So, is it possible? Even though I managed to have it as the default browser for certain apps where the dialog popped up. Overall, it seems like the Android browser still takes precedence for any Google-related apps such as Voice Search, Google, Search, etc, as well as other apps where the dialog hasn't popped up asking which browser I'd like to use. Wondering if there is a way to set xScope as the overall default browser?!
Thanks in advance...
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hey all!!
Can someone give me a link for the best browser for my touch please??? like the iphone or the nokia browser plz??
And for Skyfire, I have download it but it tell me that my number is not good, I want to know how to use skyfire without the number problem.
Bye!!
If you want skyfire you must sign up for the beta program and you will eventually be sent the installation package.
Try Opera or Opera Mini.
i'm working through browsers now, trying to figure out which one i like the most. here's a quick personal rundown of browsers I have installed...
Opera Mini 4
Positives:
SUPERFAST with the latest Jbed, absolutely the fastest browser in the WM market, hands down
Very light on cpu
Negatives:
can't select text
no easy way to quickly edit the current URL
can't copy link location
everytime i minimize then reopen the browser, i'm asked if i want to exit or resume Opera Mini. just gets annoying after a while
if i want to save the url of a page i'm on, i have to go to "add bookmark", then copy the url out of there. something else that's annoying is, if i'm zoomed in a page, and i click on a link, the new link loads and prevents me access to the zooming out feature. i have to be missing something here.
Opera Browser 8.65
Positives:
Good standards compliance as far as i know
Works with some flash, but not stuff like regular youtube
Tabbed browsing
Negatives:
feels sluggish, especially with tabs open
Opera Browser 9.5 Beta, build 4905 (aka 9.405)
Positives:
Fast
Customizable (zoom levels and stuff like that)
Negatives:
Only two zoom levels accessible
Clearly a leaked beta, with little niggles in the qVGA skin (for example, URL history is annoying)
Cannot be used with PCMKeyboard, because it inputs s p a c e s (<--like that) when typing in input fields
Page-Panning is slowed down because of FTouchFlo. There's a lag in screen movement when you pan around, but it works perfectly when I try it without FTouchFlo enabled. Therefore, should be fine for you, since you have built-in scrolling on your Touch
Netfront Browser Technical Preview v3.5
Positives:
Nice interface, I like the double-tap view because of it's ease of access
Negatives:
When loading a page (full browsing rendering mode), it'll load, then freeze for about 10 seconds, THEN allow you to finally browse the loaded page
Missing some features because it's a tech preview
Horrendous CPU Hog, you have to remember to go into bookmarks everytime you switch to a different application in order to prevent device slowdown
ibisBrowserDX v1.0
Positives:
Fast
Negatives:
Designed for usage with keyboard and pretty difficult to use with only the touchscreen (basic browser controls are hidden in a menu)
Internet Explorer Mobile from WM6.1 (with zoom-out feature)
Positives:
works perfectly with all Windows actions, like opening links, downloading things, etc
Negatives:
slow
zooming-out feature isn't that useful, because it's stuck inside a menu.
no built-in scrolling in IEM itself, but you can use FTouchFlo or the system-scrolling in your Touch with it perfectly fine.
I haven't been invited to the SkyFire beta, although I did sign up for it a while ago. Therefore, I can't comment on it. Looks really promising, though.
Hope that helps. I got CARRIED AWAY, hahahah.
By the way, this is my current setup:
Opera 9.5 build 4905 for long browsing sessions
Opera Mini 4 if I just want to quickly look up something, or if I'm surfing heavy sites like ESPN or Yahoo and want the speed.
Internet Explorer Mobile set as my default browser, to ensure there are no setup hassles when internet is crucial to something (for example, FlashVideoBundle, ytpocket.com, downloading files, etc)
Picsel Browser without a doubt!
you forgot deepfish...
its not perfect, since its a closed beta.
but it is a nice browser.
i have noticed that i cannot log in to websites... like this one. not sure why, but i am sure it will be fixed in later editions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327568
Azimuth21 said:
Netfront Browser Technical Preview v3.5
Positives:
Nice interface, I like the double-tap view because of it's ease of access
Negatives:
When loading a page (full browsing rendering mode), it'll load, then freeze for about 10 seconds, THEN allow you to finally browse the loaded page
Missing some features because it's a tech preview
Horrendous CPU Hog, you have to remember to go into bookmarks everytime you switch to a different application in order to prevent device slowdown
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This is the best I have ever tried....
I haven't this kind of problem you said....
I think because I have Battery Status with Cpu Scaler which can set the cpu clock until 260 mhz...
might as well add a little postscript to my previous post.
1) As with SkyFire, I am also not part of the Deepfish closed beta, so I cannot comment on that.
2) I abandoned Picsel Browser a loooong time ago, for too many factors to count. Menneisyys seems to be in-depth on these things, he'll tell you why.
3) flaviopac, I really hoped that it's just me, but countless other people have experienced it. I'm playing with all of these browsers on my Hermes, whose 400 mhz Samsung processor hopefully trounces the 200 mhz TI OMAP processor of the Touch you have (ok, 260 mhz since you overclocked it, lol). Keep in mind that it isn't Netfront itself that slows down. Open up Netfront 3.5, minimize it by pressing the red End Key, and now go about daily functions. Horrifically slow, if I recall. Not to mention the battery drain. Like I said, there IS a workaround. Whenever I'm using Netfront and want to switch to a different app, I first go to the bookmarks screen of Netfront, THEN switch apps. Device runs normally when I do that, it's just that doing that is a tedious extra step.
It's cool, though, to each his own. Wish I could try out SkyFire or Deepfish now, though...
thank for everyone !
I have tied all these browsers and it's so cool!
The web browser should be Google's most stable and capable app, that's where google should shine. I wont rehash all of my browser problems (yes I've tried 3rd party browser apps) because I trust google and ill be patient for software updates to make the browser more functional. But sometimes from the browser I press home, send a text and when I go back to browser I'm at my homepage but other times same sequence and I'm at the same page that I was on before I pressed home and sent the text. I know its not my task manager. I thought maybe it was a setting but sometimes it doesn't take me to my homepage and sometimes it does. Does anyone know how I can consistently go to browser and be at the page I was on when I last left the browser? I want it to restart via my task manager at the times I have it set to but I need to be able to press home, carry out various functions and still have the same website up. I'm almost positive its user error but I don't know what to do. And yes I used the goddammed stupid search function. Thanks for any help...
Android has a built in task manager itself, as well, that closes apps as need be to free up RAM for current processing. As well, if you have a 3rd party task killer, it can get pretty dicey, even if you have browser "excluded". Also, keep in mind that your task manager uses up RAM itself, and in all honesty is not needed unless you really want to close tasks, and in that case just use Astro.
Anyways, 99.9% of the time the browser is where I left it at. I would say 100%, but I can't be 1000% certain the browser has never been closed by the built in task manager.
I remember having that problem constantly with my G1 but haven't run into it yet with my N1. As the guy before said, its likely that the memory manager is killing the browser app. Here are a few questions I would look into:
1. Are you using an advanced launcher? This can open a NEW window, but won't close an old one
2. How many apps do you have installed? The more apps you have the more that will boot on startup, eating away at memory
3. How many messages do you have? Maybe there are so many that the messaging app is logging all the memory.
4. Are you running CM5 with the highmem hack? If not, this sounds like a good excuse for you to root.
I've noticed that if you launch the Browser by using Home <Long Press> it often tries to reload some previous page that you were at. If you launch the browser directly from the home screen / app tray, it doesn't do this.
Very weird.
I know there are other browsers available but thus far the default browser seems to be the only one that supports Flash. I would like the default browser to have a refresh option at the top of the page ALWAYS visible rather than having to click the top URL bar to get it to show. Or I would like gestures.
If there is already a way to do either of these then please let me know.
I would however like to see some mods of the default browser.
Dolphin HD uses flash as well.
If by supports flash you mean it does so only in Open GL rendering mode where you can't type without lag and that flash videos run like crap when they run smooth as silk on older tegra 2 devices runing previous versions of Android then it is still not the only one. All "browsers" which uses the native honeycomb rendering for web pages such as Dolphin, maxthon and maybe others support it as well as all they are, including the default browser, are interfaces to the more advanced, but still bugged as hell honeycomb web rendering.
It is possible to hack apk, but its not straigtforward.
Your best bet is to use any another browser on the market as all they sport their own set of buttons (everything else than Firefox and Opera as they use their own rendering engines which do not support flash on Honeycomb)
I was viewing some virtual tours on my PC, example here:
http://vtour.realtour.biz/102GoldenBear/Austin/TX
This will not play on my N7 on Chrome. It also will not play on Xscope (with flash enabled). I tried various settings. Then I tried Boat Browser and thought it wouldn't play until I set UI to "iphone"... then it plays. A little slow/choppy, but at least it plays. What's with "iphone"?
Anyone other browser work (smoothly?). I use to have Firefox on my phone, I'm guessing it will work on it, but it was so much slower at loading pages than Xscope. I'm playing with Boat, they have improved page display, going to try some speed tests to see if I want to keep it.
edit: Boat and Xscope seem to load pages almost the same (fast). I decided Xscope does a little better job displaying pages properly. I visit FB quit a lot and Boat just doesn't display FB home properly. I see why I switched from Boat to FF then to Xscope.
Give Naked Browser a try. Both Boat and Naked play Flash content on my N7.
Just tried it, doesn't work with Naked. I use Xscope as my main browser and does flash well (on everything except the type of link I mentioned). Boat/iphone setting is the only one I found that works.
Xscope seems just as fast as naked. I don't like how the top bar covers up the top of a page, Xscope seems to auto-hide the bar much better. Also has a few more text size options.
Not a big deal, I prefer a PC for most things like that.
Actually this is not a question, just a statement in case any people from Samsung are reading, they should get their stuff right.
What I like about Chrome browser was the way it "fits" the text of web pages in comparison with the stock browser which makes everything look so small. (Text, not photos)
So after some searching with the settings (accessibility) on the stock browser, I managed to get the same exactly text fitting on the screen, as Chrome.
The bug is this:
Every time I close the browser and re-open it, it doesnt perform the settings I've made.
If I go to the settings menu, the settings are there but not applied on the web page.
If I make a minor change and go back, they are applied.
But again, if I close the browser and re-open it, the page appears with stock settings although if I check the settings, my settings are there.
Only by making another change, it applies the rest of the settings I made.
And again the same thing... Close the browser, re-open it... Page opens with stock settings.
Get your stuff right Samsung guys.... This is your flagship mobile at the moment.
(ofcourse if anyone has a solution to this, although I've tried everything, it is VERY welcome)
A lot of people are quite unhappy with that. If I'm not wrong, it's called text reflow. Just use other browser apps. I prefer firefox. It's less buggy than chrome.