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[Q] How's the WP7 web browser compared to the Android one?

I'm on WM6.5 right now with Android on SD card. I mostly use Android because of the Flash support in the web browser. How does the WP7 browser stack up against the Android browser?
Brgds... /Tubgirl

no flash, but scrolling and pinch to zoom is better.

Depends on the sites you are using
I use to bet a lot with austrian bookie Bet-at-home. The stock Andtroid browser is unusable with them as it overlaps the odds and you can't really place a bet at all. IE dispays it just fine.
I also use electronic invoice services from efaktura.bg. IE is the only mobile browser I know so far that allows me to login to my account there. Every other browser out there including Opera 10 can not display the login button Same goes for some other sites I need to use for business and fun.
For me personnaly IE Mobile (WP7 edition) is currently the most compatible browser for the sites I use, closely followed by Opera 10 (probs with efaktura.bg). Other browsers may have fancy stuff like flash, but I don't watch YouTube, so basically I don't need it that much.
That said I absolutely know that most users will be perfectly happy with the Android browser and will enjoy the extras they get there. So at the end of the day it really depends on the sites you visit and if they work correctly.

I neither like the IE mobile (no customization possible) nor the stock android browser(compatibility, few customization and not that fast)
I prefer Dolphin HD mini as the normal Dolphin HD is just too heavy and became too slow. (Android)
WP7:
- no flash (you can it use for other stuff than pr0n, youtube and ads)
- no real settings
- no fullscreen
- no copy & paste (i know not the browser's fault)
Android:
- slightly slower than IE
- pinch to zoom also a tiny bit worse than on wp7

IE on WP7 is based on IE7 with bits of IE8 in there. Pocketnow reported last week that M$ are working on bring IE9 to both desktop and WP7 soon. The Mango update, which will follow the NoDo update, looks set to bring IE9 to WP7. This will have copy/paste (NoDo update) as well as rumoured flash support.
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/ie9-coming-to-windows-phones-mango-update

Long Story short : It sucks
The text looks really blurry in ie, in Android its really sharp.
And the flashplugin is really useful e.g. you can watch southpark episodes on southpark.com or watch videos on the full youtube site who are not available in mobile version yet

WP7 browser is faster (I am dual booting CM7 and WP7)

Browser sync and differences

Hi,
one of the most important features for me (which makes me want to buy Honeycmob tablet) is browser.
As far as I know browser in Xoom is sort of a mobile version of Chrome.
So, my questions are:
- how close are they in reality?
- what can be synced?
- what can not be synced?
- what about extensions I use in my desktop chrome (one of them is freshstart to save open tabs! excellent)
- can I have my bookmarks bar in Honeycomb (I use it a lot)
I use three different PC's every single day and I work with browser a lot. All this makes Chrome so much pleasure to use... because I can finish work at one machine and easily continue (exactly where I was) on another machine few minutes later. I was hoping that tablet with Honecomb will fit right in
Will it?

Currently it only syncs bookmarks. All of your bookmarks sync just fine, folder structure is preserved. The only difference is that Bookmarks Bar shows up as the root folder with Other Folders as a subfolder in that. There is not a bookmarks bar, per se, but you can set your homepage to a Chrome-inspired "Most Visited" page which holds 12 pages (unfortunately you can't customize them, they are always your 12 most visited pages).
Chrome-to-phone still works on the Xoom, so you can always send pages from Chrome to the tablet, but you don't get any sort of tab syncing or extensions.

Is there any way to make web sites think it is chrome browser? Once the Flash is on the system it should be able to play all free videos as any other "desktop" browser.
I thought I read somewhere that phones with Android and Flash can do it.
Playon is not a solution. At home I can watch hulu on my desktop/netbook - the whole idea was to access it when I am not at home

galtom said:
Is there any way to make web sites think it is chrome browser? Once the Flash is on the system it should be able to play all free videos as any other "desktop" browser.
I thought I read somewhere that phones with Android and Flash can do it.
Playon is not a solution. At home I can watch hulu on my desktop/netbook - the whole idea was to access it when I am not at home
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Just like on phones, you can set it to use a desktop user agent. But for sites that check the flash version, you'll need to hex edit the plugin (there are other threads about that here if you look around)

At this stage I just need to know if it is doable - there is other thread about it... and I have been told -NO WAY (to do it) -either Hulu Plus or nothing :-(

Best browser for rooted KF?? (Silk, Dolphin, or Opera)

Which browser is your favorite for your rooted kindle fire and which seems the fastest? Thx

I haven't tried Dolphin but seem to be flipping back and forth between silk and opera. Had some issues with opera loading sites properly (i.e. my google apps mail account?) but the thing I like most about opera is the dynamic resizing of content to fit the screen - makes browsing a dream - no horizontal scrolling required! Silk doesn't do this. Use opera on my other computers also so am able to sync all my bookmarks which is nice. Now only wish they supported LastPass for my passwords.
I haven't noticed any appreciable speed difference between the 2 browsers.

I use Opera Mobile most of the time. I have not tried Dolphin in a long time and never on my Fire.

tried them all
I've tried most browsers and I prefer dolphin, it seems to be the quickest and some nice little extras.
I'm rooted and running CM7.. very smooth with not many issues..

I have to use all 3 depending on the website
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Another vote for Dolphin. Maxthon second or Firefox with alot of the add-ons...

My personal preference is dolphin. I use it on all my android devices.

I'd use dolphin if there was a way to keep the tabs on the top

i like dolphin

Support the open web, use Firefox! Besides, you'll be surprised at how fast it is, and since it uses the same codebase as the desktop version there is little difference between the desktpp and mobile web. And having access to all your bookmarks through sync, and the awesome screen really puts all the other browsers to shame. Really the only competition Firefox has is Chrome and the stock Android browser, except Google has a vested interest in not allowing ad-blocking plugins, so I find I spend more time waiting for Chrome to load a page than Firefox because the ads are slowing it down.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

I use the Firefox Beta because of adblock and sync. (I use Aurora on my desktop but I found the Android version a bit too buggy for my tastes...Nightly as well)
Honestly, I've tried every Android browser that I could find and they all kinda suck even with the user agent set to desktop.

Best way to get desktop browsing experience? (Apps/browser/flash)

Wondering what the best browser is to closely mimic the desktop browsing experience, flash, etc on my N7. I love chrome and all its syncing features and seamless connection with my desktop, but the lack of desktop agent is killer.

thirtynation said:
Wondering what the best browser is to closely mimic the desktop browsing experience, flash, etc on my N7. I love chrome and all its syncing features and seamless connection with my desktop, but the lack of desktop agent is killer.
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For me chrome integrates the experience. For the first time I now use browser sync ! Out of curiosity are there any priority tasks you require flash for or jspust general browsing? Coming from Linux I am glad to see flash not included, after years of 100% CPU video playback and unusable webapps. I look forward to what the latest android / web APIs make possible.
You can push flash onto the device and use it with the aosp browser, Firefox, opera? Etc iirc

thirtynation said:
Wondering what the best browser is to closely mimic the desktop browsing experience, flash, etc on my N7. I love chrome and all its syncing features and seamless connection with my desktop, but the lack of desktop agent is killer.
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Lack of desktop agent!?!?! There is an option in the one and only settings menu to "request desktop site".

I like the Firefox beta.It works well with flash.If you install the "phoney" add on you can make websites think you are on a desktop or other device and get around some of the things they don't have updated apps for.It is the only way I could find to get hbogo and maxgo to work with the tablet.

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html
Beginning Aug 15 adobe is phasing out flash from play store.
Expect your favourite sites to cater to the needs of the masses!

[Q] Any Fix for Amazon Prime Video on the MOJO?

Hello!
I've been looking around the web and it seems that not all Android devices can utilize the Amazon Instant Video App (Prime Video). What a bumper for me since I don't use Netflix/Google Video.
Getting the app to work was a whole issue by itself. I'm only limited to browse through the movies selection. Every time I try to play a title, the app crashes.
I was wondering if anyone was able to find a fix to make it work on their M.O.J.O?
I have tried to stream videos through different browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Dolphin) not to avail. Amazon really seems to not like competition to its own devices.
F.Y.I
Same thing happens with Crackle app.
I know Google Video works (tested), not sure about Netflix.
Here are some snapshots of what happens in the attached files.

AndroidSupaFan said:
Hello!
I've been looking around the web and it seems that not all Android devices can utilize the Amazon Instant Video App (Prime Video). What a bumper for me since I don't use Netflix/Google Video.
Getting the app to work was a whole issue by itself. I'm only limited to browse through the movies selection. Every time I try to play a title, the app crashes.
I was wondering if anyone was able to find a fix to make it work on their M.O.J.O?
I have tried to stream videos through different browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Dolphin) not to avail. Amazon really seems to not like competition to its own devices.
F.Y.I
Same thing happens with Crackle app.
I know Google Video works (tested), not sure about Netflix.
Here are some snapshots of what happens in the attached files.
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I was going to try on CM12 lollypop, but it's not on my google play store.. I'm guessing due to region.

gwaldo said:
I was going to try on CM12 lollypop, but it's not on my google play store.. I'm guessing due to region.
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Thanks for the try. Well Amazon makes it hard to find it. You first need to download their own AppStore app through their website, then download Prime Instant Video via the app.

AndroidSupaFan said:
Thanks for the try. Well Amazon makes it hard to find it. You first need to download their own AppStore app through their website, then download Prime Instant Video via the app.
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Thanks for the info, it didn't occur to me that the app would be in Amazon's own app store.
I'll try it out sometime this week.

Amazon offers no support for "Tablets" outside of their Kindle/fire line. That's not saying it can't be done I have it up and running on both of my MOJOs. Problem is I don't remember exactly what I did. I know I had to get the Amazon Phone (not the tablet) .apk from Aptoide. If you Google "Amazon Prime for Tablets" you should find what you are looking for. If not I will see if I can't recall exactly how I did it.

Found Workaround!
Found Workaround!
1. Install Flash Player and the Dolphin browser
2. Steps found on: www (dot) the-digital-reader (dot) com/nates-reviews/stream-amazon-instant-videos-android-tablet/
Press the dolphin icon in the menu bar at the top of the screen (see image one below).
Select the settings icon (see image two below).
Choose the customize option (see image three below).
Select the user agent option (see image four below).
Set the user agent to desktop, and then press the back button. (Don't leave the settings menu)
Scroll down and select the Web Content option (see image six below).
Find the Flash option and select it (see image seven below).
Change it from off to either Always On or On Demand
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I wish it could work directly via the Prime Instant Video, but this makes my MOJO more useful than just playing ASPHALT 8: AIRBORNE.

http://the-digital-reader.com/nates-reviews/stream-amazon-instant-videos-android-tablet/
Good link:good:

Best advice, it's too soon to shell out a ton of money for this technology.
I spent hours on end sniping a Android ADT-1 on eBay. I opted for this model because of the specs. Yes it runs Amazon prime video, but you're stuck using the dolphin browser. It works perfectly... But I already have a computer or laptop or tablet that I can connect to my TV. It makes no sense to not have the lean back experience.
To you video streamers out there and want for sure access to all the headline apps, just get the Amazon Fire TV or the stick. I own the stick and it's great. But wish I had the usb port for more flexibility.
Sent from my LG-VS985 adorned w/ Illusion ROM

You're not wrong. The device becomes an extra load if you end up using your computer most of the time to access Prime.
However, I got my MOJO while it was selling on Newegg for $99.00 couple of months ago. This was a bargain worth the purchase.