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I'm going to start by saying I absolutely love my transformer... and am definetly going to stay and hope the platform will grow. But I don't think anyone will argue that browsing on it is not the same as a computer or even netbook. My grandma has a 400 dollar netbook and Still it outperformed the transformer. Im running Prime 1.4, overclocked to 1.6 and still it is not enough. Sites don't load correctly, things don't click, and just other stuff just doesn't work as it does on a real PC.
So my question is Do you guys think well ever get a full fledged browsing experience? I no this isn't a computer but it should be able to browse like one I think. And do you guys think these issues are more honeycomb related then hardware?
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Sometimes things don't click because a lot of websites aren't exactly optimized for touches. Same reason we have problems with things that require mouse-hover functions.
Currently it's "good enough" for me, personally.
I've got a question regarding browser performance. Using the stock browser, when I scroll down a web page, there is a very noticeable lag in the newly exposed section filling in. For example, when I scroll down an XDA forum, the bottom of my screen is a blank brown/tan for a moment before anything loads. I tested the same sites on my dual core phone and there were no delays or visible blank spots when scrolling -it looks continous and smooth whereas the Transformer appears to be slowly loading each new section. I'm on my second unit and don't recall it being nearly as bad on the first. My keyboard lag is also ridiculous.
Is this experience common or do I again have a defective Transformer
That's common, try switching to xda classic at the bottom if you can't tolerate it. There its the xda app too.
i thinks its eather asus custome UI, even though its pretty vanilla, its still laggier than stock. that and HC is a bit laggier than phone ver. of Android. Just gotta wait for updates i guess.
Did I hear that hardware accerlation in the browser could b in I've cream sandwich? That will help surely.
Have to say I agree. My partner is getting pissed off with it as we sold our netbook for Thursday tf.
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i feel you with the things dont click, this is a problem with touch screens across all devices, other wise for a tablet the browsing is great. you shouldnt expect it to be up to par with a full operating system such as windows....yet
try opera browser instead
Opera does not support flash, but Flash in general is bad on Honeycomb, so you could argue that no browsers support it...
Opera has stated that it is because of Google not releasing the sources to Honeycomb, but that should change with Icecream Sandwitch (unless Google changes its mind again). It will take a while, early next year at the soonest.
If you can live without flash, Opera is indeed the best browser of the bunch.
I bet any tablet has that screen draw issue in browsers, my iPad does the same thing but instead of blank it's a checkerboard pattern, never really bugged me too much. I'm like Dolphin HD so far, I did really like Opera but it has a problem that makes me not use it. I like to use the trackpad with 2 finger swipe to move the page around which works fine in other browsers, butin Opera it's like a gesture that does some wierd thing so I quit using it.
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I bet any tablet has that screen draw issue in browsers, my iPad does the same thing but instead of blank it's a checkerboard pattern, never really bugged me too much. I'm like Dolphin HD so far, I did really like Opera but it has a problem that makes me not use it. I like to use the trackpad with 2 finger swipe to move the page around which works fine in other browsers, butin Opera it's like a gesture that does some wierd thing so I quit using it.
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I use opera mobile to open forums. smooth scrolling and no laggy page drawing. only use flash supported browser to stream videos.
i was annoyed by the slow browsing experience also using dolphin hd but i found that if you turn off JavaScript it significantly speeds up page loading.
Patience is a virtue...
Web browsing on android has came a very far way in just a few years. Microsoft had decades to optimize windows for browsing the web, android (especially honeycomb) just came into the game.
Web browsing works remarkably well when take into account that android (Once again, especially honeycomb) is still very much a premature OS still trying to iron out and optimize.
Don't get caught up in all the hype revolving around the hardware in android phones and benchmarks, etc. The hardware has never been the problem, once the software gets optimized and focused on web browsing will be just as good or even surpass OSx, ios and windows.
Links that don't react to clicking is probably not a touch screen problem but a bug in browser. In Dolphine when i use long tap and select "open in new window" it still doesn't open them many times. And new Dolphine proibably uses stack browser for viewing pages because it has the same problems as the stock browser.
Has anyone tried SkyFire? I t works quite well on my HD2 and has Flash support
You just have to try opera mobile! It is indeed the best brouwser for the transformer.
Yeah opera moblie seems to be the like the fastest browser among the stock and dolphina, but I don't heard alot of people complaining about the small font size. Am I crazy but the font is way to small on opera. So no one has issues with it? Increasing the font size from 9 to 12 does help but its not perfect.
Opera mobile not playing flash is a deal breaker. Fix it and most will move to opera.
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wouwout said:
Opera mobile not playing flash is a deal breaker. Fix it and most will move to opera.
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It does play flash. You have to enable desktop agent: http://articlecms.in/3691-how-to-run-opera-mobile-in-full-desktop-mode.html
"In the browser address bar type opera:config
Scroll down to User preferences and click on it
Scroll to custom user agent
Type this into the text box Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00
Click save
Restart the app"
I just find the browser to be slow. Sadly my notion ink adam broswer was much faster which was also running flash and was set fordesktop user agent
www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/
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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
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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.
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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?
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Just another reason Asus need to pull their finger out, and stop sitting on the ICS update.
One of the worst thing about this phone is the lag in Google Chrome or the Stock Browser! I can't believe that with the specs it has we still experience lag while browsing mobile sites!
Don't believe me? Do this, go to this link http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...owser-chrome-facebook-twitter-play-store.html and scroll down in the thread.
There's nothing but lag which is so disappointing. The fix? Turn JavaScipt off in Chrome or the Stock browser but then you're just left with a broken browser.
Coming from iOS I can't believe how stupid slow and laggy the browsing experience has been for me on this beautiful S6. Wow.
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More people experiencing the same issue: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...igar-software-better-but-not-good-enough.html
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One of the worst thing about this phone is the lag in Google Chrome or the Stock Browser! I can't believe that with the specs it has we still experience lag while browsing mobile sites!
Don't believe me? Do this, go to this link http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...owser-chrome-facebook-twitter-play-store.html and scroll down in the thread.
There's nothing but lag which is so disappointing. The fix? Turn Java off in Chrome or the Stock browser but then you're just left with a broken browser.
Coming from iOS I can't believe how stupid slow and laggy the browsing experience has been for me on this beautiful S6. Wow.
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Can people for the love of God learn the difference between Java and JavaScript? I cringe everytime I see this..
ombadboy said:
Can people for the love of God learn the difference between Java and JavaScript? I cringe everytime I see this..
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Would be good if you could explain what the difference is
pnr2020 said:
Would be good if you could explain what the difference is
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https://www.google.com/search?clien....1c.2.64.mobile-gws-hp..0.2.299.2.tGJtF0wGuFs
Considering you use a Google product daily, you don't seem to be familiar with their most famous product
Mines pretty fast with Chrome or Stock..faster then my S4
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Mines pretty fast with Chrome or Stock..faster then my S4
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Faster than previous Galaxy phones yes but use an iPhone 6 or 6+ to view the link above and tell me you don't see a dramatic difference.
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This is the only thing that I really respect iPhone 6. Browser speed. Other than this? Nah..
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I've gone to pages on both phones and the main thing I noticed is the scroll speed for the iPhone is a lot slower than my HTC or s6. It may be the reason it doesn't stutter as much. I've done lots of testing with the phones side by and you are making it seem like the iPhone is free of any lag which is simply not true.
Scrolls dine for me with chrome
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Faster than previous Galaxy phones yes but use an iPhone 6 or 6+ to view the link above and tell me you don't see a dramatic difference.
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Apple tricks users. And you feel for it. It "appears" smoother and faster because you can only scroll so much at a time. It breaks pages down in to grids. Its the same trick as how the force long animations to allow home screens to render. Its a lot of smoke and mirrors. And frankly..it works.
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Apple tricks users. And you feel for it. It "appears" smoother and faster because you can only scroll so much at a time. It breaks pages down in to grids. Its the same trick as how the force long animations to allow home screens to render. Its a lot of smoke and mirrors. And frankly..it works.
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I can scroll just as fast if I wanted to, trick or not it's smoother and everything is displayed as expected with no lag whatsoever.
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No lag on my N5, however I'd only get the pleasure of visiting the site for an hour before the battery goes dead, so I'd still rather have the s6,
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TL24 said:
I can scroll just as fast if I wanted to, trick or not it's smoother and everything is displayed as expected with no lag whatsoever.
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Then you would be the only person on earth that could lol.
Open the page on both devices. From bottom to top flick upwards really fast. See were they both land on the page then you will understand what I mean.
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Then you would be the only person on earth that could lol.
Open the page on both devices. From bottom to top flick upwards really fast. See were they both land on the page then you will understand what I mean.
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Listen, I had both devices and did my fair share of testing. I've used Android devices for years as well so I know exactly what you're referring to. Back when in JB'd my iPhone I used a tweak allowing me to scroll just as fast as Android and never had any of these issues so please don't try to sit here telling me it's all a "trick" and things aren't being displayed real time.
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Listen, I had both devices and did my fair share of testing. I've used Android devices for years as well so I know exactly what you're referring to. Back when in JB'd my iPhone I used a tweak allowing me to scroll just as fast as Android and never had any of these issues so please don't try to sit here telling me it's all a "trick" and things aren't being displayed real time.
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K lol. Then take it back and stick with your iPhone. Clearly you're the only one this is bothering. Or one of few. So maybe Androids just not for you anymore.
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K lol. Then take it back and stick with your iPhone. Clearly you're the only one this is bothering. Or one of few. So maybe Androids just not for you anymore.
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I did take it back, if you refuse to see an issue then you're just a fanboy in this whole iOS vs Android nonsense. I'm basically stating the obvious issues with Android at the moment and I don't see how anyone could see this lag as acceptable.
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I just tested it again. The iPhone clearly does not scroll as fast. If I had a third phone to record it I would. If you already got rid of your phone then why are you on this forum trolling.
So, it's not present, but you had to jailbreak your iPhone and use a tweak to get rid of it? lol I've sat down with both devices to show my friends 100 times. My Androids were faster on 90% of the sites. I've done this for years b/c my friends like to bust my balls about Android vs Apple.
Troll troll troll. gtfo kid. lol
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I did take it back, if you refuse to see an issue then you're just a fanboy in this whole iOS vs Android nonsense. I'm basically stating the obvious issues with Android at the moment and I don't see how anyone could see this lag as acceptable.
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Yet your the only one complaining and you had to jailbreak your iPhone to do what android does out of the box...lol pointless thread. I now see your trollcolors (see what I did there??)
So question is, what browser are you using?
And what browsers is out there for least battery and ram usage?
Over the years i got used to chrome so much that i just cant make myself try other browsers, even if its not necessary the best one
I had problems playing video within other browsers, including Firefox a long time ago. I've been on Chrome for the past couple years, now.
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Chrome. I find it integrates better with Android.
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Chrome Beta
feis said:
Over the years i got used to chrome so much that i just cant make myself try other browsers, even if its not necessary the best one
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Exactly this. I've tried so many other browsers... But I just can't pull myself away from chrome. Chrome I think just works better for what I do/need.
Chrome Beta or Dev. Gives a good glimpse of experimental/upcoming features.
Used to use dolphin and only reason i didn't move away was i had lastpass, now i use keepass i've moved to chrome and i much prefer it.
I've been using Chrome for long time and I don't plan to change that anytime soon.
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Chrome got a stranglehold on me on both phone and desktop. I can't get jiggy with any other browsers.
Chrome. Mostly for the syncing. It's so good. It's not the fastest by any means. Aosp browser blows everything it if the water for speed, but not worth giving up syncing for me.
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CM browser is fast..dolphin browser for flash player..:good:
Like Dolphin as my daily driver....
Chrome Dev. Regular Chrome crashes webpages way too often on Android N.
Forever on Chrome as well.
Opera is the best BY FAR! Like not even any close seconds.
It's pretty quick, smooth (mostly)....but the main thing..REFLOWS TEXT!!!
Google got rid of reflow text so you would be forced to see their ads. Chrome sucks because who wants to keep scrolling constantly to read!
Makes a huge difference.
Also can set to use Desktop sites. Highly recommended.
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Opera is the best BY FAR! Like not even any close seconds.
It's pretty quick, smooth (mostly)....but the main thing..REFLOWS TEXT!!!
Google got rid of reflow text so you would be forced to see their ads. Chrome sucks because who wants to keep scrolling constantly to read!
Makes a huge difference.
Also can set to use Desktop sites. Highly recommended.
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I'm pretty sure chrome, Firefox and most browsers can be set to use desktop version of the website you're visiting.
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I switched to opera a year ago and have not looked back. Beside the aforementioned items, the quick buttons to scroll completely to the top or bottom of a page is something I cannot be without anymore.
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I'm pretty sure chrome, Firefox and most browsers can be set to use desktop version of the website you're visiting.
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That's not the selling point. Reflow text is. Try it out.
It makes it SOOOOO much better than Chrome.
Why do some people got for chrome beta instead of just chrome? Are there different features?
because Chrome is by far the worst, laggiest, most horrendous mobile browser ever. seriously, how can Google create such a monstrosity? it's so slow, it lags up every phone I use it with and just plain old freezes. it's terrible.
I miss the stock Samsung browser with ad blockers... because this is terrible.
anyone have a stock LG browser?
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Not that is known. But there's always Firefox with ad block plugins.
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No stock browser but Pyrope is really solid and fast.
Try opera
I'm using Chrome and its running quite fast compared to the V10.
I'm using Pyrope and it's pretty great. The only thing I don't like about it is how you open new tabs.
never heard of pyrope. does it have ad block extensions? i'd love another samsung type browser where you could log into stuff with fingerprints. do any have access to that?
firefox was always laggy and slow on my Tab S so i never bother with it, but maybe i'll try it with an ad blocker.
anything has to beat chrome. i don't even care about my bookmarks anymore. i just keep chrome on the phone in case i need a bookmark.
just found one called free ad blocker browser..anyone use it before?
So use DNS66 or AdGuard to block ads in browsers and system....and use whatever browser you want....
Just not Opera....they sold out.
yeah I read that thread by you here or on reddit, can't remember, and some people were reporting battery drain. my end goal is root and just using ad away so this is a small measure until then. this pyrope is nice and blocks some ads.
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It's definitely a matter of personal taste when it comes to browsers and I have still yet to find "one that does it all" when comes to the stuff I look for (like user agent, flash, ability to sync bookmarks and send page to laptop browser, and so on), but I've narrowed it down to just a couple that work well for me which are Boat Browser and Puffin.
I've honestly never heard of the one mentioned earlier called Pyo-something so I'm definitely gonna check it out after I send this, good luck with your search though and if I'm ever able to find that "all in one" browser I'll be more than happy to share it [emoji106].
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The two best browsers in my experience are Habit Browser, and Slimperience. Both are small footprint, excellent full feature browsers, a little different in the presentation, I use both regularly.
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which of all these browsers can aggressively block ads?
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I'm using Pyrope and it's pretty great. The only thing I don't like about it is how you open new tabs.
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Pyrope is pretty much Gello browser. Couldn't install Gello off of Xda so this will work. Thanks.
Naked browser has text reflow. That and chrome are my favorite.
what's text reflow?
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what's text reflow?
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Lol. The bomb diggity yo. Google deprecated after 4.3 I believe. After they advertised it being a feature better for us and better than apple for a few versions. Now we have this mobile friendly crap.
ahh gotcha. idk, I've been using that Pyro browser lol it's not bad. I just want all ads gone forever! lol
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No sheet. Ads suck. Probably going to check the root thread this weekend and see how easy/hard and stable it is. Also, seeing if any rumors of LG at least pushing a bug fix update. I don't have any major bugs. And the minors ones aren't even a nuisance. More buggy or less useful apps that need nougat update. Pretty solid firmware for having nougat first, getting it out fast and it being LG. Biggest gripe if I had to make one is I wish impedance was more consistent or better yet could manually pick low and high mode. Many uses for that beyond getting quad DAC on all the time for high impedance mode. But back on topic... Y'all should try naked browser. Not the best ui, but damn useful and quick browser.
Slimperience has a damn good ad blocker
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The two best browsers in my experience are Habit Browser, and Slimperience. Both are small footprint, excellent full feature browsers, a little different in the presentation, I use both regularly.
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Just wanted to say thank you for the Slimperience recommendation.. It's my new favorite browser [emoji106]
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