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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.
Sent from my SPH-D700

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.

Fastest browser for unrooted EVO?

I'm pretty pleased with the froyo browser, but I hear others are faster. I tried Mirui browser but was unimpressed. Anything I'm over looking that is faster than the stock browser? Thanks.

I use both dolphin and xscope, both are better than stock imo
swyped from my CM6 Supersonic powered by SNAP

install a few and test

Yeah best to test.
I prefer Dolphin but sine claim its slow ... which is funny because I've tried em all and Dolphin is peferable for me. Stock browser sucks IMO
Clearly is a user thing. Dolphin gets my vote.
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xscope and miren work well for me, if you use facebook and stuff like that skyfire is pretty good to.

Try Miren Browser as well. Worth it for the cost of free.

Miren just plain sucks. Wouldn't load certain pages properly, and was slower than any other browser I've ever used.
It's almost like it doesn't load pages sequentially as they're downloaded, but waits (on a white screen) till it has everything then shows up. Pretty bad technique on a severely bandwidth limited device like a phone, but maybe that could be fixed soon?

What exactly are you guys doing on your browsers to make you think the stock browser is slow? I see no difference between any of them and I've tried them all. For me it depends on the signal strength myphone or WiFi.
UProoted evo on tapatalk

Browser speed have almost no difference. Your internet connection speed is much more different.

Sure speed is involved, but stock browser handling multiple windows is so damn slow when compared to dealing with Dolphin and the tabs. Just the overall handling is smoother. I might consider launching stock browser for a single page .. God forbid I start clicking around and want to pop some tabs / windows. I've tried em all .. Miren seemed decent.l ... simplistic UI but some claimed it faster. Perfect example of connection speed and or outside factors .. it was nit faster than any other browser. It was dragging. I'm used to dealing with multiple tabs so I need to jump and jump between effectively. Quickly. Dolphin does the job ... everything else seems just awkward and or just bad.
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC

creyc said:
Miren just plain sucks. Wouldn't load certain pages properly, and was slower than any other browser I've ever used.
It's almost like it doesn't load pages sequentially as they're downloaded, but waits (on a white screen) till it has everything then shows up. Pretty bad technique on a severely bandwidth limited device like a phone, but maybe that could be fixed soon?
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I've never had a problem with Miren not loading pages. As far as not showing pages until they're fully downlaoded, I don't see why you think it's bad for "bandwidth limited" device. It loads the page the same speed as the others. It just doesn't display the page until it's ready. Isn't that what opera mini does, too? (That's an actual question. I haven't used it in a long time and don't remember.)

I tried Dolphin for a while, but really wasn't impressed. I don't like all the toolbars or big icons. There's probably a way around that, but I didn't notice a performance difference, and frankly, the stock browser worked fine for me.
But as someone else stated, it's more of a personal preference.

I'd go with dolphin... although i've heard good things about Opera Mini

OneEyedWilly said:
I'm pretty pleased with the froyo browser, but I hear others are faster. I tried Mirui browser but was unimpressed. Anything I'm over looking that is faster than the stock browser? Thanks.
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Unrooted Evo thats like peanut butter no jelly or the beach without water.

I've been using Miren for days now and I love it. It really is smooth too once the page fully loads. And with wifi and 4g everywhere that's never a problem
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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
sent from yet another MikG HTC Evo

I'm glad they improved the stock browser. It's one of my more favorite stock browser's out there.

Chrome browser available..in beta

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

Only good with ICS.

baseballfanz said:
Only good with ICS.
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Yes i know but wanted ppl with the 4.0 port to try it out for us.. Also wanted ppl to know about it since we getting 4.0 soon.
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just downloaded it for my phone.. im getting force closes tho

mafo5000 said:
just downloaded it for my phone.. im getting force closes tho
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You running ICS on your phone?

Used it on OG Transformer with paulburton's ICS ROM. The browser is pretty smooth, and looks just like the pc chrome browser.
I don't have enough posts to link to the file, but it should be pretty easy to find the apk by now.

i tried it on Sensation
its pretty sweet
we need ICS for TF101 now!

Does Chrome for Android have all the same security and privacy issues that Chrome for desktop has?
If it does, i'm sticking with Opera.

Google and Adobe won't support flash for Chrome on Android
Which is either good or bad depending on you.
I use Flash for live video so I don't like this decision. It's a good option to have, you can always opt to not install it

baseballfanz said:
You running ICS on your phone?
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Im running cm9 on my Samsung captivate. Chrome force closes tho.

I've tried this on my G2 running ics and its great man really fast ans smooth

It looked really smooth on a Nexus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uys0o1ZBDAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33zwNZG1Qg

mafo5000 said:
Im running cm9 on my Samsung captivate. Chrome force closes tho.
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Same thing happened to me. Try moving some apps to the sdcard, that worked for me.

Its slow when loading a link from an app. The chrome browser loads up instantly but doesn't start loading the page for a while.
Sent from my lag free TeamHackSamsung CM9 Build 15 Galaxy S using the XDA Premium app

chewitard said:
Same thing happened to me. Try moving some apps to the sdcard, that worked for me.
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Running TeamHackSungs ICS build 15 on my cappy and its fine no fc's and smoooooth as butter

I love Chrome browser . I've being waiting for this since... well since Android 1st came out
But i'm going to wait for the official ICS for the TF101 before i try it.
I just hope that is not a RAM devourer app

Works great on my Rezound with 4.0.1! This browser is sweet! I would totally dump the stock browser for this anyday, but I kinda wished they kept the darker gray theme rather than going back to light gray..
The tabs sharing with the desktop Chrome is F-ing Awesome! Like what Chrome2Phone should have been all along!

No Flash in Chrome for now. Adobe say they won't support it but hopefully Google will adapt it later.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/08/flash_chrome/

Where be the tab stack? Do we lose that, another Tablet sacrifice?
Fairly stable for me. The only crash I had was with something like 7-8 tabs open (all XDA Prime forums, plus a few chrome blogs, LOL! I like it. A LOT! And typically I am hard to please, especially where browsers are concerned. There are way to many Android browsers out there that are acceptable, but not outstanding. Each has their own little tweaks and claim to fame, but under the hood they are ridiculousy similar. Let's see, I have had on my Prime, at one point or another:
Stock. - Works well. So well it bores me, LOL
ICS+ - A nice set of enhancements. I use it more than the stock webkit browser
Dolphin and Dolphin HD - I like, don't love it. A bit TOO slick, and some things frustrate me. It will be better when the HD catches up to the small screen version, I think
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile - What can I say. 2 solid browsers here. Mobile is a keeper. [
boat browser - Not imopressed, other than speed, it was buggy. removed.
Skyfire - I LOVED this one on my phone in early releases it was amazing. When Skyfire decided t charge me to see flash, I decided to cut them lose. Too many alternatives. It's not THAT great.
Firefox - a HUGE let down, but everyone expected magic here. Didn't materialize.
Maxthon. Very cool new browser.Jury still out on this one.
That's right off the top of my head.
Anyone know how to make the tab "Stack" appear in chrome, or is that only in the phone version, because we have the real estate to see the tabs. If so I am disappointed. That was chromes one big trick pony, and I was excited to try it. So far I can't see the button in top left to enable them, just a new tab button. Anyone?

baseballfanz said:
Only good with ICS.
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Just another reason Asus need to pull their finger out, and stop sitting on the ICS update.

ICS works like a dream for me

Super duper fast, no issues, quick boot, ahhhhhh it's snappy as, it's perfect c: dunno what yous are whining about

Sustantivo said:
Super duper fast, no issues, quick boot, ahhhhhh it's snappy as, it's perfect c: dunno what yous are whining about
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they seek attention...thats all.
ICS is a dream,well put there sir.
the only true problem is the screen responsiveness but i can live with that as it is the first release.
its super fast,super smooth,at last i have a working browser that loads in the speed of light even the most bad written web pages full of ads which of course i have disabled with adfree and generally its ten times better than any laptop and netbook.
hardware keyboard is so responsive,no lag at all as in the terrible hc and apps load like hell.
i am in love with my tablet at last and yes,now i see why tablets are the future.
with HC i had my tablet closed like for a month....

Some of more "simple" people in this world get more hyped up the longer they wait for something, in the end, there is no way they would be happy with what they end up with, so much so they can't even see the good stuff anymore.

Im in love

horndroid said:
I never waited for ICS on my TF. I've already had ICS on my phone for a while. I knew what it was going to be like.
After getting ICS today on my TF, I can objectively say that it's nothing to get your panties wet about, and it never was. It's a minor update at best.
Your tablet must have been really badly optimized and cluttered with junk if updating to ICS made it "work like a dream".
If you notice that much of a difference in performance, the problem wasn't the OS. It was you.
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The upgrade to the browser alone qualifies it as a major upgrade, its gone from a slow buggy mess to something that is a joy to use. Just being able to type this reply without the 3 second lag for every key press is a breath of fresh air

itchyeyeballs said:
The upgrade to the browser alone qualifies it as a major upgrade, its gone from a slow buggy mess to something that is a joy to use. Just being able to type this reply without the 3 second lag for every key press is a breath of fresh air
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thank you (raising hand at the same time)

I must say that I initially was disappointed. I expected a lot of user interface changes and a heap of new functions. But got disappointed when it looked just like before.
But annoying lags are gone, I discover small improvements all the time and I am beginning to really appreciate this update.
My favourite new feature so far is app folders on the desktop.
LWP is useless so the ones getting a slower device because of it is just getting what they deserve. Bling should be on your girlfriends fingers, not on your tablet.

i don`t think ICS is a mayor update, for me it feels more like a polished version of HC, with less of the small annoying lags, and a lot of other small problems are gone. the only thing i would consider mayor about it, is the upgraded browser and the chrome beta. finally two web browsers on my TF which i realy like.

pimjai said:
i don`t think ICS is a mayor update, for me it feels more like a polished version of HC, with less of the small annoying lags, and a lot of other small problems are gone. the only thing i would consider mayor about it, is the upgraded browser and the chrome beta. finally two web browsers on my TF which i realy like.
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I read somewhere that ICS is supposed to be a major upgrade for phones Android 2.X. Android 3.X is for tablets only. Android 4 is a merge of these two strategies, therefor the changes are bigger for phones than tablets.
I think the article summed up that ICS is a way to bring the Honeycomb upgrade to phones.

+1 ICS is greeeat...
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Works perfectly here.
Time to download the chrome browser

Dream Indeed
I have been aboard the android train since my Galaxy s.
Used to run darky's roms then switched to paulforde's 4.2. This already made me feel ICS really is a major update.
Got my EEpad about 3 months ago. And switched to GnuFabio's Revolver rom, which I loved. Yesterday I flashed the Full WW ICS after only wiping cache and Dalvik, booted into ICS, booted into recovery and the installed the update over it. And I must say, this is my best Android experience so far. Especially during swiping through screens I always noticed quite a few frames were being dropped. And occasional keyboard lag.. also sometimes the memory management seemed to play tricks on me from time to time.
But so far this really is feeling like a dream even though my device is running stock and used to run @1.4Ghz. I am loving this !

I'm really digging ICS as well. At first I found it a bit clunky and did have trouble with the screen responsiveness but after a few hours of use it seemed fade away and is now snappier than ever.
My only complaint is with the browser and the backwards step they took removing the ability to change the default User Agent permanently. Same thing with Chrome Beta. Why make a fancy browser only to have it display stuff meant for a 3-5 inch display? I'm not too upset as I'm sure it will be one of the first things they fix in the next major update(s) to ICS.

Maybe i had low expectations, but this update has really impressed me; noticeably faster, not blindingly so, but faster nonetheless eg. the 'recent apps' button - before you'd have a 1-2 delay, now it's instant.
The browser is massively improved, no more blocky rendering when scrolling through xda, no typing lag, no random crashes, much more stable. Other little things you keep noticing: drag 'n drop files in the files manager; ctrl+shift+arrows to select words etc.
Sure, there's nothing earth shattering about ICS - but for me, the transformer now works like I always imagined it should work.

I love ICS also on my tf101!!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

I'm happy with the Update. The Tablet feels more responsive now.

I agree its working great.
Can actually use the stock browser now with xda lol
Only 1 bug so far... changing to panorama mode kills the camera.. no biggie

Another happy customer here. 2 random reboots. But its running how it should
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

pimjai said:
i don`t think ICS is a mayor update, for me it feels more like a polished version of HC, with less of the small annoying lags, and a lot of other small problems are gone. the only thing i would consider mayor about it, is the upgraded browser and the chrome beta. finally two web browsers on my TF which i realy like.
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yes i totally agree. ICS is what HC should have been.... Well at least were finally here..I'm loving my TF even more
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eScape2000 said:
Works perfectly here.
Time to download the chrome browser
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chrome is nothing to write home about....not as fast as opera. i was really looking for it to replace Opera but i guess not. Everything else is much faster now on ICS