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Anybody try Fennec Alpha yet?

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/08/27/fennec-alpha-released-for-android-and-nokia-n900/

It's very slow.

Nope and won't until it's out of beta. Hopefully they'll push out a good product in the end and be all ad free with some good add-ons. I'll stick with Dolphin HD for now. Love me some Dolphin.

TheBiles said:
It's very slow.
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Very slow its worth keeping if its faster

Incredibly slow, memory intensive and freezes up the phone a lot. The UI isn't as easy to navigate as it should be. The way they set it up is pretty good, but menu doesn't work the way it should in Android (which I hate) and the back button backs you out of the app, but doesn't even close it, not to mention it won't take you back a page. They really need to finish making the UI a little more Android native. Then they need to do some serious speed and rendering enhancements. The addons are cool and the sidebars are also pretty cool. Guess it should be pretty good when its at least out of alpha.

Hello IHB. Unfortunately I was unable to get it to work.
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It's got potential, I'm sure it will be good but it looks basically the same as it did when I played with it on win mob but is actually usable.
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30+ MB for a web browser that offers no real improvements over AOSP Stock? No thanks.

Fennec
Yes it's a little rough around the edges but still in alpha stage. St I think it is gonna be good!

I try all the browsers, but keep going back to stock

Buggy as heck, slow -- well, it's still in alpha so that's what I expected. If you plan on using this, even for a quick test, prepare yourself for FCs, crazy address bar behavior and more.

i love the firefox team, but right now this doesn't hold a candle to Dolphin Browser HD

I just gave it a go and I really like the UI and how everything is right at my fingers, but damn it is slow, zooming is horrid, and whenever I actually wanted to read something it would be distorted and impossible....
Hope they get a good release out, I may use it then, but not as of now.

Fennec (Firefox for Android) - out now

You can get it here, but it's crap and takes up 40+MB of internal storage!! And it's still beta
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/beta.html

it`s Fennec (aka desert fox) and yes it huge and crap

Even moved to SD card it was still about 30MB! It's also unusably slow at the moment, and it doesn't reflow the text either so I doubt it will ever be an improvement on the stock browser.
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flash doesn't work on this, right?

andyb949 said:
Even moved to SD card it was still about 30MB! It's also unusably slow at the moment, and it doesn't reflow the text either so I doubt it will ever be an improvement on the stock browser.
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The size is ridiculous but its definitely not slow for me. The scrolling and zooming are very smooth. The address bar is awkward, you cant type something in without it brining up the whole bookmarks/history stuff, very annoying.
I really like the sync features. Having access to all the bookmarks on my PC is really convenient.
Its lacking a lot of settings and options though.
Overall I like it, but not good enough to replace other browsers yet.

I used it awhile ago, doesn't compare to the stock browser or any of the others for that matter.
Skyfire is no doubt the best.
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remember guys this is still in beta, im sure before we get an rc, mozilla will have an awsome browser

It's good that we android users have choice. But until mozilla fixes the size & optimize the browser its a no go for me.

Last time i checked, it was a resource hog, not as slow as hell but slower than the stock browser and Opera.
Uninstalled it less than 5 miniutes later.

tried it and yes the size is unbelieveable! shall be patiently waiting for them to go out of beta.

AndroHero said:
remember guys this is still in beta, im sure before we get an rc, mozilla will have an awsome browser
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Personally, I think this is a long way from being a beta quality release. It's a late alpha/pre-beta at best. I think Mozilla have done themselves a disservice by calling it a beta.
Regards,
Dave

InfDaMarvel said:
I used it awhile ago, doesn't compare to the stock browser or any of the others for that matter.
Skyfire is no doubt the best.
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skyfire is laggy man.just compare its scrolling with dolphin's.dolphin is smoother than it.

it's slooooooooooow.

jaggy browser experience?

So I was really looking forward to getting a galaxy tab, primarily for web browsing. Then I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZvCXMARtl0
What is the deal with the stuttering jaggy web browsing experience? Can someone that has a tab let me know if a third party browser can make browsing a little less, bleh?

The Galaxy Tab has Flash running in on the webpage.
Look at 0:08 on the video, you can see on the iPad that there are two bars marked "FLASH" disabled. It's suppose to have the banner for "HTC" on it.

Yeah, flash is SERIOUSLY CPU heavy. In fact that's how apple justifies not using it on any of its mobile devices. On closer inspection, there's more than just two 'FLASH' bars on the iPad, I count at least 4.
If you want it to good THAT fast then turn flash off.
On the other hand, do you look at websites by pinging back and forth on them so fast you can't read the text ? Personally, I scroll slowly down, and only move quickly infrequently when I want to 'go to top' or 'go to bottom'. If you actually read websites, the video doesn't really show off a whole lot. Its not comparing like with like, and its not comparing a real life situation, so it doesn't matter.

I have the tab. Some sites with flash will run just fine.
Others will simply cause the browser to be unusable. I have no explanation to this.
I compare a site that is unusable on the tab with my Droid x and on the droidx the site runs just fine with flash enabled.
Maybe. This is a software issue which is unrelated to flash and can be fixed in a future firmware update.
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clubtech said:
I have the tab. Some sites with flash will run just fine.
Others will simply cause the browser to be unusable. I have no explanation to this.
I compare a site that is unusable on the tab with my Droid x and on the droidx the site runs just fine with flash enabled.
Maybe. This is a software issue which is unrelated to flash and can be fixed in a future firmware update.
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Quote possibly. Samsung have been slow to release Froyo for the galaxy, so maybe the flash thing isn't just the Tab, its the architecture. Maybe they can't get the hummingbird GFX to accelerate properly.

I have a Tab since 1 week and yes...the browsing experience is really awful. it's a pain...it's slow in loading pages and VERY jaggy in scrolling.
If I think that it should be one of the best features on the Tab I'm very sad and I really hope that it will be fixed (ad least improved) soon in future releases!
By now I just can't leave my ipad for internet browsing.

It looks like both the SGS and the Tab are suffering from the same issue with the browser.
Samsung will have no choice but to fix this.

Dolphin and Opera
Yes browsing with stock browser is really slow and jaggy. I've installed Opera mini and Dolphin. I use Opera for casual browsing (ie xda) and it's really smooth. When I need flash, or for "difficult sites" or if I have to download with rapidhare etc I use Dolphin (which is almost smooth).

Thank you all for your honest opinions.

patomas said:
Yes browsing with stock browser is really slow and jaggy. I've installed Opera mini and Dolphin. I use Opera for casual browsing (ie xda) and it's really smooth. When I need flash, or for "difficult sites" or if I have to download with rapidhare etc I use Dolphin (which is almost smooth).
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Dolphin uses the same core lib as the stock browser so it should run the same as stock in terms of speed.

clubtech said:
Dolphin uses the same core lib as the stock browser so it should run the same as stock in terms of speed.
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Didnt know. In practice it's really smoother though!

The webkit browser has a really annoying renderer in general. I dont understand why it needs to lower picture quality whenever you move the image around.
Just look at the way opera mini does it - much faster and better looking! Sadly its buggy and lacking in features, which is why im still using webkit.
Dolphin HD is slightly better (if only because it semi-blocks flash content by default), but it has some annoying ui elements like the giant tab bar, which can be removed but at the cost of being able to click on objects along the top edge of the display.
Ive also tried the ARM7 version of the mozilla fennec nighly builds. It just force closed on me, not even a little looksee

For me Dolphin HD is much smoother beside the fact it doesn't show flash banners where stock one does.
Both of them have been a disappointment WRT flash support.
It isn't that great for sites i visit.

If I open a new tap, I need to zoom in and out to get a picture
is this normal?

No, mine loads fine immediatley.

ftgg99 said:
No, mine loads fine immediatley.
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strange maybe this evening I'll do a HR
by the way I open the tabs not in front but in background. If I open it in front it will load

Smoothest browser on the Atrix 4G (with flash)?

The stock browser seemed a bit stuttery on pinching and scrolling in some videos, but it supports flash... So I was wondering if there are any other better alternatives in the market?
Dophin HD, for instance? Is it smoother? Does it support flash? If yes, how smooth is it?

Miren Browser
hands down
i like to check the box " flash : on demand " to save some battery and less ads.

lsxrx7 said:
Miren Browser
hands down
i like to check the box " flash : on demand " to save some battery and less ads.
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checked your recomendation but found it a bit slow, lagging. im on wifi btw

sdlopez83 said:
checked your recomendation but found it a bit slow, lagging. im on wifi btw
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interesting ....
it never feel slow / laggy on mine

Xscope!! Though I just tried the above mentioned & it works great on a specific website with a drop-down menu that Xscope has difficulties with.

TareX said:
The stock browser seemed a bit stuttery on pinching and scrolling in some videos, but it supports flash... So I was wondering if there are any other better alternatives in the market?
Dophin HD, for instance? Is it smoother? Does it support flash? If yes, how smooth is it?
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dolphin+browser
All your answers are easily available, but Dolphin HD is fantastic

I use dolphin HD and love it. Best one IMO.
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I found xscope to be the best of the bunch. Its more chrome like, yes the drop down menu is weird at first, but you get use to it. flash works great on it.

A noob's first look at ICS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBzTq1xCq8

i made a new video showing browser performance. will be uploaded shortly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBzTq1xCq8

yeah i checked it out too.. not bad

It made me seasick trying to watch.
Cheers!
-M
Xda member since 2007

was too shaky, couldn't watch it.

Y U SO SHAKY
lol

chatch15117 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBzTq1xCq8
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Hey chatch, just a friendly suggestion. You should go out and buy a camera leg stand. Will cost about $5. I used to make my vids while holding my camera, too. Then I discovered the leg stand.

Not bad.
The browser is impressively fast. I assumed GB's was slow because it's tethered.

Browser seems vastly improved. Is there still typing lag?

wow... So glad you decided to switch hands on the second video! Is hardware acceleration there? Or is the browser just that fast?

idk man the subject says i'm a noob. i'm already back on honeycomb. got prime to boot
it is fast as hell though. i can't wait till asus releases the real update so the devs can have at it.
but yes i think it does have hardware accel although flash is broken

I notice browser links highlight now when you press them. I just wanted to make sure, currently on Honeycomb, do browser links highlight for you guys when you press them? This drives me insane that they do not on my tablet.

not in the stock browser. in opera they do

It looks impressively smoth... WOW. Isto liked the small detail of the camera on the lock screen?

how does this work should i flash it?

Hey chatch the browser does look good, and quite an improvement. I usually use stock or Opera. Opera sometimes is slower to load pages, in ICS should I expect to see an improvement in Opera?
Thanks

Bit of a review...
From a Chinese android site
http://i.hiapk.com/news/01132012/053500016.shtml
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I'm glad they improved the stock browser. It's one of my more favorite stock browser's out there.