What is the obsession with Android web browsers and new tabs?! Dolphin Browser HD, my preference, is great but EVERY TIME I want it to open a link it opens in a new tab. EVERY TIME I click a link from a desktop widget Dolphin opens and creates a new tab. Why? My desktop browser overwrites the content on the tab I have open unless I tell it not to. Mostly I prefer that. I don't need instant access to the last three tabs I had open yesterday. Why is there not a control to change that behavior? Seems so simple. Dolphin has no control for DO NOT open in new tab. Neither does Opera for Android. Neither does Firefox for Android.
try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
AFAIK only Chrome does that but u need ICS in order to install it
It doesn't do it to me everytime. But regardless I cant sway away from dolphin HD. The only problem i have had with Dolphin HD is downloading things.
There's a setting in Dolphin to control this. I don't know where it is. Try contacting Dolphin support.
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Try Boat Browser. I've been using it since my droid charge and onto my razr maxx. Allows new tab controls. Other very cool features to go with it as well. Completely replaced my stock browser
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try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
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Aye it does, but Chrome beta is ICS-only. It worked wonderfully on my Galaxy Nexus, and I was sad to find out it doesn't work here
Just be aware that some websites default to opening external links in new tabs. vBulletin forums do this, and XDA is vB if I'm not mistaken. So, it's not necessarily a browser issue.
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Is there a better browser for the Vegan 5.1 release? The Facebook website in particular has a problem with the bottom-docked chat bar scroll up the screen and getting in the way of games and posts.
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Jim
I have seen the problem your talking about on Facebook. I haven't used any other browsers on it besides the default, an old version of fennec and the crashy veiwsonic one. When I get back home ill check out how fennec does on Facebook. I know dolphins a popular browser but I've never tried it. Does anyone know how it does on the gtab?
Decided to use my precious limited data on my Htc Aria, Xda app
I've been really happy with Dolphin HD on Vegan 5.1. The up and down gesture controls are pretty helpful.
There is also skyfire and xscope
Okay, I installed Dolphin on my Gtablet. It seems like a nice browser and a little more adapt for tablets than the regular android browser in froyo. It still dosnt seem to be better with the facebook chat bar. To tell you the truth I wasnt expecting the bar to work at all in any browser in android when i fist got my gtab. Im hoping for better browsers soon. If you take a look at the demo of the moto Xoom, It looks like they might have put chrome in honeycomb, if so it would be much better than any browser for android right now.
They are all sorta lacking
Skyfire has a nice feature in being able to easily switch between mobile and desktop rendering of a web page. I find their little toolbar at the bottom of the screen that lets you integrate with Facebook to be annoying and there's no way to turn it off. The tabbed browsing isn't very friendly. You have to access it from a button on the control bar which opens another screen to select the tab. I never did figure out how to close a tab. It is pretty speedy. It's the only one I tested that isn't compatible with my Netvibes homepage--I don't know why, so I don't know what other sites might trip it up.
For me, Xscope was noticeably slower than the others in rendering pages. It's tabbed browsing works well, more like a computer browser's would. This one seemed to be the best at keeping flash-based items framed where they are supposed to be in relation to the rest of the webpage. (The facebook chat bar still rides up on this one...it rides up on all of them.) I don't like the fact that you cannot save webpages/bookmarks as shortcuts on the device's desktop with this browser.
No reason to talk about Opera Mobile.
I am using Dolphin. The tabs are best of the bunch. Swipe right and the bookmarks show. You can save bookmarks as shortcuts on the desktop. It's not quite as fast as Skyfire, but faster than Xscope. It does get to acting flaky sometimes--like trying to enter a term into the search field on the XDA site here. I've had it shut down a few times. To me, this ones features and usability set it apart from the others.
I mainly use Dolphin HD but have also installed Dolphin Mini and I really like it on the Gtab.
There's also a newer browser named Miren Browser. Check the market for it. It supports full flash and has tab browsing. Pretty neat.
Scott
Miren and Dolphin HD are my "go to" browsers on this.
Miren just "looks" nicer for some reason then Dolphin HD. I tend to use Miren more for aesthetic purposes.
Either browser sometimes gives me download errors when I try to download. Once in a while (more often then not) I get the following error when trying to download: "Can't download as file size is unknown" and then it just quits.
Any one have any ideas how to fix that?
I'm also for Dolphin HD. Lately it's been FC-ing on me, but I'm not blaming Dolphin itself (I'll be repartitioning today).
Dolphin Mini, seems to be geared more towards the g-tab. I've tried several of the others and mini works best for me.
I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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All u have to do is look at the sticky that says READ HERE FIRST. its got a market fix that will let u access everything
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take a look at firefox. Was using Dolphin, but this is much faster.
I have been using dolphin browser hd. It has been working well on my g-tab
Swyped from my St0n3d VEGAn 1.0 Beta 5.1.1 G-Tab
On the G-Tab I have tried most of the browsers.
Dolphin HD is my favorite so far. I am really looking forward to their public beta of the tablet optimized version.
Skyfire is fast, but I HATE that bottom bar.
Firefox 4 is out for Android, but the website graphics are bad compared to others. Some type of optimizing I am guessing. Despite that it is still slow.
I need to try Miren. I have not had a chance yet.
Being a tablet as opposed to a phone I would love for them to just release full Chrome on it.
Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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That's probably on the newspaper's web site, reacting to the fact that it is a mobile browser. Go in to the Dolphin settings and change the user agent to Desktop, and see if that helps.
I've been an Opera user on desktop since before I was on Android so I was bummed to find out it didnt yet have flash support. Months and months of using Dolphin Browsers waiting for Opera to get flash with no updates or blog posts about it was starting to make me think the.project got abandoned. Well.. just opened up Market and there it is. Some changes include flash support and ui changes. Just thought id alert all the other opera fans incase you didn't know.
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Thank you for that. I ve been waiting for that for long time too. Opera mini on older java enabled phones is awesome so is opera desktop on computer.
I've never been a fan of Opera Mobile, doesn't render pages very well and has a bunch of other quirks. I'll probably check it out though.
Been messing with with since I posted this and the first thing I noticed is the UI is gorgeous. Pages seem to render properly and on large pages most of the content is already viewable while the rest loads. Also the scrolling is still smooth even while loading finishes. SO awesome to finally have my bookmarks and speeddail back.
Also I noticed the browser does use significantly more memory than others. I didn't notice any lag with my phone will opera sat in the background though.
YouTube videos play on the full site smoother than I've seen on any other android browser.
Now I need to try it with Turbo mode on.
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What is the big difference(s) between Opera Mobile and Opera Mini? I see that Mini was just updated to 6.0.
Opera mobile renders pages client side and you have access to your bookmarks. And now has flash.
Opera mini renders server side. And if I remember correctly you can only save bookmarks to your opera account but can't get full access to your bookmarks.
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It's definitely my favorite browser now.
I've used Dolphin (HD & Mini), Firefox, xScope, Miren, Skyfire and Boat Browser but Opera Mobile 11 suits me the most. It's simple, beautiful yet very fast and functional.
For those who don't want pages to be compressed, just turn off Opera Turbo. You have a choice to let it render server side or locally.
ive always been a dolphin fan...but it is very bloated, and can be laggy.
opera lacks features, but is very lightweight and extremely speedy.
just upgraded my opera version and right away, upon opening, the UI looks so much sleeker. my only complaint as of now is not being able to set a homepage. like looking at google right when i open my browser
also, theres no "exit" button......i want the option of either pressing the "home" button and leaving my browser open in the background, or clicking exit so my browser completely shuts down.
EDIT: one more gripe....cant add bookmark shortcuts to homescreen or folders
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i know it sounds like im being overly negative, but dont read too much into it. im seriously ocnsidering dropping dolphin for this. which says a lot cause ive only used dolphin since i started using android altogether. im just sharing observations and *****ing out loud .....still a fantastic browser!
I think the lack of a homepage is to promote the speeddail. I too wish for a exit button but since the task manager is only a long press away its not that big of a deal to me.
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you can set the home page in opera:config
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you can set the home page in opera:config
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Can you please classify....where is "config"...i don't see it here in the settings
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type "home" into the search bar and it'll come up.
tried it, still like the feel of stock browser.
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type "home" into the search bar and it'll come up.
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i typed "home" in the search bar, and the navigation bar.....it just acts as normal behavior
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i typed "home" in the search bar, and the navigation bar.....it just acts as normal behavior
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Its just like firefox. Type opera:config in address bar and hit enter and it will take you to configuration settings. Scroll all the way down to user pref and expand it and you will find what you are looking for.
1.type opera:config
2. user preferences
3. custom user agent
4. paste this Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00
5. save & restart browser.
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Nice browser for sure. Needs better copy/paste and google live search in search bar. Any one tried new Firefox released today ?
try scrolling fast when page is long, magic button pops up
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try scrolling fast when page is long, magic button pops up
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I saw that too but mine only shows when scrolling up
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I saw that too but mine only shows when scrolling up
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i get it up and down....maybe a bug or something.
ps. tried Firefox on my Nexus One.....didn't feel like its complete...but web pages loaded a bit faster then on Opera, at least they did a few times that i tested.
Anyone have a link to the new Firefox 9 apk as it is no longer compatible with the nook tablet via the android market like the old one use to be.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/9.0b6/android/en-US/
Thanks for that link
And that is the beta version of firefox
Go up a few directories: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/
It should be pointed out: neither release or beta builds update themselves. You will need to do so manually.
Maybe check out Firefox's Aurora channel? It can update itself.
This is a better link:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/latest/android/en-US/
Seems to be nearly unusable on my NT unfortunately...
Use Dolphin Browser HD it's the best browser in market, has very useful setting like touch gestures and other stuff, try it out it is good.
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Use Dolphin Browser HD it's the best browser in market
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I agree completely. I am a die-hard Firefox fan; been using it since it was Firebird. But the mobile version is crap It's slow and half the pages didn't load for me. I switched to Dolphin HD and it was much better than Firefox or Opera Mini. And I was still able to load all my Firefox bookmarks using the Xmarks addon for Dolphin.
yea i agree with the previous two people. I tried aurora but it just doesnt run fast as dolphin...at all
I already use dolphin HD on all my android devices but i wanted to be able to use my bookmarks from my desktop firefox and be able to blobk ads like i can with firefox desktop and firefox mobile. I can not find anything simalir for dolphin hd which sucks as when i play flash based vides they get slowed down if there are flash based ads on the screen and i cant just click ont he single element i wanna run it has to run all the flash elements on the page instead of just the one i want. That is why i was looking to use firefox over dolphin because the mobile version has ad block plus and i just wish i could get the same for dolphin hd but i ahvent found any way to do the same thing.
I'm using Dolphin HD with Ribbon's CM9 and it sometimes make things too blurry to see. I don't know if its the browser or the ROM though. Anybody else having issues like this?
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I'm using Dolphin HD with Ribbon's CM9 and it sometimes make things too blurry to see. I don't know if its the browser or the ROM though. Anybody else having issues like this?
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I'm using Dolphin HD with [ROM][13/06][AOKP] · ▀▄ · .Hydяa-H²o v1.4.1 - IMM76I · ICS-4.0.4 · ▄▀, which is getting updated. Looking forward to the new release, this rom is awesome. :good:
I use Maxthon Browser because it has a really good Advanced Gesture add-on that allows you to draw symbols on the webpage to navigate (back, forward, home, history, close tab, etc.)
Stock ICS.
Chrome Beta at times, mostly stock ICS.
I seem to be having the same issue with whatever browser I use. Must be the ROM i guess?
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I use Maxthon Browser because it has a really good Advanced Gesture add-on that allows you to draw symbols on the webpage to navigate (back, forward, home, history, close tab, etc.)
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Dolphin also has this feature.
Last time I checked, Dolphin made you hit the hand button before a gesture would be a recognized. Maxthon seemed quicker and more accurate.
Dolphin Mini - Because I drive a Mini.
Bill
I use Dolphin HD. I like the ability to sync bookmarks between my Android devices.
Just downloaded Firefox beta seems to be fast. Was using dolphin, But I did not like how some of the pages were jumbled up.
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I use Opera Mobile to sync across all my devices. That, and it is pretty fast too.
Opera, tried them all and it's the only one I can ever get comfortable with.
Was using Dolphin and Opera for a while, but both started hanging up on me. I'd have to force close and restart a lot (more so with Dolphin than with Opera). Now I'm using Maxthon and it works well.
My browser has to have incognito mode. If you know what I mean.
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currently using the latest version of Firefox from the Play store on the latest build of CM9. Little jagged on the scrolling, as expected from the notes on CM9, but very usable otherwise
I use xscope browser. It may not be the most polished, but I am visually impaired, so I need to be able to zoom in on mobile sites, and most of the popular browsers won't allow that. I can put up with a few annoyances in order to be able to read the text on the screen. Xscope is especially helpful on my rooted evo 4g.
I'm using the stock only because I don't have it rooted. Haven't decided if I'm going to yet or not.
I didn't care for Dolphin HD and a dude from BN recommended Penguin, but that was terrible. I wish they would just update the stock. I hate that some pages are not compatible with it.
I've started using Boat browser for just about everything, and I really enjoy it. It has everything I liked about Dolphin, without all the extra stuff I didn't care about. I think I'll also give Chrome a shot, but Boat has been good.
was using dolphin HD but some times was not loading pages so moved to dolphin hd mini
SO, what browsers are available that allow setting User Agent string sticky (not every time you launch)?
I've been using Dolphin, also ICS Browser+. ICS Browser+ doesn't work in Jelly Bean, so that only leaves Dolphin. I gather from reading the owner's manual that the Desktop View check box is not sticky (in the stock browser), you have to manually set it for each site.
Last I looked, Firefox and Chrome both lack this obvious feature. Are there any others out there that have a User Agent setting?
Thanks, Bob Graham
Boat Browser is the only one that I know of that will support Flash Player in Jelly Bean. I still use Dolphin HD for other stuff, because I like the left side swipe to access bookmarks, but I use Boat Browser if I need theFlash functionality.
I was not happy when Dolphin pulled the option to enable Flash. We should be able to make that choice.
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Boat browser and Dolphin browser both have a setting to put your browser in desktop mode permanently. These are also the best two browsers for Android in the order that I've listed them, with Boat browser being #1 because it's slightly less resource-hungry, and a little faster than Dolphin.
As far as Adobe Flash, it works mostly fine in Boat browser. Dolphin has stopped support for Flash, so you have to use an older version of Dolphin. You can download all versions of Flash, including the latest version of Dolphin that supported Flash at the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774336