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What web browser do you use?

Hey guys, I use Opera mobile web browser and I love how simple it is and how it looks. However, I noticed how several websites are cramped to only one side making it almost impossible to browse normally.
I have tried Dolphine browser but there is just too much in and and when I swipe side to side instead of the page, the side bars pop up. It gets really annoying.
I wanted to see what you guys general use for web browsing.
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Stock browser is perfect for me. Nice and simple. I love it.
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I use Dolphin Browser, though I know what you mean about the sidebar. I've found that if you scroll up/down first, then to the side, the sidebar doesn't show up as often.

I was using firefox but I switched back to the stock browser.the stock one runs much smoother.

Used Dolphin for the longest but just went back to stock. Like the simple clean interface and the side to side scrolling on dolphin just started to drive me nuts.

Stock. Tried Opera and Dolphin but went back to stock.

DynamicXL said:
Hey guys, I use Oprah mobile web browser and I love how simple it is and how it looks. However, I noticed how several websites are cramped to only one side making it almost impossible to browse normally.
I have tried Dolphine browser but there is just too much in and and when I swipe side to side instead of the page, the side bars pop up. It gets really annoying.
I wanted to see what you guys general use for web browsing.
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If you never use the side bars in Dolphin, you can disable the swiping side to side action in the settings. It helps make Dolphin more usable.

I'm using Dolphin HD, although I do find navigating around a page to be buggy sometimes.

gilbar said:
If you never use the side bars in Dolphin, you can disable the swiping side to side action in the settings. It helps make Dolphin more usable.
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+1 for Dolphin Browser HD with disabled side-swiping
DynamicXL said:
Hey guys, I use Oprah mobile web browser and I love how simple it is and how it looks. However, I noticed how several websites are cramped to only one side making it almost impossible to browse normally.
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-1 for "Oprah", its Opera hahaha....imagine an Oprah Winfrey browser, gross

TopShelf10 said:
-1 for "Oprah", its Opera hahaha....imagine an Oprah Winfrey browser, gross
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Using Oprah mobile, You have a chance to receive free gifts, Oprah just gave out xbox kinet to her viewers.

Haha, didn't even see that spelling mistake! Silly me.
Funny thing, I never truely used the stock web browser. And the dolphin sidebars are the biggest pain in the butt!
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I also use dolphin and have disabled the side bars because they drive me nuts. I'm a fan of the tabs which I find a great feature that isn't on stock.

Yeah, I love the tabs but I prefer the way it is on opera mini, plus opera is really nice and simple.
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Dont any of you guys use skyfire. Its the fastest one.
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Still use Steel. It's the most clean and intuitive for me,can swipe tabs.Skyfire for pornography needs...
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Stock because it supports flash
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Stock browser until fennec rolls stable out the door.
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hitman818 said:
Dont any of you guys use skyfire. Its the fastest one.
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i do. skyfire rocks, and can watch most flash content with it.

Skyfire. So far it's my favorite but I'll be interested in trying firefox once it's a bit further along.

I have tried out several with the notification bar hide feature because of the screen burn in issues. For me dolphin hd can be really slow. Anybody that's using it without issues change any of the settings to get it to run properly?

XDA slows to a crawl on Xoom

Why does this website, and only this website, kill the performance on my xoom? I mean it barely even scrolls

monadzback said:
Why does this website, and only this website, kill the performance on my xoom? I mean it barely even scrolls
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maybe the flash ads that it cant display?

Xoom isn't powerful enough; needs quad core.

thats not it, my epic scrolls it just fine.

XDA forums have always been slow as hell on all Android browsers i've used.. even the Xoom.. However, the iPad renders and scrolls XDA Forums perfectly fine. Go figure.

monadzback said:
thats not it, my epic scrolls it just fine.
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My Nexus One as well.

socomdark said:
maybe the flash ads that it cant display?
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It would scroll faster with ads not loaded... lol

Curious, why arn't you using the xda app instead of the browser?

martonikaj said:
It would scroll faster with ads not loaded... lol
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lol my train of thought was that the browser was made to support flash but since it doesnt have its still trying to load it anyway which would cause lag but im not sure how browsers operate so i couldnt say for sure.

i think it has something to do with android's browser.. my old n1 is also laggy when browsing xda.. but my first generation snapdragon wp7 scrolls XDA forum smooth and fast.

Try this, to see if it improves performance of the browser... seems fine on my xoom.
Go to Settings --> Advanced --> Enable Plug-ins change it to "On Demand"

harajuka said:
Try this, to see if it improves performance of the browser... seems fine on my xoom.
Go to Settings --> Advanced --> Enable Plug-ins change it to "On Demand"
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It doesn't seem to help with the lag when typing in responses for me.

The site doesn't lag for me at all... been on here for hours surfing around.

martonikaj said:
It would scroll faster with ads not loaded... lol
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Simple... set plugins to start "on demand".
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No change with on demand. Still slow and skips around.

Got xda app. All is good.
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Xda app

Shame the XDA app forces closed on Xoom... does anyone have a workaround?
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this is a known issue and hopefully someone is working on it.
Tapatalk is basically the same app and works fine

i have the same and I paid for the app.......is anybody actively fixing this?

I have been using the XDA app since day 1. The only thing I have found I have to do is exit fully when done. I.e. I hit the back button till the app closes. If I leave it open for any significant time in the background it either gets stuck on the splash or whatever page I was on last. At that stage I force close and reopen it.
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for some unknown reason the app works fine on the verizon xoom, but FCs for wifi-only; someone reported the same problem on the wifi-only transformer, so its got something to do with honeycomb without mobile data (some kind of id# or something?)

Dubar said:
for some unknown reason the app works fine on the verizon xoom, but FCs for wifi-only; someone reported the same problem on the wifi-only transformer, so its got something to do with honeycomb without mobile data (some kind of id# or something?)
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Wow. Really? So THAT'S why it crashes on tablets? I had always assumed it had something to do with the resolution being much higher than on a phone, but since you say the Verizon XOOM works, that blows that theory out of the water... I am going to see if my superiors have any idea why this is happening or if they can contact Tapatalk to fix the problem.

Fyi this problem does not exist on tapatalk.. has to do with something xda does differently
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I have the Verizon xoom as well and I never had a force close. It does act weird sometimes, but it does on my nexus one as well.
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Dubar said:
Fyi this problem does not exist on tapatalk.. has to do with something xda does differently
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Also goes along with what I've heard in the past... From what I've read, Tapatalk's standard client used to have this issue, but then it was fixed. Perhaps the XDA app can be rebased to the newer Tapatalk.

I have had no FC's on my WiFi only Canadian MZ604.
What I do have, though, is a weird scrolling issue on certain threads where the text will copy itself onto every pixel it crosses until I stop scrolling and the screen refreshes.
I did note that it seems to happen mostly with hyperlinked text. Another possibility is text that has had it's color changed. Will have to play around with it some more to confirm this.

i just use the browser now. Its no big deal with the bigger screen.

It would FC on my Nook Color as well, which is wifi only. I was hoping for a better experience once I got my Xoom wifi (I also got the paid app) but it behaves exactly the same: as soon as I log in it FCs.

MovistarGSX said:
I have had no FC's on my WiFi only Canadian MZ604.
What I do have, though, is a weird scrolling issue on certain threads where the text will copy itself onto every pixel it crosses until I stop scrolling and the screen refreshes.
I did note that it seems to happen mostly with hyperlinked text. Another possibility is text that has had it's color changed. Will have to play around with it some more to confirm this.
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This happens to me on both xda and tapatalk, I think its a combo of hyperlinks and long texts... weird thing is, it happens in quoted text too, but not in the post that quotes the text
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I always got the FC when closing too

MovistarGSX said:
I have had no FC's on my WiFi only Canadian MZ604.
What I do have, though, is a weird scrolling issue on certain threads where the text will copy itself onto every pixel it crosses until I stop scrolling and the screen refreshes.
I did note that it seems to happen mostly with hyperlinked text. Another possibility is text that has had it's color changed. Will have to play around with it some more to confirm this.
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This mirrors my experience as well. Zero FCs since day one but do see the scrolling issues.
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chbennett said:
i just use the browser now. Its no big deal with the bigger screen.
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I would agree with you, but vBulletin forums (like XDA) are unacceptably laggy in typing posts on the Xoom.
That, and it's good to have options.
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MikeyMike01 said:
I would agree with you, but vBulletin forums (like XDA) are unacceptably laggy in typing posts on the Xoom.
That, and it's good to have options.
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Change theme to XDA Classic.

i get FC everytime i go to enter a thread... WIFI only

poisike said:
Change theme to XDA Classic.
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It doesn't help with the typing.
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Just get tapatalk pro. It works on wifi only, just get some weird text drag when scrolling long posts. Plus you can access any other native forum you like. I have the xda prem app on my hd2 to support xda and tapatalk on my xoom
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XDA Rendering

Is it just me or has the page rendering on XDA gone bonkers when viewing from the Tablet?
I changed over to the rather ugly XDA Classic theme that fixes the rendering issue but what's the deal with page rendering on the XDA 2010 theme when viewing from the Tab?
Did something change in the css as I am getting this issue on ALL custom ROMS..

+1... they break something after "maintenance "

Man, am I glad I saw this thread. Thought I was going nuts!

Yeah thanks for starting the thread. I was just about to spend who knows how much time trying to figure out which app was killing all my memory.

It's being 2 days now and the bug in XDA web is still there... it makes hard to read site on a tablets (I've tried Dolphin HD and standard Android browser).

Vlad_z said:
It's being 2 days now and the bug in XDA web is still there... it makes hard to read site on a tablets (I've tried Dolphin HD and standard Android browser).
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Both browsers render fine for for me using both browsers and even Opera from my tab.
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Benzoman said:
Both browsers render fine for for me using both browsers and even Opera from my tab.
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Why not just use the XDA HD app frm the Market for your XDA needs instead of viewing directly from the Browser?

yiannisthegreek said:
Why not just use the XDA HD app frm the Market for your XDA needs instead of viewing directly from the Browser?
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I think you quoted the wrong person. Of course that's what I do, but trying it for the others having problems using the browsers and everything is fine. No issues like they're having in both browsers they mentioned and a couple others everything is fine...

I don't like xda app and yes they fixed CSS... so all good now.

New firefox browser = smoothest browser?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Past Firefox has sucked hardcore, but now, wow. Its smooth, no chopping zooming out either, it reminds me of the stock galaxy s2 with the bounce effect.
Try it out. Tell me I am wrong
What browser is smoother in your opinion

I'll give it a try, thanks
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using FF brower since 4-6 weeks, in my eyes one of the best.
at my pc i am usig FF to, no sync feature as well.

Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR

Downloading
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I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.

debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR
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lol hit THANKS if you're against puppy abuse
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CuBz90 said:
Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Try ics+ browser then. Stock browser but the quick controls are fantastic.
debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR
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Dolphin is good in writing, but too unreliable. Tabs didn't load a lot of the time it didn't even show up at all. Had to keep changing the current from desktop to phone just so i could post messages on different sites....the list goes on.

Any way to back up the bookmarks like Dolphin? I installed it when the stock browser was fc-ing on bookmarks and found the import/export feature makes life easier.

People should really give boat browser a chance. Very good speedy browser! :good:

completely agree with boat browser. I don't understand, why is it so low profile, I have tried other popular ones like Opera, Dolphin (& mini), stock, etc, but Boat seems to be the best of the lot

I think dolphin browser hd is really good along with stock s3 browser.
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Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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I use chrome because I am all Google and signing in allows me to save bookmarks easier. I might try this and see how well it mashes with flash. I can not stand the stock browser for some reason.
Anyways the only thanks I am giving is to the one who presented us with the new version being out. Thanks OP!
By the way flash is still available for us
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30824028
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mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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For Firefox and Chrome, try loading engadget's desktop site. While loading, try scrolling down. You will see a lot blank white and takes sometime for it to load. Stock loads much faster.

Firefox has a great interface
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mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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it renders slowly and is not full screen. And it's pretty ugly

SiggiJarl said:
I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.
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THIS!

Maxthon is the best browser for Android:good: