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Chrome browser for android.....beta release ...Now

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/
Update: NO flash will be made for Chrome browser ...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/249829/no_flash_for_chrome_on_android_adobe_says.html
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Requires 4.0 to work.. could someone try it using cm9.. I still on miui.
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dang - about time!
downloading now

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Requires 4.0 to work.. could someone try it using cm9.. I still on miui.
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Works VERY WELL! I have lived by miren browser... this blows miren out of the water... very snappy to load pages! My new favorite browser! Now they just need to make it work on something other than ics and it'll be the only browser I need!
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I agree, its pretty snappy and it feels like it should have been there all along.
I like it very much.

I just downloaded it and I really like it so far. The tab system is really smooth and good looking and there are a bunch of nice optimizations (like the magnification bubble that pops up when clicking on small links, like page numbers on a thread). The desktop bookmarks is SUPER laggy though, it takes a good 15-20 seconds for it to load and let you click on something.

Been using this on my PC's for years and I love it on my phone. Fastest browser yet! I just hope they come out with a dark version. Previously I used the dark dolphin mini and blacked out miren, chrome is soooo bright!
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Working very well on CM9
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I always wondered why the google OS was missing the chrome browser.

does not support flash

s89281b said:
does not support flash
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So what. Flash is a dead technology and if you really need to use it don't install the old browser.
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brooksyx said:
So what. Flash is a dead technology and if you really need to use it don't install the old browser.
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Sites like this would like to have a word with you.

Blad3 said:
Sites like this would like to have a word with you.
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Its only a beta, I'm sure more features will be implemented. Leave a review on the market to include flash just please don't give it a negative rating, its a great browser.
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Review video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWMXJqOSP6Y

it isn't allowing me to install running cm9 a1

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Sites like this would like to have a word with you.
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How often do people go to Kongregate on their phones through the browser to play games? There's enough apps with similar games, and you will still have the stock browser with flash if you really need it. I find that I barely use it in the browser. The Chrome browser is really well put together and will only get better!

HTML5 is just about ready to bust out; youtube has a whole branch for it. I am thinking really soon HTML5 will get the big push. (in that non-computer geeks will know it exists)

i agree flash is out dated but alot of sites still use it. thought it deserve a mention for people like me that dont want to have multiple apps for one purpose cluttering their phones. chrome beta is a great browser but until flash is completly gone it wont work for me. just my prefrence.

Running this on CM9-alpha1 and loving it! Tab management is the best I have seen to date, very clean. Also, syncing bookmarks and history is a huge plus. I type "f" in the address bar and it auto-suggests straight to the Epic 4G Android Dev page on XDA, just like it does on my laptop and desktop.

brooksyx said:
So what. Flash is a dead technology and if you really need to use it don't install the old browser.
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Irrelevant. It is a browser's job to show me web pages. If there's an old page with useless flash content, it is the responsibility of the browser to render it.
Regardless, I downloaded this earlier and wonder why it hasn't been part of Android all along, or why it wasn't just an update to the stock browser. Google now has two very similar mobile browsers for Android.

Bad flash performance since ICS, look here!

Since ICS update to Transformer 720p flash is completely unwatchable on my Asus Transformer.
After googling a bit I found a bug report in Adobes public bug db with a confirmed problem, GPU acceleration is not enabled.
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3099866
However, Adobe isn't planning on fixing it because of lack of time.
Please register on the bug tracker and press vote, if enough votes come in the issue might be prioritized.

I voted...

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I do not have these problems. Updated Flash once I went to ICS. However, I am using the latest Revolver ROM, so that might make a difference

Flash is dead, long live htlm5

I don't have problem with 720 flash youtube videos.... Stock ICS

I already voted.
Have been experiencing problems on every variant of the stock browser (ICS+, Dolphin and vanilla stock) despite doing a complete wipe prior to updating.
FWITW, Opera updated their client and flash plays nicely on 720p.
Don't know how Opera can make this work and stock doesn't....
B70 Serial

asder00 said:
I don't have problem with 720 flash youtube videos.... Stock ICS
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Please be more specific. Are you using stock browser, Dolphin or what? Also, is your user agent set to desktop?

Those YouTube videos may not even be flash. It may be defaulting to html5

funmerlin said:
Those YouTube videos may not even be flash. It may be defaulting to html5
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Yeah, I opted out of the HTML test a while ago.

turtlelord said:
I already voted.
Have been experiencing problems on every variant of the stock browser (ICS+, Dolphin and vanilla stock) despite doing a complete wipe prior to updating.
FWITW, Opera updated their client and flash plays nicely on 720p.
Don't know how Opera can make this work and stock doesn't....
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if thats the case sounds like the problem is now with flash

xbs said:
Flash is dead, long live htlm5
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HTML5 is not a solution yet. Flash is critical for things like twitch.tv. Nothing bugs me more than apologetics trying to dismiss the lack of Flash because "HTML5 is the future", this is the same thing Apple users have done for years while Android users have mocked them.
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I also have problems, but only when I try full screen mode. Otherwise it works fine.
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Gary13579 said:
HTML5 is not a solution yet. Flash is critical for things like twitch.tv. Nothing bugs me more than apologetics trying to dismiss the lack of Flash because "HTML5 is the future", this is the same thing Apple users have done for years while Android users have mocked them.
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Couldn't agree more! I use my tf for a bit of stream browsing on twitch.tv and it bugs me as hell that while everything was fine and dandy under HC it is now crap.
I can confirm that windowed mode works after dolphin's upgrade yesterday but fullscren is still not there. It's like it opens on a "ghost" window somewhere and you can't focus on it to bring it to the front.
Finally can others please try opera to see if this resolves the issues? (Their latest changelog speaks specifically about adding flash functionality for 4.x devices)

Stock Nexus 10 best Browser Benchmarks

I am the proud owner of a new Nexus 10, and I thought I would carry out some browser benchmarks to see which browser worked best as the earlier bechmarks using Chrome were a little dissapointing...
The bechmarks are lower is better with the exception of V8
Sunspider, V8(higher is better), Kraken
Chrome (stock) 1365ms, 3023, 11222
QQ Browser 881ms, 4032, 10087
Boat Browser 886ms, 3614, 10213
By comparison here are the Iphone 5 benchmarks
Safari 908ms, 1553, 19618
As you can see - this thing really flies and is the fastest android device i've ever used

What about dolphin browser with the jet pack addon, I'd imagine that would do quite well score wise.
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Wow those are really impressive ill test out dolphin now
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Dolphin Browser 1116ms, 3542, 9314ms
better than chrome

dolphin
Yeah, dolphin browser is quick but it doesn't support flash.. So IMHO boat browser is the fastest flash supporting browser for the nexus 10...

Shame boat doesn't have syncing with chrome

Yeah that is the only thing lacking, so i'm keeping chrome close to hand... But boat and QQ browsing really is so fast and a joy to use, seems as fast as my desktop... Hopefully google will optimize Chrome soon

Cant wait to see AOSP browser on this thing!
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Why no AOSP browser benchmarks?
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I haven't rooted the tablet so I can't install the AOSP browser

Philip or kamal,
would you mind posting test scores for Ocean Browser and Firefox? I'm waiting on my N10 to arrive and I'd read both of those ran well and support flash on the 10

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Philip or kamal,
would you mind posting test scores for Ocean Browser and Firefox? I'm waiting on my N10 to arrive and I'd read both of those ran well and support flash on the 10
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I've tested both Firefox and Ocean in Sun spider.
Ocean got 780ms and Firefox got just over 1000ms.
Ocean also is as smooth as the iPad in scrolling/zooming, while Firefox was a bit more studdery in my experience.

digitalrelic said:
I've tested both Firefox and Ocean in Sun spider.
Ocean got 780ms and Firefox got just over 1000ms.
Ocean also is as smooth as the iPad in scrolling/zooming, while Firefox was a bit more studdery in my experience.
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Thanks Relic!
I thought it would be quick. That's faster than I expected it to be compared to the others. Even if it is just fractions of a second.

Ocean browser. I promise you.

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Ocean browser. I promise you.
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I believe you.
Can't wait to get my N10 and try it out with my own eyes. Friday or Monday. The anticipation is murder.
Someone in another thread posted a video of Boat running on their N10. Youtube is blocked by the firewall here so I'll be viewing that when I get home.

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Boat browser, stock.

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Boat browser, stock.
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I used Boat quite a bit, and while it impresses in Sunspider I honestly don't think it can compare to Ocean (or even Dolphin + Jetpack) as far as smoothness of scrolling/zooming goes.

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I used Boat quite a bit, and while it impresses in Sunspider I honestly don't think it can compare to Ocean (or even Dolphin + Jetpack) as far as smoothness of scrolling/zooming goes.
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Well, I've tried them both out, and actually I've gone with the recent update to Dolphin Beta 1.2 for JB. It runs -Very- smoothly and much better than Chrome(which is pretty easy right now). It doesn't load pages quite as fast, but it's close.
I've never been a huge fan of Boat (I dislike the bottom navigation bar that you can't remove).
Ocean is very quick on not so media heavy sites, but I hate how much screen you lose to the address bar and tabs.
I also had a lot of screen tearing and rendering issues with Boat and Ocean.
I frequent Roosterteeth.com and both ocean and Boat would just bog down, give up and render nothing but a tiny sort of grid like static.
So for me my daily driver is going to be Dolphin Beta for now. If I need Flash, Firefox is my pick for that. It's a clunky interface and a little buggy but handles Flash nicely when it has the system resources the Nexus 10 can provide. I also didn't experience any of the rendering issues Boat and Ocean had while using Firefox.
So I've got to trade some performance for compatibility. That's my take anyway.
Also, the Nexus 10 is Awesome.

So, is jet-pack a plug in or stand alone browser? I've downloaded Dolphin, Dolphin beta, and Jet pack. They all show up separately in my apps.

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Ocean is very quick on not so media heavy sites, but I hate how much screen you lose to the address bar and tabs.
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If you enable the quick controls the interface disappears. It's very similar to the AOSP browser except a different layout on the controls.
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So, is jet-pack a plug in or stand alone browser? I've downloaded Dolphin, Dolphin beta, and Jet pack. They all show up separately in my apps.
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Jetpack is a custom back-end renderer for Dolphin as opposed to just being a shell interface for the stock renderer. You can think of it like a plug-in but it's more than that.

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If you enable the quick controls the interface disappears. It's very similar to the AOSP browser except a different layout on the controls.
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Ohhh thanks Fromako. I'll try that later

Battle of the Web Browser - Is Dolphin Unbeatable?

Web browsers are the most important part of any smartphone. A normal human with a smartphone spends most of time in the internet today than using the rest of the applications. Dolphin is highly rated and constantly in the top 3 of all review websites. Does this means Dolphin is the best Android has to offer? Which browser are you using? Which one is the fastest, the nicest UI, have the most features? Share with us your experience on..
The Battle Of The Web Browser!
Dolphin Browser
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Dolphin browser is one of the minimal theme browser which has become a favorite. Its gesture based web surfing makes browsing fast and easy. Make gestures and the browser understands which page to render. It also has voice based web searching feature. Some of the important features which makes this browser different from the rest are: Webzine (Fast Web page loading, with no ads), Speed dial, sidebars and interesting add-ons.
VS
-----------Google Chrome---------------------------Opera Mobile--------------------------------Maxthon ----------------------------------UC Browser----------------------
​This is a list of 5 of the best Android web browsers of 2013. If you think there are some best browsers which should have been listed in this list then feel free to leave your suggestions below.
Also
Battle of the Music Players - Neutron Vs The Others
Battle of the Launchers. Is Nova Prime still King? ​
Pictures and original article from Fazle Rahman • January 11, 2013 http://gadgeticworld.com/2013/01/11/5-best-android-web-browsers-of-2013/

OH LOOK! Another unrelated repeated thread!

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OH LOOK! Another unrelated repeated thread!
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It's the Battle series bro, don't denigrate, participate

boat browser for me

These threads feel like it's a question in disguise so the OP can find out which is the best without getting flamed. Same with the Launcher thread and the Rom thread.
We've just had a huge browser discussion, I suggest you look in there for your answers. I believe it was the stock browser that won.

omnia1994 said:
boat browser for me
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Good call, Thats a good one.:good:

I personally like Sleipnir.

irish-sid said:
These threads feel like it's a question in disguise so the OP can find out which is the best without getting flamed. Same with the Launcher thread and the Rom thread.
We've just had a huge browser discussion, I suggest you look in there for your answers. I believe it was the stock browser that won.
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Yes because I really need to find out which one is best. It never occur to you that XDA is a forum and a forum is there to share information and discuss. If you don't want to participate don't, But be careful, if you do, you might learn something.

Yes, Dolphin is over rated but good. I use it usually.
Maxthon Browser
Opera Mini Browser
Boat Browser
Those comes next for my ranking.

I use dolphin and lighting browser.
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You guys should try Firefox beta, seriously.
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Boat Browser is the best but I personally prefer and use the stock browser for surfing the Web and Opera Mobile to download things that the other browsers refuse to.

Maxthon so far

I had used dolfin boat firefox maxthon every browser is in play store, i think default samsung is the best for note 2, is faster than anyone other and don't spies u.
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Chrome because of sliding from the edge of the screen to change tabs.

Long time dolphin user but switched easily to stock browser and never looked back since I got the Note 2.
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Stock Browser Simply awesome....support Adobe Flash app tooo

How do you switch tabs quickly on stock? The Safari like tabs suck, absolutely hate it. And no gestures either. Fine for stock, but still not good enough.

Naked browser is the fastest I have found
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Dolphin use to be good, now its bloated.
Boat and Chrome are the best browsers ive used after that

Google Chrome on Razr i

Can anyone please tell me why the Google Chrome browser is such a bloated and not fluid experience on the Razr i? Sorry for this not so useful thread, but I just want to get this off my chest... I am now back to the stock Android browser, because this one at least is able to start up in under 10 seconds, I think it is around 2 or 3 seconds for me. With Chrome I have the feeling that I need a 3 gig quadruple core xXx Tripple multipass processor... to get this piece of software started in under 5 seconds... seriously w t f
anyone expriences the same issues?

Try chrome beta version
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bongofred said:
Can anyone please tell me why the Google Chrome browser is such a bloated and not fluid experience on the Razr i? Sorry for this not so useful thread, but I just want to get this off my chest... I am now back to the stock Android browser, because this one at least is able to start up in under 10 seconds, I think it is around 2 or 3 seconds for me. With Chrome I have the feeling that I need a 3 gig quadruple core xXx Tripple multipass processor... to get this piece of software started in under 5 seconds... seriously w t f
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I have the same experience. Both the stock browser and chrome take approx. the same time to "start up" (aka show some parts of the interface), but with chrome it takes some seconds until it actually starts loading a website (before, it takes some time until it shows the number of tabs, maybe it is related?)

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what is the difference?

pirast said:
I have the same experience. Both the stock browser and chrome take approx. the same time to "start up" (aka show some parts of the interface), but with chrome it takes some seconds until it actually starts loading a website (before, it takes some time until it shows the number of tabs, maybe it is related?)
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I was talking about the loading of the site with "startup", sorry if that was not clear. The stock browser takes 3 secs for me, chrome takes at least 10 till I see the contents of a page

The same happens to me. I stay with stock browser and If i get bored I switch to dolphin

I use as main browser "boat browser". give it a try!

Puffin
Try Puffin - handles Flash well, and many times lighning fast:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Browser-Wars-the-best-10-Android-browsers-go-toe-to-toe-part-1_id48166
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I used to have the same problem on stock rom with Chrome lastest version. Best thing for me at that moment was to use the old Chrome version included on my JB update. Also disabling Chrome history and desktop syncro really helped. Those two simply steps get Chrome considerable faster; the price was less security less funcionality.
Still, i agree the app totally sucks. Now i'm using Omar's ROM and last Chrome stable and waiting those 4-5 seconds. Could be worse, like in stock rom.

My Razr i really sucks there. Browsing on Chrome is a nightmare. Also stock browser is laggy. I regret swapping my Nexus 4 with Razr i for my daughter. I don't want to mess up with roms and old version of Chrome. I miss simplicity and reliability of Nexus. Razr is my last phone from Motorola.

People should be aware that there is a reason why Boat Browser, Dolphin and all the other "best replacements" are free. Even Chrome is not recommendable. I am using the stock browser and I'm not missing anything. On my Nexus 7 I use this app to install the AOSP Browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller

Rotkaeqpchen said:
People should be aware that there is a reason why Boat Browser, Dolphin and all the other "best replacements" are free. Even Chrome is not recommendable. I am using the stock browser and I'm not missing anything. On my Nexus 7 I use this app to install the AOSP Browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller
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I agree, the stock browser works alright.
Chrome beta works okay too but somehow they really broke chrome non beta...it suxx but the only difference to the nexus 4 is that it keeps chrome in the nice 2gb ram so it doesnt have to laggy launch again.
Its kinda laggy at first non ram start on the nexus4 too so i guess google just messed up their "stable" version of chrome again.

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I agree, the stock browser works alright.
Chrome beta works okay too but somehow they really broke chrome non beta...it suxx but the only difference to the nexus 4 is that it keeps chrome in the nice 2gb ram so it doesnt have to laggy launch again.
Its kinda laggy at first non ram start on the nexus4 too so i guess google just messed up their "stable" version of chrome again.
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Thanks man for that! Chrome beta really is much much faster than non beta. Great news for me, at least I could switch to chrome. Cool
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Thanks guys for all the replies, I will stick to Stock Browser, not missing anything at the moment.

Didnt know about the beta will try it. Thanks.!
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Chrome has my bookmarks, and its AS fast AS stock Browser unless Google messed a Version up like the current build. Beta is fine now, months ago its been beta that was slow

Newest Chrome Beta
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/newest-chrome-beta-eliminates-artificial-300-msec-click-delay/

Same here
Same situation here, Chrome takes too much to load, I use the "stock browser" all the time because It takes forever to load for Chrome!
Regards.

Dolphin browser with dolphin jetpack installed is the fastest browser I have tried. Chrome beta was great too, but it force closed too often
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Chrome is sluggish for me too. Will try the stock browser instead