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Fennec now has Hardware Acceleration for the Brower (DOWNLOAD LINK HERE!)

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-android-r7/fennec-4.0b4pre.multi.eabi-arm.apk

Root needed?

This is a kernel?
...sent from NS

n1kki6 said:
Root needed?
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lpasq said:
This is a kernel?
...sent from NS
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no its a web browser

Downloading now! Thanks for the link!

Doesn't support flash.
Edit: Used it for about 10 minutes before uninstalled. It's clearly pre-alpha build stuff, buggy and slow with no features.

Very slow.
At first I was impressed with how smoothly it handled scrolling while the web page was still loading(according to the progress bar). But then I realized that was because it didn't seem to be loading the entire page, just what I was currently looking at and a few lines down. So if you quickly swiped up or down, you'd just hit blank white and then the Browser would scramble to catch up. if you swiped back down to where you were, it would be white as well.
Uninstalled and I'm sticking with Dolphin Browser Mini for the time being.

Yea this is getting very buggy.
They update it nightly so let's hope it gets better since Google for some reason doesn't wanna implement it into the stock browser smh :/

It'll probably be in the version that hits the Market later this month. Fingers crossed.

Someone should port the XXJPU browser that Samsung modified. That browser was very fast

unremarked said:
Uninstalled and I'm sticking with Dolphin Browser Mini for the time being.
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I love the idea and speed of Dolphin Browser Mini but I just hate how they took away system controls (such as the checkbox of "Enable Location")
Sticking with regular (non HD) Dolphin I guess...

ryude said:
Someone should port the XXJPU browser that Samsung modified. That browser was very fast
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But don't you read these forums, man!? Samsung doesn't do anything right! Ever!
lol
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ap3604 said:
I love the idea and speed of Dolphin Browser Mini but I just hate how they took away system controls (such as the checkbox of "Enable Location")
Sticking with regular (non HD) Dolphin I guess...
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I've found that Dolphin Mini actually imports alot of settings from the default Browser, such as Flash Player being Ondemand or not. I think Location Services is completely disabled in it, though.

Man that Samsung GPU Acceleration browser is SEXY!!!

Xoom and XDA

My xoom seems to struggle navigating through xda. It is very slow and laggy and very tough trying to navigate through the site. Anyone else suffer through this ?
Thanks for any feedback.

how long have you had it?
What browser are you using?
Mine was horribly laggy for a day or two after I got it. I couldnt believe this tegra 2 device couldnt hang with my evo??
After a few days it really smoothed out in several ways, especially browsing the web.
Now it owns my evo, as it should

Go to the bottom of any FDA page and set viewing to "xda classic". Fixes the laggy experience.

sddenizen said:
Go to the bottom of any FDA page and set viewing to "xda classic". Fixes the laggy experience.
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Yup! This will fix it.

opera browser works nice with XDA site.

Tapatalk really work good...
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

jase33 said:
opera browser works nice with XDA site.
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Have to second that. opera works in web mode fine with all of the forums that I've tried..

Mine was slow as heck at first but after a day or two it started running great in stock browser, it coincided with my installing flash but I highly doubt it's related.

alias_neo said:
Mine was slow as heck at first but after a day or two it started running great in stock browser, it coincided with my installing flash but I highly doubt it's related.
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You can got to Settings ---> Applications ---> Browser ---> Clear cache. Did this couple of days ago and the browser seems scroll much smother.
You can also set Enable plug-ins in Browser advance settings to on demand. this will stop browser automatically loading flash contents.

Bigmille said:
You can got to Settings ---> Applications ---> Browser ---> Clear cache. Did this couple of days ago and the browser seems scroll much smother.
You can also set Enable plug-ins in Browser advance settings to on demand. this will stop browser automatically loading flash contents.
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Yeh, like I said though, mine started slow and got faster, I didnt clear cache and didn't turn anything off or chance any settings, all I did was install flash. Weird, but I'm happy with the performance so far.

nebenezer said:
how long have you had it?
What browser are you using?
Mine was horribly laggy for a day or two after I got it. I couldnt believe this tegra 2 device couldnt hang with my evo??
After a few days it really smoothed out in several ways, especially browsing the web.
Now it owns my evo, as it should
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NEBZ!!!!! Glad you came to the dark side

sddenizen said:
Go to the bottom of any FDA page and set viewing to "xda classic". Fixes the laggy experience.
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Astonishing how much this setting helps. I recently switched to that a few days ago and I can now enjoy XDA on my tablet.
(While I'm a huge proponent for using Opera Mobile on Android 2.x, I don't like it for Honeycomb because it doesn't follow the normal text selection conventions in the OS and it isn't (yet) HW accelerated to my knowledge. Barring XDA 2010 theme on the XDA site, I get much better performance from the HC stock browser than Opera Mobile when on my tablet.)

Likewise, thanks for the tip on changing it to xda classic. Scrolling is much smoother on the stock browser now.

Thanks for all the advise and help really do appreciate it. I changed setting to classic and WOW makes a huge difference. I've had my xoom few weeks since it came out and love it. This was one of my complains because my brother owns an ipad and he uses my xoom to navigate through xda and always complains, now that is fixed Once Again THANKS ALL

The xda donate version (I thinks its offically called the premium app) works well on xoom.
Sent from my Xoom the way it should be, rooted and with SD card.

i had the laggy xda site too after i installed flash. Once I set web pages to use plugins on demand, (settings -> advanced -> enable plugins -> on demand), thepages load much faster and scroll smoothly. I think it was all the flash-based ads that were making the browser slow down.
I've noticed this helped other sites as well, so if you are experiencing browser lag on other sites, try this method. Hope it helps!

I had a similar experience with my Acer A500. Thanks for the suggestion about using the classic theme. With the XDA 2010 theme even entering text was a laggy chore, and that is with plugins set to on-demand. Switching to the classic theme solved the lag, and has made posting much more pleasant. I will share this information over in our neck of the woods.

i've also noticed that portrait scrolls better than landscape.

Thanks for the "XDA Classic Theme" tip!

[Q] Fix for browser typing lag?

Is there a fix for this yet?
I can't type on forums or anything, even filling out forms is a general pain.
Luckily I have tapatalk but that still shouldn't mean I have to suffer in the browser department

It seems to happen sporadically with me. Really is annoying when it's happening though. Might be an issue with a background service taking priority.

Use swiftkey it's way better but still lags on forums

GeLopez said:
Use swiftkey it's way better but still lags on forums
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Swiftkey is out for 3.0? I've got it on my DHD (bought) but it doesn't show in the 3.0 market

It's not a Keyboard problem. Lags still remains using harware dock-keyboard too... Unfortunally it's the status now...
Hope this is solved asap.

theres swiftkey for tablets , on the VIP forum.
is this the same slow down that i get trying to load some pages? it gets stuck at say, 80% and nothing else happens. drives me crazy

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Swiftkey is out for 3.0? I've got it on my DHD (bought) but it doesn't show in the 3.0 market
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You can get it on their vip section

iam just using dolphin. No issues with that browser at least for me.

i found there was lag on all the browsers but i just tried opera mobile and seems good so far.

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i found there was lag on all the browsers but i just tried opera mobile and seems good so far.
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I can confirm this. It seems to be a problem with the way the stock browser is built. Some of the third party browsers borrow from Google's code, so they'll suffer from a lot of the same issues until Google resolves it. Browsers built on a completely different engine won't suffer from the same issues.
If anything I prefer Opera Mobile anyway for its ability to render pages faster.

GeLopez said:
You can get it on their vip section
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You have to be invited to the VIP program. You can't register without a VIP code.
Can you post the apk?

does switching the user agent help any? .ie. mobile instead of tablet

earlyberd said:
If anything I prefer Opera Mobile anyway for its ability to render pages faster.
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Same here but the default font size on opera mobile is way too small compare to dolphins and default. That is why I keep going back to default browser.

Pacifik said:
does switching the user agent help any? .ie. mobile instead of tablet
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Nope does not help. The only reason why i have my agent on desktop instead of tablet is because some videos on youtube site will not play if you're browser is set to tablet.

the gl fix didn't really do anything for me.

I have owned every tablet and the asus so far stands a cut above the rest
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I've tried all the fixes...some are better than others...I've tried all the browsers...nothing put a real stop to it until I started using Firefox 5 beta.
No lag whatsoever. None. Not even a hint.

But give up flash. Tons of lag as itype this. Lol.

Same problem here.. I was showing off my TF to my Bro who has an Ipad2.. he was so impressed and I was so happy until the physical keyboard lagged as he typed on his facebook.
Any fix yet??

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.

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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.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

just downloaded it for my phone.. im getting force closes tho

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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

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

New Google Play store rolling out

http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-fresh-new-look-for-google-play.html
Has anyone received it yet?

Download apk here....
http://www.mediafire.com/?h669cym6yzp1fth
Sent From Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [N8013]

Thank you for uploading the apk. Oddly enough it reminds me of a light themed Netflix haha

elephant007 said:
Thank you for uploading the apk. Oddly enough it reminds me of a light themed Netflix haha
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I agree. I'll wait for the newest gapps to include it inverted for my phone cuz I can't stand those bright ass white backgrounds.

txtmikhail said:
Download
Sent From Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [N8013]
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txtmikhail
Many thanks for the download url it is appreciated. :good::good::cyclops:
Sent from my [GT-N8013] running Cm10.1 with HumberOS kernal

Thanms for the .APK file.
I am liking the layout much better than the old one.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using XDA Premium HD app

The design is a bit questionable on phones, but looks great on tablets.

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The design is a bit questionable on phones, but looks great on tablets.
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yes i would agree..
as with the comment about netflix copy.. But amazon market is very similar same with samsung.. GOOGLE.. Are you copying design features .....But i do like it better then the old one.. I just wish i could turn the things off i do not want . like music books and movie content. I only need to see apps.
thanks for the apk guys ..

If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.

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If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.
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"Stuttering" is unrelated to Android version. If an APK runs, then the Android version is OK. "Stuttering" is due to any number of factors, including system load, speed and capacity of Flash memory, and Network speed.

Sparksltd said:
If you swipe left or right the screen stutters. I read on g+ that it rolling out on Android 4.2 devices, so maybe its not correctly compatible with 4.1.2.
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yes it seems like a timing thing.. The shuttering (i think_) is caused because its populating the apps at the same time as its scrolling.. Pushing the device a bit.. Maybe there needs to be a wait point built in there on the number of apps it populates to page as its scrolling over ..
But once you let it sit for a minute or so the shuttering goes away . guess the pages are cached ..