Can somebody suggest a good web browser? I am really frustrated with the Opera,it's the worst i've used. Internet Explorer is definitely better but not up to the mark. So what should i use? I used the Iphone browser few days back,it was amazing,safari was really good. Can't i get any good software like in my X1? I will sell my device if i can't find a real browser.
opera mini 4.2 is good
there are alternatives out there...
netfront, skyfire and another one based on webkit (same as safari from iphone) called Iris.
Iris is promising as we could use all iphone developed apps just as they were made.
also, a new version of Internet Explorer is coming, and Opera is in beta for it's 9.5 update, getting better but with a long road to travel.
opera mini is that, really mini. is based on JME and is mainly for "normal" mobile phones. anyways, its really fast, but lacks advanced features.
I haven't tried anyone of these, though Im going to test iris this weekend. About opera, I like it, but Ill wait till 9.5 final is released to update.ยบ
Try NetFront 3.5. Very good. Much better than Opera or IE. Opera Mini is good, but missing advanced features.
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netfront, skyfire and another one based on webkit (same as safari from iphone) called Iris.
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memtronic said:
Try NetFront 3.5. Very good. Much better than Opera or IE. Opera Mini is good, but missing advanced features.
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These all work with xperia's resolution?
So far Skyfire won't work, not even the latest version. It just doesn't support the resolution yet. The rest of them I haven't tried yet.
Wow, NetFront is great! I thought Opera was the best browser on WinMo, not anymore..
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Wow, NetFront is great! I thought Opera was the best browser on WinMo, not anymore..
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is NetFront confirmed to be working with X1's resolution?
Yes, I just tried it.
Be aware that Netfront 3.5 is still in beta (concept) and free until 28th of february 2009.
Try Skyfire
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Try Skyfire
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Not fullscreen yet.
i looking for New internet explore 6 cab.
any1 have it?
been trying iris this morning...
though is a bit buggy, specially wen using tabs, I'm loving it.
it's perfect for using iphone adapted sites
Related
http://www.access-company.com/products/netfrontmobile/browser/34_wm_tp.html
Seem superior than opera mini 4 so far (faster loads, zooming, etc.) visual bookmarks is very nice. The license expires in Feb 08, check it out.
I wonder if it'll ever get out of technical preview? I want to update my 3.3 licence.
3.5 still looks promising, but there's no sign of it becoming anything more than ideas.
yes, this great.
but do u know how to create the thumnail image for the visual bookmark?
For me, Opera Mini 4 is still better. But this is way better than Opera Browser or IE.
aaronsmckee said:
Seem superior than opera mini 4 so far (faster loads, zooming, etc.) visual bookmarks is very nice. The license expires in Feb 08, check it out.
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Strange ANYTHING can be faster than OM
DaVince said:
For me, Opera Mini 4 is still better. But this is way better than Opera Browser or IE.
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Waiting for Opera Mobile 9 which is coming soon and will be the best WM browser...
i'm using the picsel browser, similar to that of the iphone, works for me vey well, just try the netfront, pretty good and very fast, hopefully the full version will be just as good.
kms
Haing just moved over from the iphone, with the stock HD2 i have on T-mobile i am not impressed with the internet browsing, i was expecting an experience like the iphone with pinch zoom etc and a browser just like you would have it on the PC.
I take it your using Opera and not IE??
Opera for me is very much like a full pc browser, pinch 2 zoom works fine.
No, im still on stock rom so its IE
Opera is stock
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No, im still on stock rom so its IE
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I thought all HD2 stock roms included opera. The 1.43 rom from o2 certainly had it and the stock 1.66 rom from htc has it too.
im using tmo us it definetly has opera. the internet tab uses opera why are you using IE
Pinch to zoom doesn'twork for me?? I'm runnin the latest energy rom if it makes a difference and the only way to zoom is tapping the screen and it automatically zooms to a set %
Its the version of Opera Energy rom uses most likely, a 10+ version?
Downgrade to 9.7 if you want pinch to zoom.
tmobile uk rom - they have renamed opera - webnwalk. use that or search for a version of opera in the opera thread.
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Its the version of Opera Energy rom uses most likely, a 10+ version?
Downgrade to 9.7 if you want pinch to zoom.
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that'd b y!
Load
1-Official 1.66
2-BsB Tweaks (for adding pinch zoom and rotate any app you want and many more )
3-Opera mini 5
Thats All you need
I moved from ITouch , Bought the Leo for mainly for Wifi internet browsing ,Felt same like you at first but now itouch looks really tiny (screen) and old to me...
Cookies Home Tap also another app must have ...
I hope That Helps...
Ill give that a whirl when i de brick it....yes i have web and walk on it...i also have ie and this is stock rom on tmo uk
Even though I love my HD2, the browser experience on iPhone is still much better. In my opinion Opera is still too laggy when scrolling.
i use different browsers for different things... Opera for main browsing, but I find the image quality just shocking... so i use IE if i want to search for images because I find them slightly better...is this o2 limiting my bandwidth, reducing image quality? And Skyfire for flash, even though youtube takes a decade to load videos at crap quality compared to the iphone...
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Even though I love my HD2, the browser experience on iPhone is still much better. In my opinion Opera is still too laggy when scrolling.
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totally disagree... with the right tweaks (and there are plenty of them) scrolling with opera is smooth and fast.
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Even though I love my HD2, the browser experience on iPhone is still much better. In my opinion Opera is still too laggy when scrolling.
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But remember that you're only seeing a tiny portion of the page with the iPhone compared to the HD2. I'd definitely recommend getting Opera 10 as that is almost as fast as Safari mobile, but you'd have to get used to no pinch to zoom.
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But remember that you're only seeing a tiny portion of the page with the iPhone compared to the HD2. I'd definitely recommend getting Opera 10 as that is almost as fast as Safari mobile, but you'd have to get used to no pinch to zoom.
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Pinch to zoom is overrated IMO. I personally find myself double tapping to zoom more frequently on the iphone. Its more of a one handed gesture.
Please Check
Opera Mini 5 before making comments
I do agree opera 10 not feels like you know....
But mini 5 is different story...
I also use Tap zoom it makes perfect fit to full screen when LArge option selected @ opera settings...
Good Luck
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i use different browsers for different things... Opera for main browsing, but I find the image quality just shocking... so i use IE if i want to search for images because I find them slightly better...is this o2 limiting my bandwidth, reducing image quality? And Skyfire for flash, even though youtube takes a decade to load videos at crap quality compared to the iphone...
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Poke through the settings and disable Opera Turbo. That's what I'm guessing anyways.
So what are the best roms for browsing, pinch and zoom and less lag..as i feel i have to agree with others here that the web browsing is no where near as good as the iphone, im not bleating on about the iphone was so good i wish i hadnt changed as you have to embrace these things...i was fed up with the restrictiveness of the iphone...but i want to get this unit up to speed
So what does XDA-Sprint-Hero think about the default Android browser?
Good performance? Accurate rendering? Good scrolling and multitouch?
Sucks. Opera ftw
Meh, garbage. For general browsing go with Opera like DirtyShroomz said
It seems better than usually given on the 1.5 original and 2.1 damage.
On Darchdroid overclock
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It seems better than usually given on the 1.5 original and 2.1 damage.
On Darchdroid overclock
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stock is much better in 2.1 but i prefer dolphin overall
What ever happened to the default browser with the bubbly loading bar? I like that one.
Multi touch on the default browser is laggy, you can pinch and it either goes to far or not enough and its slow.
I like opera and wish we could set it as a default. Given I haven't loaded it in a while, maybe we can now.
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I like opera and wish we could set it as a default. Given I haven't loaded it in a while, maybe we can now.
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You can set it as the default with Opera Bridge from the market, i believe it's only a week or so old.
It's good. I hate Opera.
opera mini all the way, pure speed is all i need, to hell with flash.
Are there any other browsers besides stock that can use flash?
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I love tabbed browsing in Dolphin and rendering is excellent. It does get a little chunky with pinch to zoom but we are using a ****ty 2+ year old processor in these phones.
I cant stand using the default browser. I use dolphin, its just really user friendly. Opera didnt work to well for me. It was the only browser i would ever use on every phone till android.
+1 Dophin. Opera seemed laggy for me and pinch to zoom wasn't working at all. I'm running hero 2.0d.
P.S. First post ever.
i use xscope and opera most also have dolphin and stock browser on my phone also i like variety!
Anyone try the firefox alpha? Curious about speed and flash support with that. If I ever take time off from trying to fine tune my theme I'll try myself.
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Was using stock browser but went back to Opera. Such a big difference.
When I had 1.5 I went with dolphin. i did not like the UI of opera. However, since flashing 2.1 I have stuck with the default browser. I keep thinking about installing dolphin again, but now that I have Wireless tether, I just whip out my laptop as it is much quicker than my phone.
I love the speed of opera, but with so many sites using flash for navigation or Ajax (neither of which opera supports) it just doesnt do it for me. BASIC sites its great, but if I want TRUE PC browsing I'm fine with the stock browser. Yeah its a bit slow, but its a PHONE... I remind myself of that and Im patient enough to wait.
Stock browser just cannot compete.
should I even bother downloading firefox?
Not a huge fan of Firefox, not all that great and way to big of an app for a browser IMHO
It's a shame that if you should use something else besides the stock browser, you can't change out the stock browser icon in the dock. It feels like dead weight to just have it there. Given Google's propensity for open-ness and customization, not sure why Android stock doesn't let you change these dock icons. Unless I'm mistaken?
Firefox for mobile(aka Fennec) is really slow for me right now. It might be great eventually, but right now it's super slow and has alot of bugs.
Dolphin Browser HD, to me, is like Firefox. Alot of extension, alot of addons, alot of enhancements but still kinda slow. Dolphin Browser Mini is more like Chrome in that it has a few extensions/addons/enhancements but it's extremely quick.
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Firefox for mobile(aka Fennec) is really slow for me right now. It might be great eventually, but right now it's super slow and has alot of bugs.
Dolphin Browser HD, to me, is like Firefox. Alot of extension, alot of addons, alot of enhancements but still kinda slow. Dolphin Browser Mini is more like Chrome in that it has a few extensions/addons/enhancements but it's extremely quick.
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gotta remember it has a Beta tag for a reason
its come a long way, from when it was a 60 meg install
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gotta remember it has a Beta tag for a reason
its come a long way, from when it was a 60 meg install
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Yes, sorry! Meant to mention in my post that I have hopes it'll be something nice eventually hehe.
Try skyfire. feels like stock browser, is much smoother and faster and has way more options.
Is the Dolphin mini like Opera mini which uses an external server to render webpages?
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Is the Dolphin mini like Opera mini which uses an external server to render webpages?
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No, it renders on the device. The difference between Dolphin HD and Mini is that the first is based on the stock Eclair browser and the second on Donut.
for me the best one is the opera mini.
I use stock and xscope.
To me dolphin is extremely slow even when loading Google. I'm using the stock since it gives me what I need. When it comes to video I use dolphin
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I have found a browser faster and more functional than Opera Mini so I thought I would share it.
Boat Browser Mini.
It is seriously freaking awesome.
Anyone else tried it and think it is currently the best mobile browser ever?
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I've been a Dolphin user since my Hero, tried many others incl boat but none come close to Dolphin.
What makes Boat Browser so much better than Opera?
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What makes Boat Browser so much better than Opera?
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Opera mobile is extremely fast and most importantly, smooth.
Boat Browse matches and exceeds speed and smoothness.
Opera mobile mini can't do flash. Boat browser does. And does it very fast and smooth.
Opera full is sluggish and slower.
Boats ui is simplistic, speedy and amazingly easy to use.
I have yet to see a browser faster or smoother.
Forgot to mention that browsing with the dpad seems to work extremely well too in boats. I know other browsers can do this. But it just all seems to work better in boats.
Give it a try.
I used to use dolphin over wifi and opera mini mobile over 3g. But boats is faster and smoother than eithet of these whichever way you are connected.
i will try it an let you know
That browser is a wanna be iphone browser
Anyway its not bad
I think skyfire is pure android and is the best although it doesnt support flash
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dsswoosh said:
I have found a browser faster and more functional than Opera Mini so I thought I would share it.
Boat Browser Mini.
It is seriously freaking awesome.
Anyone else tried it and think it is currently the best mobile browser ever?
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I tried it after seeing this thread and sorry but didn't like it, looks plan and basic, performs no better than the standard built in browser and dolphin hd.
I really like Dolphin HD, some cool features on that one
Mostly I use the native android browser wich works pretty good. Sometimes it wont download stuff and then I use Miren browser wich is the browser used in MIUI custom roms. I really liked the look of MIUI when I had that flashed on my htc desire hd and yes I know it is alot like IOS UI, still liked it alot, very smooth and nice themes.
Regards Dousan...
Since the first time i used it I had also the feeling that it was a very smooth and fast browser, and I have used them all. I used to use Xscope but I don't like its interface and it doesn't seem to be that fast anymore. Would like to see some comparing tests between xscooe, opera mini, skyfire and boat.
can't find this in the market. anyone has a link?
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Since the first time i used it I had also the feeling that it was a very smooth and fast browser, and I have used them all. I used to use Xscope but I don't like its interface and it doesn't seem to be that fast anymore. Would like to see some comparing tests between xscooe, opera mini, skyfire and boat.
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I've gone back to opera mini for 3g connection. The loading speed is easily the fastest out of all browsers. I use opera main for wifi.
Would use boats for wifi because it is smooth as hell, but opera link synchs all bookmarks etc.
If opera mini had flash support, I would use it for everything. Shame it can't do flash.
Boat browser has been pulled from the Market due to a violation of some sort. Does anyone know why?
The fact that it has been pulled from the Market makes me wanna try it even though I am happy with the native browser (except the copy-paste thing which is very difficult to use)
The UI is a complete ripoff of Mobile Safari in iOS, that's probably why it was pulled.
I've just tried it and I think its awesome. Thanks for the post...
I personally prefer the miui browser
find it on the market
Anywherr to get the boat browser?
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Anywherr to get the boat browser?
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There are a few ways.....try 4shared.com
I emailed the developer about why it was pulled from the market; their response was that they had compared their browser with the competition in their description, which violated Google policy.
In the meantime, you can download the current version of the app from their (extremely minimal) web site, boatgo.net.