I want to make a (more recent) comparison of web browsers available to us on the ASUS TF101 and TF201 tablets, something that is useful. In my experience we don't have all that many threads that are Really Good on this subject, that don't get bogged down with noise and opinion drowning out the signal after a while.
The browsers, web sites, and procedures I will use for testing are being collected HERE as they are written.
I am open to suggestions of things to test as long as they don't cost me $$$, are legit, and hopefully widely used by communities of people in general. If it has issues with the stock browser in HC/ICS/GB/Froyo in fast/simple usage, like crashy crashy! Then I am more likely to test a suggestion.
Note for mods: this is cross posted in the forum for both tablets.
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On my free time, I downloaded:
- Opera Mobile
- Maxthon
- Dolphin
- Firefox
- Firefox Aurora
I used the PeaceKeeper browser benchmark by FutureMark and tested each one.
The top scoring ones were all very similar: Maxthon, Dolphin, and Stock.
The middle ground browser was Opera.
The really low scores were Firefox and Firefox Aurora.
Maxthon, Dolphin, support more codecs and look pretty Chrome-like.
Is miren browser working for the prime?
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Nevermind I see it.
Interesting thread..liking forward to the results. Pretty extensive list you have of browsers. I have 5 of them out the list. MAXTHALON, OPERA MOBILE, ICS+, BOAT BROWSER, DOLPHin HD, and stock. The best performing for me are opera mobile, stock, n boat browser. SOMETHING happened after ICS update that drastically improved stock browser performance. It use to be my worst performer. BOAT browser is great also n runs flash very well. Just have to get used to its setup. OPERA mobile of course is always fast n only drawback is flash not working right on Prime version of Opera Mobile.
I've settled on Boat Browser. I've not experienced the lockups or pages not loading that all the other browsers that I've tried. It does take a while to get used to the format but if means no lockups I'll keep using it.
OK, I just ran almost all of the ones you listed through the peacekeeper browser test. The results are below. Each browser was only run 1 time and if its not listed it means the browser was not capable of giving me a score
Xscope - 378
Stock Browser - 361
Maxthon - 343
Boat - 369
ICS browser+ - 369
Opera Mobile - 274
Ninesky - 361
Angel - 375
Sleipner - 376
Dolphin Pad - 376
Firefox - 273
These are not in any particular order and I also only tested one opera and one dolphin, not all of them. Hope this gets the thread started.
Was also going to bench all with browsermark but the stock browser wouldn't get through it without crashing.
Higher score is better?
I've been using BOAT since I heard about it here.
Also, does everyone set their agent preference to desktop?
yes higher is better. Give xscope a try and you will see. I like setting my agent to iPad for some reason things just look good and flash still works unlike on iPad
Maybe we can merge these two together, and keep one good resourceful browser thread. Also, does this forum support multiple people being able to edit a post?
Not that I know of but I've been using the gdocs document for test procedures and a spreadsheet on gdocs for results, and those do support that. I planned ahead, else it'd all be a plain text file I could feed into perl lol.
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OPERA MOBILE just had a huge update today, finally. Supposedly fixes flash in Hc and ICS and compatibility issues with ICS. Going to test it out.
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Checked it out, seems they completely removed flash from opera mobile. Now there is no option for flash. Go to websites n it'll tell you flash or Java not installed or something similar.
Took another look at changelog and it says its known Flash has issues on latest version of ICS 4.0.3. Seems like we took a step backwards on opera now..lmao. hopefully next update will add 4.0.3 support SMH
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yes higher is better. Give xscope a try and you will see. I like setting my agent to iPad for some reason things just look good and flash still works unlike on iPad
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I never do this, because im sick of companies thinking ipad is the only tablet. I set mine to Android, and happily deal with anything that comes with doing that.
I grabbed X-Scope Pro free on Amazon a few months ago waiting for the chance to use on a tablet and so far I love it. I have been having issues with the stock browser closing randomly while surfing and that hasn't happened once in X-Scope. So far, so good.
They removed the plugins setting from OM as well. Maybe b/c it's really just flash in practice, and adobe isn't making a plugin for Android 9 someday. Or maybe it only applies to Android 4.0.3 devices --- looking at the what's new.
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A good site to test, and I didn't see on your chart, is www.espn3.com. That is their streaming video site and plays live and recorded sporting events. It is super heavy on Flash Video.
I watch it all the time, but it will not load and play in Opera (which we all know has problems with Flash).
I got an alert that Firefox has released a big update. I havent tested the old FF, but i might give it a shot, i liked the screeny they showed in the news article!
By the way guys, it would probably help to distinguish between browsers that are essentially just overlays on the stock browser, using the same HTML rendering engine, versus browsers that use their own HTML renderer.
Browsers like Dolphin, Boat Browser, and ICS Browser have roughly the same performance as the stock browser because they are all using a variation of the Webkit rendering enginer, whereas Opera and Firefox are using their own.
My spreadsheet always notes the rendering engine as possible, and assumes stock when no detail otherwise is found.
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Sometimes I feel like its just as bad as the stock web. But I do like the copy and paste in Dolphin HD.
The opera browser is smoother than the stock browser.
yeah dolphin sucks! i'm thinking of trying the firefox browser
yeah firefox is a good browser u should also take a look at skyfire great browser
Is there a google chrome one out yet?
I liked skyfire, but I dont like all those random buttons at the bottom of the screen. I wish there was a google chrome one
Have you tried dolphin mini?
Miren browser is the best one I've found.
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Xscope is pretty good too. Seems to be nice and smooth for me.
Miren keeps opening up new tabs every time I open my web browser. I noticed I had like 12 tabs of the same screen :/
I noticed Xscope opens a new tab every time I open the browser. Is there a way to stop it?
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Sometimes I feel like its just as bad as the stock web. But I do like the copy and paste in Dolphin HD.
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It helps if you mention which ROM you are using to recommend a good browser, I will report experiences running Froyo.uvka6.
I use 4 different browsers on my phone, each for specific purposes.
For most sites I use either Miren or Dolphin HD 2.3.0 (it's an old version but it's not laggy like 3.x & 4.x). Miren has copy paste too. When I want to view Flash-based sites I use Dolphin (standard, not HD):
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mgeek.android.DolphinBrowser.Browser&feature=search_result
It's not as feature packed as HD or Mini but Flash videos play super smooth on this browser, probably due to low overhead.
Opera Mobile is kinda quirky, some sites still won't dislay properly (just like the desktop version) and flash support is limited to ads. There is one feature in that Opera Mobile surpasses all android browsers: The ability to download from file hosting sites such as filesonic, fileserve, mediafire, etc. that simply won't work with other android browsers. It's why I keep it on my phone, when I need to download Opera Mobile is the man!
I'm not a big fan of proxy-based browsers such as Skyfire or Opera Mini. My biggest beef with Skyfire is on certain sites like ESPN.COM you can't choose which video to play, it will only play the first video on that site!! Grrrrrrr!!!!!! I don't like the GUI either. Skyfire is worthless if you are running Android 2.2 or higher since flash is built-in. If you are running Android 2.1 or lower and want flash then your only choice is Skyfire.
Firefox is currently RC but sloowww and no flash support but so far the only android browser to support scrollbars.
There are a few others out there (xScope, Maxthon, UCWEB, Infinity, Boat). I'm going to give the same advice I always give. Try them all and decide which one you like best. All browsers have their pros and cons but it all comes down to personal preference.
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I noticed Xscope opens a new tab every time I open the browser. Is there a way to stop it?
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That never happened to me but I did experience a few force closes with the latest builds so I went back to 6.0.5. It takes longer to load but is more stable than new builds.
I really love the opera mobile browser, its pretty smooth and faster than stock.
Lifehacker did a comparison of some mobile browsers recently:
http: // lifehacker. com / #!5785273 / android-faceoff-which-browser-wins-out-on-speed-features-and-usability
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I like Miren Browser.
{{PLEASE CLOSE THREAD CAN NOT KEEP UP ANY MORE }} THANKS GUYS
Want to help people find the best browser for this great device which utilizes most of the display in a good and intuitive way. Also why you use these browsers for there features, speed etc.
I use Boat browser ( Free ) and its very fast, but just wondered what everyone else is using e.g. Opera, Maxthon etc
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Opera [4]
Stock [3]
Dolphin HD [3]
Xscope [2]
Boat Browser [1]
Sleipnir Mobile [1]
I prefer dolphin hd on wifi and opera mini on 3g.
I used Boat Browser mini for a long time but it always used about 90mb of ram and 70% CPU! So I switched to Sleipnir Mobile and its just awesome
Kekx
kekx said:
I used Boat Browser mini for a long time but it always used about 90mb of ram and 70% CPU! So I switched to Sleipnir Mobile and its just awesome
Kekx
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yes i remember now why i used to love Sleipnir Mobile, i love the tabs feature very easy to use and saves time when switching between them
I like opera.. tried dolphin and it feels slow and clunky to me. The interface on opera is nice too.
Stock browser - I don't use it very often, and too many of the alternative browsers show a desktop user agent without warning the user of this fact.
This is VERY BAD if you're tethering on AT&T.
I used Boat for a year on my phone, switched to Dolphin HD on my SGP5, but recently switched to Xscope. Found it the ONLY browser that would pinch-zoom every mobile page and re-wrap text properly. It's as quick as all the others, uses less CPU than most, many more speed dials than Dolphin (as many as you want)... just really like it.
Using stock browser here.
Maybe will try some of your suggestions.
Stock browser is good.
Don't want to use any other browsers.
I use Opera, Firefox, and Dolphin. I prefer Dolphin but find myself using all 3 at random times lol
Also, make this a poll OP, so we can see which ones people use more often! Just make choices for the popular ones , and if people have others, they can post them in the comments.
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Stock browser - I don't use it very often, and too many of the alternative browsers show a desktop user agent without warning the user of this fact.
This is VERY BAD if you're tethering on AT&T.
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I've tethered my featurephone to my Laptop/iPod/PC + router for a long time and they haven't noticed =P It depends on the phone I'd assume. I've been able to use over 25GB a month without throttle (I live in a small area outside our major city, so perhaps it's due to no one really living out here). Though I have noticed my 3G speeds varying a lot... I've had up to 700kb/s all the way down to around 150kb/s-250kb/s (more recently, but I don't think throttling is involved).
Anyways, back on topic. I think Opera hides that (If I recall).
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I use Opera, Firefox, and Dolphin. I prefer Dolphin but find myself using all 3 at random times lol
Also, make this a poll OP, so we can see which ones people use more often! Just make choices for the popular ones , and if people have others, they can post them in the comments.
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I've tethered my featurephone to my Laptop/iPod/PC + router for a long time and they haven't noticed =P It depends on the phone I'd assume. I've been able to use over 25GB a month without throttle (I live in a small area outside our major city, so perhaps it's due to no one really living out here). Though I have noticed my 3G speeds varying a lot... I've had up to 700kb/s all the way down to around 150kb/s-250kb/s (more recently, but I don't think throttling is involved).
Anyways, back on topic. I think Opera hides that (If I recall).
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Yea i cant change to a poll now only the mods can sorry mate. Could use poll daddy though and post the link what you think?
I use Opera mobile ftw! Mostly because it is lightning fast even on my slow internet, but it is also very simple and efficient to use.
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I use Opera mobile ftw! Mostly because it is lightning fast even on my slow internet, but it is also very simple and efficient to use.
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I use opera mobile also because it is just the most simple to use and fastest browser IMHO.
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are there any browsers that you can gold down the forward or back buttons to skip back/forward a few pages?
I find that's the only thing opera is really missing for me.. even if you hit back a few times it only goes back one page at a time which is really tedious when reading through forums.
Xscope is pretty cool. It will be staying for awhile.
I use dolphin mini and Opera Mobile. Dolphin worked real well on my Droid Charge but not do good on a 7 plus Tab or the SGP 5, so i've been using Opera more and more but it does one thing that is really annoying to me. If you zoom a page and then click the back button on the phone it reverts to the default zoom and I have to click again to go back a page.
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I like dolphin HD
gesture and swipe functions are convenient and useful for me
From a security standpoint Dolphin is not a good choice. Per this XDA thread.
Reading in that thread Boat is the best browser for privacy. Not sure about Sleipnir or Xscope.
Sorry if this is a repost. Found some of the results interesting, especially when compared to others.
Seems HTML5 and Chrome work well together.....
http://html5test.com/
I scored a 352 with 11 bonus points on latest version of Opera Mobile. comparing on tablet side, Opera Mobile is by far the best and has the highest scores. ill test my other browsers n see. then update this post.
Edit: ICS+ scored horribly a 273 with 3 bonus points.
STOCK browser did even worse with a 256 score and 3 bonus points.
Boat browser scored 268 w/3 bonus points.
OVERSKREEN browser got 273 w/3 bonus points.
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I scores a 352 with 11 bonus points on latest version of Opera Mobile. comparing on tablet side, Opera Mobile is by far the best and has the highest scores. ill test my other browsers n see. then update this post.
Edit: ICS+ scored horribly a 273 with 3 bonus points.
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Seems the stock browser is getting about 256 with 3 bonus points.
Like I said, sorry if you guys have seen this before. It just seems alot of us here are number crunchers and it was something fun to play with...
Lol...the cm7 browser on my OG Evo scored a 184 with 1 bonus....lol.
343 with 10 bonus points on Chrome beta.
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hmm interesting. 346 on Win 7 box running firefox.
256 + 3 Bonus points on my prime with Dolphin HD browser.
Goot the exact same 256 + 3 Bonus points running the stock browser on my prime
Using Opera, I scored 54 and zero bonus point.
Just fyi
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I should have mentioned but my 54 score was on Opera mini. not Opera Mobile.
opera Mobile is the fastest tablet browser and scored even better than a desktop PC running win7 & Firefox. Opera mobile will continue to be the best browser to use moving into the new age of Html5. Handles Flash & Html5 with ease.
267 +3 on boat browser.
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Seems the stock browser is getting about 256 with 3 bonus points.
Like I said, sorry if you guys have seen this before. It just seems alot of us here are number crunchers and it was something fun to play with...
Lol...the cm7 browser on my OG Evo scored a 184 with 1 bonus....lol.
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Damn, my Motorola Atrix phone on stock rom, Froyo, scored 354 & 10 bonus points on opera mobile
demandarin said:
opera Mobile is the fastest tablet browser and scored even better than a desktop PC running win7 & Firefox. Opera mobile will continue to be the best browser to use moving into the new age of Html5. Handles Flash & Html5 with ease.
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Hey I haven't tried Opera Mobile, I have Opera Mini and should have noted the version.
I'll give it a try though. I've been using dolphin as my main browser since like Cupcake so kinda hard to change.
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Hey I haven't tried Opera Mobile, I have Opera Mini and should have noted the version.
I'll give it a try though. I've been using dolphin as my main browser since like Cupcake so kinda hard to change.
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opera mini is lightweight version of opera mobile. basically stripped down to the core. plus it doesn't support flash. Actually opera mini should be faster loading pages than opera mobile. only reason though is because all opera mini info goes through a server first, then is compressed, then sent to your device. the compression translates to faster speeds most of the time. I used opera mini on my older cell phones and such because they needed the browsing speed boost. for higher end phones and tablet, opera Mobile is the way to go. I use to have dolphin and liked it but in comparing, I found opera mobile, ICS+, stock, and boat browser to be the best. I got tired of comparing browsers so i just keep those I listed. use opera mobile 99% of the time. Chrome was nice but was linked to too mAny issues people were having. so i got rid of it until it comes out of beta and all the bugs worked out.
Opera Mobile by far the best, and now that flash works fine in it as well it's my main browserof choice.
Opera Mobile 12: 352+11
XScope: 273+3
Mathon: 273+3
ICS+: 270+3
ICS: 256+3
Dolphin: 273+3
Great info...
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I scored a 352 with 11 bonus points on latest version of Opera Mobile. comparing on tablet side, Opera Mobile is by far the best and has the highest scores. ill test my other browsers n see. then update this post.
Edit: ICS+ scored horribly a 273 with 3 bonus points.
STOCK browser did even worse with a 256 score and 3 bonus points.
Boat browser scored 268 w/3 bonus points.
OVERSKREEN browser got 273 w/3 bonus points.
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I've just made the switch to opera mobile after the 3rd try I've given it. The first two times I tried were met with glitches, not this time around.
It seems like boat still loads pages quicker, but opera loads them almost as fast but much much more stable. Boat doesn't scroll anywhere near as fluently.
Opera is the only other browser I'd consider when it comes to a minimal ui. Only gripe is its slower to switch tabs.
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I've just made the switch to opera mobile after the 3rd try I've given it. The first two times I tried were met with glitches, not this time around.
It seems like boat still loads pages quicker, but opera loads them almost as fast but much much more stable. Boat doesn't scroll anywhere near as fluently.
Opera is the only other browser I'd consider when it comes to a minimal ui. Only gripe is its slower to switch tabs.
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That and the start-up time are my only gripes. But neither is so important.
When it comes down to hardcore browsing on a mobile device, Opera's the only way. All others I've tried checkerboard like crazy and generally have very insecure zooming/scrolling, even Boat (one of my favorites now) has some adverse choices in how it handles heavy pages.
Thanks everyone for the numbers! Informative.
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I scored a 352 with 11 bonus points on latest version of Opera Mobile. comparing on tablet side, Opera Mobile is by far the best and has the highest scores. ill test my other browsers n see. then update this post.
Edit: ICS+ scored horribly a 273 with 3 bonus points.
STOCK browser did even worse with a 256 score and 3 bonus points.
Boat browser scored 268 w/3 bonus points.
OVERSKREEN browser got 273 w/3 bonus points.
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Hmm, Overskreen was really as high as ICS Browser+? I love Overskreen, but even with only one window open it can be pretty laggy, especially with videos or heavy pages. I also get a little frustrated with its zoom/scroll, but I haven't tried turning its "fit to page" or whatever option off.
What settings do you use in Overskreen 'darin?
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That and the start-up time are my only gripes. But neither is so important.
When it comes down to hardcore browsing on a mobile device, Opera's the only way. All others I've tried checkerboard like crazy and generally have very insecure zooming/scrolling, even Boat (one of my favorites now) has some adverse choices in how it handles heavy pages.
Thanks everyone for the numbers! Informative.
Hmm, Overskreen was really as high as ICS Browser+? I love Overskreen, but even with only one window open it can be pretty laggy, especially with videos or heavy pages. I also get a little frustrated with its zoom/scroll, but I haven't tried turning its "fit to page" or whatever option off.
What settings do you use in Overskreen 'darin?
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overskreen works great for me. no lag at all. IM using default sttings. haven't really changed anything in it. it is based off of stock or ics+ browser. they'd probably why it scored so high.
demandarin said:
opera mini is lightweight version of opera mobile. basically stripped down to the core. plus it doesn't support flash. Actually opera mini should be faster loading pages than opera mobile. only reason though is because all opera mini info goes through a server first, then is compressed, then sent to your device. the compression translates to faster speeds most of the time. I used opera mini on my older cell phones and such because they needed the browsing speed boost. for higher end phones and tablet, opera Mobile is the way to go. I use to have dolphin and liked it but in comparing, I found opera mobile, ICS+, stock, and boat browser to be the best. I got tired of comparing browsers so i just keep those I listed. use opera mobile 99% of the time. Chrome was nice but was linked to too mAny issues people were having. so i got rid of it until it comes out of beta and all the bugs worked out.
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In Opera Mobile, you can configure the browser to do page requests through the compression server as well. Helps speed loading times.
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That and the start-up time are my only gripes. But neither is so important.
When it comes down to hardcore browsing on a mobile device, Opera's the only way. All others I've tried checkerboard like crazy and generally have very insecure zooming/scrolling, even Boat (one of my favorites now) has some adverse choices in how it handles heavy pages.
Thanks everyone for the numbers! Informative.
Hmm, Overskreen was really as high as ICS Browser+? I love Overskreen, but even with only one window open it can be pretty laggy, especially with videos or heavy pages. I also get a little frustrated with its zoom/scroll, but I haven't tried turning its "fit to page" or whatever option off.
What settings do you use in Overskreen 'darin?
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You should know what the score represents. The score isn't about "speed" so how high a browser scores in the HTML5 test has little to do with how fast it loads. The score represents a browser's compatibility/implementation of certain HTML5 standards -- whether it's able to properly load the latest HTML5 code.
It just so happens that browsers that score high also tend to be pretty fast because the implementation of new standards usually means that the browser is being worked on extensively and new browser builds tend to incorporate newer developments in JS rendering and other speed enhancements.
Firefox is an example of a browser that scores fairly high, but is slow as hell.
I scored 354 + 11 bonus with my HTC Incredible2 running Opera Mobile; 352 +11 on the Prime...
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I like opera a lot BUT I need Quick Controls & the ability to hide the navi bar.
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I like opera a lot BUT I need Quick Controls & the ability to hide the navi bar.
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Just FYI, Opera Mobile does have the option to hide the status bar and navigation bar.
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Just FYI, Opera Mobile does have the option to hide the status bar and navigation bar.
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where, I don't see it? if it does, I never knew that. can't find it..lol
So I got bored today and decided to review browsers by benchmarking them and giving a general description of each with their pros and cons... So here goes.
FYI:
- Browsermark is a somewhat popular benchmarking service I found.
- My setup I am using: Ineffabilis Deus unlocked/s-off nothing else
- I am using my home wifi. To eliminate any possible 3g/4g issues
- I tested each browser 3 times and chose the middle score of the 3.
- I had previously unistalled the stock browser so no HTC contestant here.
1. Boat Browser
Score: 69580
Review: Very clean browser using relatively little space. Quick at loading most everything. Has flash. The only con I've really noticed is that the search bar can be counter intuitive some times. Basic features with themeing capability.
2. Boat Browser Mini
Score: 72946
Review: Half the size of boat browser with less interface customization. Still includes minor theme support and is suprisingly quick. Flash supported.
3. Chrome (stable)
Score: 84518
Review: Now stable release. Suprised its the highest? Me neither. Best when it comes to its ability to extend your desktop's chrome with its bookmarks and tab syncing. Does not support flash and has a somewhat buttonless interface. Lack of customization currently. And boy does this thing suck up memory. 55mb for me.
4. Dolphin HD
Score: 78076
Review: A solid second place but this comes with some bulk. The gesture system built in is nice but it can be a hassle. Now it has included a S-Voice knock off. Basically this is what firefox is but on you phone... and good.
5. Dolphin Mini
Score: 64019
Review: Probably the best interface in the bunch. Still has gesture for those who like it. Ugly green themeing. Unfotunately has lost favor from dev and has only seen 2 updates over the last year. Has some redraw issues occasionaly.
6. Opera Mobile
Score: 23012
Review: Really? That bad? Some people swear by it and I think it is nice but wow. Has good dev support and has a clean interface similar to boat. Doesn't seem to like some websites that are graphic intensive.
7. Firefox ("NEW")
Score: 40651
Review: WAAAYYY better interface. runs a little smoother. Benchmark dropped a ton from 54k to 41k... they are getting closer and farther away at the same time.
Additional:
Opera Mini and Opera Mini Next both failed the rendering tests. Most likely due to data compression systems that have been built in to the browsers.
Ninesky failed the specifically the 4th rendering test. Not sure why.
Maxthon failed the DOM test on browsermark. I have no clue why.
nice, thanks. I mainly use stock browser but I have chrome beta installed.
If anyone is willing to take a couple of minutes to run the HTC stock browser through this test and to anyone using the Stock ICS browser like on slimrom.
shoot me the results and I'll post them. Remember use wifi.
updated to reflect new firefox and stable chrome.
Hi,
I like working on the website Codeacademy.com, and would love to do so on my android tablet (kindle HD), or even my phone (razr HD). However, every browser I've tried has had a terrible time with this website: browsers love to zoom in too closely when I start typing, they have trouble scolling in a text window within the main window, etc. (just try it, you'll see what I mean).
Does anyone have any suggestions for a browser that would fare better? Or perhaps dolphin has an add-on that would mitigate the problems? I have trouble believing that I'm the only one who likes to use this popular website on an android device.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: The kindle is restricted in its browsers by default, but I haven't had any trouble downloading apks and sideloading, so that's not a limitation to worry about.
Me too
I am looking for it too. It would be awesome if codecademy made an android app for its exercises
jwdink said:
Hi,
I like working on the website Codeacademy.com, and would love to do so on my android tablet (kindle HD), or even my phone (razr HD). However, every browser I've tried has had a terrible time with this website: browsers love to zoom in too closely when I start typing, they have trouble scolling in a text window within the main window, etc. (just try it, you'll see what I mean).
Does anyone have any suggestions for a browser that would fare better? Or perhaps dolphin has an add-on that would mitigate the problems? I have trouble believing that I'm the only one who likes to use this popular website on an android device.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: The kindle is restricted in its browsers by default, but I haven't had any trouble downloading apks and sideloading, so that's not a limitation to worry about.
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I've tried it too and it's very frustrating. Thanks for mentioning CodeAcademy since I only knew about it since I read your post
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dncjor said:
I am looking for it too. It would be awesome if codecademy made an android app for its exercises
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Agreed-- though I feel like they shouldn't have to! This website isn't doing anything particularly advanced--it's just a text box to type in--and I feel like one of the myriad android browsers should be able to handle it. Especially since each one has a different unique problem with the website.
Okay, looks like Maxthon browser works tolerably well. Good browser overall, actually.
Jwdink,
Good to know Maxthon worked for you. I tested many, including Maxthon, and I always get the same problem.
When I click on the box to type, and try to move it up or down, everything goes white and I have to find the box again...
I tested with chrome, opera, firefox, dolphin, dolphin beta, and others less known browsers, and always the same problem happens
Now I'm gonna test with firefox beta..
I emailed codecademy some days ago concerning this matter but got no answer
Did you notice the site doesn't have a mobile version? Maybe if they can create one, it could fix the problem
jwdink said:
Okay, looks like Maxthon browser works tolerably well. Good browser overall, actually.
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Maxthon didn't fare to well for this task on my rooted Kindle Fire running Gingerbread .......I sometimes have success with the latest release of Firefox (not the nightly edition) but many times will have to refresh the page to get the coding input box to respond "halfway" normal.
Even on my Windows 7 laptop the site has issues and I've tried IE9 and the latest Chrome. Maybe I'll try Firefox on the laptop today. On the tablet I find myself reading the tutorial from the website on whatever browser I'm using but will not try to implement the code there. I'll just open up my good old text editor and code there using what I learned on the site and then run the code on "x" interpreter (in my case the Python) and it's much easier to do it that way.
When I have the lesson running correctly I will return to the website and "attempt" to complete it on there either possibly with Android Firefox or on the PC so it will keep track of my progress. Otherwise I would get WAY to frustrated trying to get every little step to run in the browser's input box!
And yes, a dedicated app for this website would be ideal
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Huh, sounds like this site just isn't designed to work on anything but a traditional PC... I wonder what the big difference is?
Codecademy answered my email. Here it is:
"Original message
DEC 31, 2012 | 07:17AM EST
Please, I am a codecademy student and want to ask if you have any recomendation for a good way of using the site on android devices, because it is very difficult to do the exercises on the browsers for android.
For me, and others users, like this guy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073107
and, I believe, many others students, it would be very very useful if you could make a codecademy app for android, where we could do the exercises.
Thanks for reading...
Douglas
Sent from Samsung Mobile
JAN 02, 2013 | 03:26AM EST
Linda replied:
Thanks for the nice feedback! Unfortunately we're at the moment focusing on the learning experience with desktops and laptops and support for mobile phones and tablets comes only later.
Linda
Customer Support
Codecademy"
I took the liberty of showing this xda topic to reinforce the importance of this matter for more than one student. And, as the topic had only a few comments when I wrote the email, "This guy", is you 'jwdink'
You could try Naked Browser, which till now has given me a cohesive desktop like interface,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fevdev.nakedbrowser&hl=en
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I don't think its very effective to work on codeacademy from your tablet especially if you aren't using a real keyboard. Codecademy has problems with browsers in osx and windows and I can't imagine how it would work on a tablet which browsers that do much less. Codecademy gives me issues everytime I use it, some courses are sometimes impossible to complete unless codecademy themselves fixes them. Python last summer was uncompletable due to weird errors which tooks weeks to fix.
Also, something you should be doing is after you complete courses, go make something with your newly gained knowledge. I can go through every single course in there and might not have a full understanding without actually making something, plus, you have to get used to dealing with the unexpected because everytime you code, theres going to be some problem. You can't code much things comfortably in Android either, at least I haven't been able to.
Try using ucbrowser.
I've tried Firefox, dolphin, boat and maxthon but for me uc browser works best. I'm talking about web browsing in general, uc browser is my pick for mobile web browsing. I've never visited code academy on ucbrowser though. Give it a shot
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Foxfire & disable autocorrect/autocomplete
To use codecademy on my rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (n8013) tablet I used Foxfire (stable or beta) browser and I disabled the keyboard's autocorrection/autofill/autocapitalization functionalities.
Tested but couldn't use stock browser, Chrome, Dolphin and Opera. Tested but couldn't use Swype keyboard and Google downloadable keyboard. Something weird happens connected to the shift key.
Should say my Samsung's running stock (Cyanagenmod) Android 4.2.2, no bloatware. Don't know if that matters or not.
Espier Browser
Have you tried Espier Browser? I just tried it and I could resolve 2 python exercices successfully
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Try using ucbrowser.
I've tried Firefox, dolphin, boat and maxthon but for me uc browser works best. I'm talking about web browsing in general, uc browser is my pick for mobile web browsing. I've never visited code academy on ucbrowser though. Give it a shot
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Thanks, uc browser seems to be the best for codecademy, I have tried almost all the browsers named in this thread an with uc browser on android 2.1 all works fine to me.
luisfmp said:
Thanks, uc browser seems to be the best for codecademy, I have tried almost all the browsers named in this thread an with uc browser on android 2.1 all works fine to me.
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Hey,
Im trying to use codecademy and khanacademy.org but im using a Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet (stock rom). Ive tried UC browser as well as many others (chrome, naked, firefox, dolphin, maxthon, boat, maybe more) with no luck. Code isnt selectable or pastable, and sometimes i cant even delete.
I dont have access to a computer at the moment and would really like to take advantage of the interactive tutorials on those sites. I even bought a mouse thinking it would make text selection easy but i now realise android mouse support is lame and just emulates a finger.
If anyone has any solution for this, please let me know.
jwdink said:
Hi,
I like working on the website Codeacademy.com, and would love to do so on my android tablet (kindle HD), or even my phone (razr HD). However, every browser I've tried has had a terrible time with this website: browsers love to zoom in too closely when I start typing, they have trouble scolling in a text window within the main window, etc. (just try it, you'll see what I mean).
Does anyone have any suggestions for a browser that would fare better? Or perhaps dolphin has an add-on that would mitigate the problems? I have trouble believing that I'm the only one who likes to use this popular website on an android device.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: The kindle is restricted in its browsers by default, but I haven't had any trouble downloading apks and sideloading, so that's not a limitation to worry about.
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Hello jwdink,
Thank you for asking this question almost two years ago. Like you, I recently stumbled across the delimma of learning to code at codeacademy.com with my nextbook tablet device.
The solution that works perfectly for me is to request the desktop version of the web browser.
A quick review of the steps involved (Recent Google chrome at time of writing):
Click the menu button
Select "Request desktop site"
The page will reload automatically to a closer version of codeacademy that you are familiar with on the desktop site.
Yuki
Yhurp
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Yuki Tow SvC App said:
Hello jwdink,
Thank you for asking this question almost two years ago. Like you, I recently stumbled across the delimma of learning to code at codeacademy.com with my nextbook tablet device.
The solution that works perfectly for me is to request the desktop version of the web browser.
A quick review of the steps involved (Recent Google chrome at time of writing):
Click the menu button
Select "Request desktop site"
The page will reload automatically to a closer version of codeacademy that you are familiar with on the desktop site.
Yuki
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Thanks so much, currently on my Samsung Tab S 10.5 with a logitech keyboard, and works extremely well with codecademy now