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My biggest complaint was the Opera browsers 9 and 10 on the HD2. Constant timing out and forever loading. I like skyfire but without 3g, its worthless.
What are the best browsers for the Vibrant and can I run Skyfire and Opera
BTW: My Vibrant is still on the way. Havent checked it out yet
Stock browser works fine for me (will work even better when we get 2.2 for Chrome to Phone) or Firefox for Android (Fennec). Dolphin Browser and Skyfire are pretty good alternatives.
Yes there are plenty of browsers available in the Market. Skyfire and Opera are among them, but my favorite is Dolphin HD. You can theme it (though there arent many to choose from), and add extensions.
You can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1tfMSBYEI
Mozilla also has an alpha available for Fennec (mobile version of Firefox).
I've tried Dolphin HD, Fennec, and Opera. Of the three, I ended up keeping Opera and am pretty happy with it. Fennec showed promise though, I'm waiting until Mozilla polishes it up some more until I try it out again.
I use dolphin hd works great and has plenty of customizable options... Didn't know mozilla had a mobile browser going to check that out myself now
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My vibrant is coming in a few days, have any of y'all tried xscope browser? That was my favorite on current phone
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I've tried Dolphin, Skyfire and even the beta Fennec (Firefox mobile) but I will always go back to stock coz it's fast, simple and clean.
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I've tried Dolphin, Skyfire and even the beta Fennec (Firefox mobile) but I will always go back to stock coz it's fast, simple and clean.
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Fennec isnt Beta... you meant Alpha, I'll definitely give it another try when a stable final version becomes available.
I know about sky fire, fire fox, dolphin. But honestly it doesn't seem like any of these are a better alternative to the stock web browser. Dolphins ability to view desktop pages is cool though. Can anyone recommend a browser that is actually all around better than stock or does such a thing exist?
XScope is not bad. I use DolphinHD myself.
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/app...-the-fastest-alternative-browser-for-android/
I like Miren Browser the best out of all I have tried. It's a very simple UI with tabbed browsing, and I find it to be the fastest of the browsers I have used (I'm sure many people would disagree with this, but on my phone this is what I've found). Hope this helps!
xscope and miren are the best. xscope is due for another major update.....cant wait.
My vote is going to have to go with Miren as well. I have been using it for the past week and a half and i have to say, it's slightly faster, and it fits well with my blue theme. Simple UI, advanced features when I need it, all around solid browser. Dolphin HD seemed a little slow for me all the time, but then again, other people may have diff experiences.
To me it's a toss-up between Dolphin HD 4 and Miren. Both are fast and feature packed. Dolphin mini was ok but lacked add-ons that I use with HD.
Opera Mobile 10 seems to work best for download sites such as filesonic, etc. but is a little slower and usually re-directs you to mobile websites even when setting the 'Mobile View' option off.
Xscope 6.x seemed to be the most feature-packed and perhaps the most bloated. It was considerably slower in loading AND rendering pages than all the other I've used.
Don't even waste your time with Firefox - it's the slowest of them all and has a lot more development to go before it can be a usable browser on android.
Skyfire is different than the above because it uses proxy servers to render content so it appears faster because of this and also has video capabilities. Since it doesn't connect to websites directly and instead uses proxies you may experience slow connections or no connections (happened to me a few times). The main advantage is you can view flash video content from sites like CNN.COM and ESPN.COM. If you are running Android 2.2 or higher you can view flash content directly and therefore Skyfire it not really needed.
Opera Mini works similar to Skyfire in that it uses proxy servers to view websites but doesn't have video capabilities (last time I checked).
I don't really like browsers that use proxies (UCWEB is another), I want a direct connection to websites just like on my PC.
I haven't really found the 'perfect android browser' since I sometimes I find a site that works better with one browser than the other which is why I keep Dolphin HD, Miren and Opera Mobile. I guess my main browser would have to be Dolphin HD.
gorealmighty said:
I know about sky fire, fire fox, dolphin. But honestly it doesn't seem like any of these are a better alternative to the stock web browser. Dolphins ability to view desktop pages is cool though. Can anyone recommend a browser that is actually all around better than stock or does such a thing exist?
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Dolphin mini is my favorite. its about the same speed for me on the vibrant but on my girls mt3g slide it is super fast. dolphin mini not dolphin hd
Opera mobile is my fav. Reminds me of Firefox for desktop.
My second is Firefox mobile.it jusy doesn't seem as fast as Opera IMO.
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I have a little problem. I love the opera mobile browser....but each time when I am browsing and decided to switch to another application on my vibrant, for e.g messages, yahoo messenger e.t.c. when I try returning back to opera mobile to continue from where I stopped using the task manager it just open opera mobile afresh with all the tabs I was reading gone. does any one know the solution to this?
xScope is fast but the UI is hideous. (no offence but I really hate the UI).
I was using Dolphin Mini for a very long time, it's lighter and faster than HD. I've just switched to Opera Web recently but I haven't decided if I want to keep it yet.
belushi7 said:
I have a little problem. I love the opera mobile browser....but each time when I am browsing and decided to switch to another application on my vibrant, for e.g messages, yahoo messenger e.t.c. when I try returning back to opera mobile to continue from where I stopped using the task manager it just open opera mobile afresh with all the tabs I was reading gone. does any one know the solution to this?
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Are you using any task killer? If you are, stop using it.
If programs still get killed too fast, get minfree memory manager, set it to a value that gives you more room for apps running at the same time.
Maxthon was posted in the main android dev forum on here a couple weeks ago. I have been using it some and like it so far.
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I use Dolphin HD and love it. As a LastPass user, it has the built in browser plugin that is essential for me.
Try the Miren browser, it's nice, can do flash just like the stock google browser, and home pages when opened up.
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Is Dolphin beta 6.2 faster than stock or is it just me ? :s
Just want your opinions please
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Is Dolphin beta 6.2 faster than stock or is it just me ? :s
Just want your opinions please
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Just signed up for the beta. I'll let you know after I try it out but I don't see how it could be as fast and smooth as the stock browser's seemingly hardware accelerated speed.
I'd be happy if Dolphin was as fast or faster than the stock browser though cause the stock browser is a PITA to use after you've used Dolphin.
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Yeay it's a shame. Dolphin rocks with features. But it's rather slow.
I like the speed of the stock. And it is stable in my eyes though.
Where do I get Dolphin 6.2 beta? I've searched market and also googled it, cannot find any working link to Dolphin 6 beta.
Dolphin uses the integrated rendering-engine, so I can´t see how it could be any faster then the stock-browser.
Don't think there's much in it myself, but I always felt like Dolphin drained the battery more than stok.
I think that Opera has been the fastest for me on my SGS II. I have random hanging and time outs with the stock browser for some reason. Have tried multiple and changed apn and modem. Opera does act strange on screens with log in and passwords. Like ebay or paypal etc. But I think it is a good alternative. If the stock browser didn't have hiccups for me I would never leave it
I will wait for the final version of Dolphin 6
Isn't x-scope the best browser by far on Android?
I'm curious on what you guys find to be the best Web Browser available for the GSII.
I use my phone a ton for Web Browsing, probably 1/4 of the screen on time. Any lag, unsmooth scrolling, or similar kills me. I can wait for the page to load, but I hate choppy scrolling.
Although I love MIUI, it's Web Browser can be choppy. That's why I just flashed a TouchWiz ROM. The stock browser is extremely smooth, due to GPU Acceleration. By extremely smooth, I mean better than Safari on the 4S smooth. It's amazing.
Does anybody know of a third party browser with GPU Acceleration? Everything I've tried fails me.
Thanks
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i find the stock to be the best overall.
I like the stock one. Tried Dolphin for awhile, but the stocker is nice and smooth, and Dolphin had some privacy issues awhile ago that they could have handled better. I miss its gesture support though.
I enjoy opera mobile the most. The text wrapping is the best that I have found and their tabbed browsing allows you to switch between tabs while still viewing your current one. Opera could be better but is the best that I've tried. Oh and I've also tried dolphin and Firefox and neither of them blew me away.
I've tried Dolphin, but went back to stock.
Dolphin.
Stock browser gets too blocky, which might be a result of me not having a ROM installed (yet). In any case, on a completely stock phone, my best experiences have come from using dolphin HD. It has been a tad bit slow, however..
i definitely like dolphin hd the best for the features etc, but if the stock had tabbed browsing that would be it
For me the stock browser is the best.
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+1 for stock
(never thought id ever say that...)
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I too have tried Evey single browsing app in the market and I can say with full confidence that the stock browser is hands down the smoothness browser. Only downside like others have mentioned is the lack of tab browsing and thank god it will be implemented in the ics browser
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I vote Dolphin. Boat mini is pretty snappy, too.
i'd go with the stock, it's nice and smooth
So after everyone recommended dolphin, I decided to give it another try. My conclusion is that dolphin is inferior to opera. I read several browser reviews and all said that opera was faster and smoother at zooming and loading webpages. Also, I don't think this was mentioned in the reviews, I found one webpage noticeably clearer on opera than dolphin.
The webpage:
www.rearthusa.com/Galaxy-S-2-ATT-Ringke-Slim-_p_279.html
The review:
www.pcworld.com/article/206278/battle_of_the_android_browsers.html
I'm not trying to insult dolphin because it's still a great browser but if you haven't tried any others or read any reviews then you might want to.
I use x-scope. Very fast.
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Another vote for stock. It's much better than any other browser in my opinion.
I personally like Boat Browser.
Dolphin was good, but I read that they save all your info/data.
Tried dolphin, went back to stock here too. +1 for stock.
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I switch between stock and opera.
When it comes to strictly smoothness, there is no comparison. The stock browser is BY FAR the most smooth. its like liquid hot butter smooth. i usually use engadget as my site to test out smoothness as it has a ton of content.
What browsers are you all using? Why do you like it. I was using stock for a while, and recently switched to opera, but i am finding it quirky and a little flaky.
Depends on what your needs are. If you want a quick, touch based interface, stick with Opera. The UI just got updated and it's a lot easier. It can also download through filehosts. Otherwise, if you're using an external mouse, try chrome beta or maxthon. They have small, hard to touch buttons, but the mouse makes it feel more natural. Chrome is still in beta though and it crashes rarely.
I don't like, on opera, how often when I click on the page, it zooms. I also had several posts that I did on facebook that showed up there, but when I used another browser they were not there. There are some other issues that don't come to mind now.
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Depends on what your needs are. If you want a quick, touch based interface, stick with Opera. The UI just got updated and it's a lot easier. It can also download through filehosts. Otherwise, if you're using an external mouse, try chrome beta or maxthon. They have small, hard to touch buttons, but the mouse makes it feel more natural. Chrome is still in beta though and it crashes rarely.
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What UI elements did they change in Opera? I keep wanting to switch, but I utterly can't stand not having visible tabs on top.
Additionally, the stock browser and ICS+ have spoiled me beyond return with site specific desktop agent mode. I think that is my most critical feature at this point.
I really like Boat Browser. Very fast, simple but very configurable interface and options, stable, and supports Flash.
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What UI elements did they change in Opera? I keep wanting to switch, but I utterly can't stand not having visible tabs on top.
Additionally, the stock browser and ICS+ have spoiled me beyond return with site specific desktop agent mode. I think that is my most critical feature at this point.
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Extremely minor, if you click on an X, it will close instead of having to click it twice.
Try Chrome beta!
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I like chrome but no flash support. Granted I don't need flash all that much so it it generally fine to use even with fingers. I don't know why someone said it has small buttons. If I need flash I just use the stock browser. I don't know why everyone insists on NOT using it. I like chrome because I can access my desktop bookmarks and that pretty much the only reason.
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I've been using Boat browser, since it didn't crash that much, but have been lately switching back to ICS+ since I like the quick controls.
I've been using Boat Browser most of the time since it supports Flash, desktop mode works for most sites and I can easily adjust the fonts for my dang old eyes.
ICS Browser +
Only browser not to force close on me yet. Absolutely love it. Shame i cant use it on my phone which has gingerbread.
Maxthon Browser
I've been happy with Maxthon. Never heard of it until I ran across it in the app store. Redraws are very fast, autosizes to wide pages, has gestures, etc. Very few add-ons, but seems to do the job. I have version 1.5
Another vote for Boat, and I think I've tried all of them.
But the best is doing a remote desktop and using Firefox on Windows.
Since .13 update i am using stock browser. It is far more stable and pretty fine. I have chrome, Firefox, opera and dolphin inhaled. The second preferred is dolphin.
Had some keyboard issues with Chrome Beta, so sticking with the stock browser: seems stable.
Prefer the Chrome bookmarking though.
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Opera mobile used to be good but now it crashes all the time.I suggest Boat browser & Dolphin HD.
I kinda swap between Opera and Chrome although i will probably go straight to Chrome as soon as it's out of beta cause it's hella fast at the moment and will probably just get faster. The only thing I don't get is why they didn't release it earlier.
I use Opera if I want to 'chrome-to-phone' and download something, otherwise I use Chrome for everything else.