get really small.. Is there a way to stretch them?