What is the best web browser for the NOOK Color? I've always been happy with the default Android web browser for my G2 phone, but it seems slow & clunky on the NC running CM7. Curious to hear what other people enjoy using.
I voted first! Anyway, I say Dolphin HD is the best as it is optimized for tablets (thus HD) and has actual tabs. And it's free. Get the Dolphin Browser HD 6.0.0 Beta.
Opera mobile is my favorite as it supports hardware accelerated rendering making scrolling smooth.
I can't use anything except Opera Mobile on the Nook. Everything else that doesn't use GPU rendering is too slow for me.
I think stock is best.
Still rocking the Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
Miren is worth a look; its different.
Ive tried them all and i liked dolphin hd but bookmarks are a downright chore to use on it, so i went back to stock browser. Opera felt clunky and slow to me, and i tried both versions of it.
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Opera felt clunky and slow to me
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This is exactly how I feel about Opera. To me, it's never been this amazing browsing experience people claim it to be.
Boat browser mini has been my favorite browser so far.
For me, Opera Mobile (not Mini). Its the ONLY browser that has smooth zooming and scrolling. Everything else is too chopy for me. There are some incompatibilities (some chat systems like the one used on Engadget don't work) but its well worth the smoothness.
Maxthon for tablet gets my vote.
Opera Mobile is fast but Dolphin HD does better webpage rendering and has support for Lastpass and ReadItLater as well as ad blocking. The ad blocking isn't great but it's better than nothing. Lastpass support is the killer feature for me. Dolphin HD also handles flash better than Opera Mobile in my experience. Opera won't even open Weatherspark, for instance. Dolphin may be slow but at least it will load the page.
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Boat browser mini has been my favorite browser so far.
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How did you install Boat? I'm using Miren now, but would like to use Boat instead. Problem is that it doesn't appear in the Market at all for me. I could pull the apk from my phone and toss it into the system directory, but would rather install it correctly.
(My NC is running rooted only. No ROMs have been installed.)
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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
slowz3r said:
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 know most of you tab owners have probably installed a third-party web browser. Which one is your favorite and why?
I'm tired of the default browser that came with my Tab. It gets stuck too many times and crashes (signal 11 seg fault)
-dan
Dolphin Browser HD is what I use on all my mobile devices. You really can't go wrong with it.
Haven't found anything better than Miren Browser
dolhpin browser HD for me. nice sidebars, plugins and gesture commands. not as fast in loading pages as opera, but faster than stock browser,and renders page layouts properly. plus it has a plugin for switching from mobile view to standard in one touch.
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Personally I use Dolphin HD. It lets me set the useragent as iPad, so you get a lot of pages in standard view. Plus it has great addons and the sidebars are amazing.
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I use Miren browser and think its great.
However for flash I use stock browser as it seems to run smoother to me.
Last dolphin HD I used seemed to have ads and bloat?
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What other browsers can I try?
Firefox is so far the ONLY browser that has openned ALL of my required sites.
Opera Mobile nearly gets there but:-
Stock browser - no good
Opera Mini - no good
Skyfire - no good
Miren - no good
Dolphin HD - no good
Dolphin Mini - no good
xScope - no good
If you can suggest any others that I can try then it would be much appreciated.
Miren user here. I haven't tried firefox for the SGT yet. I'll go check it out.
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Fire fox support flash?
ziffos said:
Firefox is so far the ONLY browser that has openned ALL of my required sites.
Opera Mobile nearly gets there but:-
Stock browser - no good
Opera Mini - no good
Skyfire - no good
Miren - no good
Dolphin HD - no good
xScope - no good
If you can suggest any others that I can try then it would be much appreciated.
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Dolphin HD is the best for me.
I tried firefox but not flash support =nogo
Dolphin Mini. I think this is better than Dolphin HD. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
Dolphin mini is definitely my favorite browser at the moment. Consumes very little, does anything I need from a browser and it does look amazing too.
Swyped from my sexy galaxy tab
Lag time during scrolling/pinching is my biggest gripe with all Android browsers. I haven't found one that equals the iPad in this regard. FireFox responds the best but I'm not crazy about the UI, I like the tab interface on Dolphin better. I hope that Honeycomb's browser is better especially with the new dual core processors.
Wow. I didnt expect such great responses. Thanks to everyone who replied.
I plan to try Dolphin HD and, if it doesnt work well, I will try Miren.
-dan
I use Dolphin Mini, it's very fast and great with flash content. Much better than iPad's safari IMO.
didn't know dolphin had a mini version. will try that out.
i still find that keyboard lag is an issue with browsers
While I was going to say Dolphin HD, I installed Dolphin Mini last night based on what people said in this thread, and a big +1 to the Mini! I like the clean interface better than HDs, and seems a little faster too.
I have a simple method of deciding on the browser. I have installed most popular browsers. Now, first I open the stock browser and open this forum site, then I copy the address to the clipboard. Next, I open let's say Miren, paste the address and hit enter, I count 1001, 1002, 1003.....and mark the number for COMPLETE opening. Do the same with other browsers. So far (for me) Miren is the winner (1016) followed by Dolphin mini (1024).
I've got miren, opera and firefox installed.
Miren is the one I use all the time, it seems the most "balanced" for me, its nicely laid out and is pretty fast (faster than the other two for me at least). Prob is it had an issue with large downloads, it would just load like a few kb and say its done. new update seems to have fixed that though
Opera was second best IMO. Firefox was slowest to load and slow to load pages. But both work more like desktop browsers.
I think I might try out dolphin mini
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Dolphin Mini. I think this is better than Dolphin HD. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
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No sorry but Dolphin Mini was rubbish - it did not open some of my required sites - just gives usual message of "Server Failed to Communicate"
therefore
Firefox so far remains the ONLY browser that will open ALL of my required sites.
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Haven't found anything better than Miren Browser
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I have to agree
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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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.
I used the Dolphin browser on the Nexus One and automatically installed it on the Note believing it to still offer the best Web browsing experience with the most add-ins. I suppose if the Google Chrome was available for phones I would use it to match with my laptop. Which browsers work best on the Note for you?
I just started using dolphin, its nice to set it in desktop mode and have no more mobile pages
For heavy sites opera. Small mobile sites probably dolphin and the likes. Opera is the best imo
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I intend to use Xscope, because A) I always have, b) it works!
Check out boat mini....did a multiple site download test on all the browsers and this and stock was fastest...Opera Mobile was close second. The Dolphin is most feature rich but doesn't transmit data as quickly as these.
Stock unfortunately, unbelievably! doesn't display desktop versions...hello Samsung!... You have the best screens in the industry and don't have a useragent desktop option!!
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I intend to use Xscope, because A) I always have, b) it works!
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+1 for xScope
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I used the Dolphin browser on the Nexus One and automatically installed it on the Note believing it to still offer the best Web browsing experience with the most add-ins. I suppose if the Google Chrome was available for phones I would use it to match with my laptop. Which browsers work best on the Note for you?
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i love Dolphin Browser- what's wrong with it on the Note?
Is it just me or is the stock browser missing the all important STOP/REFRESH button?? Why would they omit that weird..
im using stock and opera here. seem stock is faster tho ( tried zoom in and out) seem stock is more responsive.
ps. from the guy comment above so i tried the Dolphin . oh and its better than opera
another updated : after played with Dolphin about an hr, i still think stock browser is faster and more responsive
first Firefox Mobile Beta,loving to have all my Desktop Bookmarks in sync
Second Stock Browser
I been using Dolphin Browser HD for month on dell streak and i gotta tell this is one of the best browser on Android. Desktop mode and On demand Flash Plugin is awesome.
I just installed Dolphin HD to see the difference and on the BBC website there is a hell of a difference. The stock browser is far smoother scrolling the page up and down than Dolphin HD
Opera Mobile
Opera Mobile is the fastest on heavy sites, for me.
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I intend to use Xscope, because A) I always have, b) it works!
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Glad to see u got the note. Once its available in the u.s. that will be my next phone.
Sent from my SuperStreak! ;-)
Just a tip I just learned, i know some on XDA already know this,
but if you type about:useragent into the default browser, you get a dialog to pick desktop browser functionality and remove mobile pages.
I personally prefer default browser to any other so this is a good thing.
I know about the useragent ...trouble is you have to keep repeating the process after rebooting or.powering off. A pain after a while
Opera Mobile for me.
dolphin is my favorite
but I had to install opera in order to download all files confused:)
also for me the default browser is faster, but the comfortable features of dolphin no one have it
Stock browser is probably GPU accelerated like the SGS2. Dolphin HD isn't, and since the Note runs at a significantly higher res than the SGS2 it therefore is "slower" than the Stock browser.... at least until ICS comes out for the Note. Then it shouldn't matter since everything will be GPU accelerated.
Dolphin
I picked a new A500 yesterday and I like the way it feels and looks but I'm disappointed with the browser. Everything feels laggy, even as I type this post. I feel that my iPhone 3Gs performs better. It came with 3.1 out of the box. Any tips on how to resolve this lag and poor browser experience I'm going thru? Thanks
Stock browser is good for me. You could try Aurora (experimental version of Firefox) it works well on the A500.
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i seriously just switched a couple minutes ago but dolphin browser for pad is amazzziinnggggg. It bears but MacBook pro in speed and fluidity and no laggy text anymore and the bookmarks manager seams very nice, its a great alternative
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i seriously just switched a couple minutes ago but dolphin browser for pad is amazzziinnggggg. It bears but MacBook pro in speed and fluidity and no laggy text anymore and the bookmarks manager seams very nice, its a great alternative
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Dolphin for pad was good for awhile, but it hasn't been updated since July, 2011.
Back to Dolphin HD I went. Still better than stock, and if you get the bookmarks plugin, you can backup and restore all your bookmarks at will.
where can I find these alternate browsers and I need to be rooted right?
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where can I find these alternate browsers and I need to be rooted right?
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No root required, and they're all in the marketplace
Opera mobile
Try opera mobile. It is real fast. A500 feels like a different device with opera.
I tried opera mobile, dolphin for pad, dolphin HD. dolphin for pad looks the best for tab dolphin HD is the best
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This is a little obscure but checkout maxthon browser for 10" tablet. I'm not a fan of maxthon for phones but its my browser of choice on my A500.
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This is a little obscure but checkout maxthon browser for 10" tablet. I'm not a fan of maxthon for phones but its my browser of choice on my A500.
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I think Maxthon 1.4 is better than 1.5
I like the previous version
+1 for Dolphin browser for pad. Although it's technically a beta release, I've been using it for about a month on stock 3.2 without any issues. It's very fast and the interface is a little cleaner than the stock browser. Bookmarks are only a swipe away, and other gestures also are supported---though maybe not obvious (touch the right-facing pointer icon located on the right end of the toolbar and enter your gesture anywhere in the shaded area). I've used Opera, Dolphin HD, etc. Like this browser the best so far.
best of them dolphin for pad , it runs very smooth when you are @ 1.4GHz
the neverending story... the browser! I tested all, and all in every new Version that came out, but so far... there is only one Browser i use, not cause its the best or the fastest...no:
Did anyone realize, that EVERY Browser, stock, Maxthon, Firefox, Dolphin etc. have all washed out colors, unsharp text, pictures and so on. The only one with really good looking sites, like on Desktop, is Opera. Try out yourself, open all Browser, look at google news page, then compare...
WHY IS THIS?
Opera has maaaany maaaany problems on Facebook, the Chatbars, Posts not posted etc., Youtube videos sometimes crashes, no adblock, but... fast and good looking!
Can anyone explain me this issue, or is it only my device? A500 Stock OTA update, not rooted...
none of these browsers will play facebook games such as ravenwood, too laggy. I posted a thread on this a month ago and someone said he got it working but the settings he came up with were NOWHERE , it was like he was just making up crap...something about flashmx offline settings.looks like I will have to wait until ICS comes out.
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I like the boat browser myself.
firefox 9 has a revamped ui, especially designed for tablets: it behaves differently in portrait. It's still based on xul I think, but I find the startup to be quite fast and of course with the gig of ram it should stay loaded. quite stable too, but still doesn't run flash.
I use Maxthon the majority of the time. Firefox just doesn't give me the browsing experience that I want but I think eventually it will be pretty good.
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