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hi all, i decided to start this thread so users can poll for their favourite browser and also discuss the pros and cons of each browser
the aim of this is to hopefully help other users, who have trouble on deciding which browser to go for - to make up their mind
all input and feedback would be much appreciated. thanks
ill get the ball rolling here. my fav browser is dolphin 5.0. yes, they have finally gotten 5.0 out of the beta, and its now public and official, effective june 1st. apart from the dozens of add ons and themes, what really won me over is how all these add ons never seem to slow the performance (or at least none that i have noticed).
in addition, i noticed that every time i click the home soft key while my facebook mobile page is open in the stock browser, the next time i open the stock browser, it forces a close; a problem i have never experienced with Dolphin thus far. i also like how the bookmarks slide out almost instantaneously compared to a black screen before u see thumbnails on the stock browser.
in my opinion, i have used opera, stock browser, firefox 4 and dolphin HD, and if the others are pairs or 3 of a kind or straights in a game of cards, this would be the royal flush nuff said
In my WinMo times I prefered SkyFire...Of course, stock was more than unusable...But now it IS stock browser. It's fast! It's easy to control and without unnecessary add ons. My choice!
Dolphin HD is the most complete (addons, themes, Desktop U.A.)
but stock browser is the fastest
patton82 said:
but stock browser is the fastest
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i have to agree that the stock browser is fast, but unfortunately what put me off was the force close every time i leave it running in the background with facebook mobile as one of the pages. the only way to stop this from happening is if i close the facebook tab and then leave the browser running in the background. does anybody else have this issue or is it just me?
apart from that, sad to say, its very annoying the way you have to alternate between tabs (by pressing the menu button > windows) or even to open a new tab for that matter.
Opera, the best.
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no opera mini ?
waigx said:
no opera mini ?
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oops it seems i might have left that out. i suppose you can put ur vote under opera mobile sorry about that
Dolphin Browser HD. Definitely
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Dolphin Browser HD. Definitely
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I've tried them all, but none of them seems to satify my needs. So currently, I;m using Stock Browser. Need something similar and clean.
My thoughts:
Stock Browser -> No exit button, always have to close window then close browser so it doesn't open my last opened page
Opera Mobile/Opera Mini -> Force closes on me sometimes, I do not know what the cause is.
Dolphin Browser HD -> Heavy ram usage, slow to load pages and the add-ons load it down.
Firefox -> No flash.
Skyfire -> Too much clutter on user interface. Dislike the useful functions on the bottom bar which I will probably never use.
Miren -> Bad reviews make for a bad product.
xScope -> No moneyz.
Maxthon -> IE? No way.
Others -> Unknown and never tried.
Conclusion: Help me.
Solution: Opera
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boat browser
simple and faster than stock
MegaBubbletea said:
Dolphin Browser HD -> Heavy ram usage, slow to load pages and the add-ons load it down.
Conclusion: Help me.
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Dolphin Browser Mini -> Light, fast, the same as Dolphin Browser but without crapping addons. It`s my favourite.
Boat browser was ok. I liked it but the UI was a bit unpleasant. Ill give Dolphin Browser Mini a go. I hope it will support flash.
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I use Firefox for android because there is the synchronisation with computer but it is so slow ... well, as much as on the computer.
When Firefox is too laggy. I use stock one, so cool, so fast.
For me the best browser is Opera Mini because it is faster and it uses little ram.
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Dolphin HD has lots of features, but is usually slower than the rest, good if you want a browser with lots of extensions.
Opera Mini is very good for people with slow service/capped data because the webpages are compressed through Opera's servers.
The stock browser is good enough for me because it's moderately fast and just works fine, I've never had it crash.
The only complaint I have on the stock browser is that it has windows, not tabs. If there were tabs at the top of to switch instead of having to go through 2 menus to get to windows, I'd like it a lot more.
I would say Dolphin Browser HD is something like the Firefox on PC?
Smooth, great, unless with tons of addons.
My personal favorite after trying out all. Can't deny Opera is good too, for Android.
Used it on Symbian on my previous phone and was the best browser then.
From all the Browser i try i like the Firefox most because its clean and easy and it syncs with my desktop Browser.
But after i see the results of the Poll i might give the stock Browser a shot.
I prefer opera over the rest.. though firefox team has made vast improvement over past few months, still it can't surpass the experience you get in desktop version, in fact its awesome for me, with lots of plugins and innovative ideas keep popping out.. I usually export the bookmarks then import into phone via opera link then con't browsing on the phone.. on the other hand, opera has made its name in handheld device.. though its not the fastest but it renders it well to fit my personal preference.. I like the tabbed browsing very much..
I have been doin my best not to rant but I am at my wits end with this whole keyboard lag saga. I have sat patiently waiting through patches hoping that one of them would correct the issue and obviously that has yet to happen. This is so critical how could they not have a team working day and night on a bug fix? Which would also lead one to wonder if it isnt a bug but a hardware limitation, which would be even worse...
What are YOUR thoughts on the lag? Are you just becoming used to it? Do you despise it as much as I do? Or does it just not bother you at all? Inquiring "mind" wants to know...
I really hate it, but I've been trying to use Opera and now Dolphin HD more lately and both of those are much better on the lag or non-existant, but yes it's hard to believe this hasn't been fixed across the board on all browsers. I actually think the reason Opera and Dolphin are better because they have that flash on demand option, I think flash auto loading is actually slowing the whole browser down including the typing, and javascript also so I'm afraid there isn't anyway to fix it besides turning flash on demand option on and disabling javascript seems to help but who wants to disable features?
seriously the only time i get lag is when I'm typing in forums. I never lag when i use polaris. I almost never use the stock browser. Try using Dolphin's new browser for tablets, it's still in beta but works great
LOL at all the people that think DolphinHD is different to the stock browser. IT IS the stock browser with a different skin... It uses the same rendering engine as the stock browser, it uses the same javascript as the stock browser...
Typing in Dolphin also lags for me. I really have no idea why this only happens in the bowser. But then again it could be the scripts on the page.
only lag is in the stock browser by one second, every other app doesnt lag like polaris or evernote for example, for browser if ur concerned about typing something alot use opera there is no input lag
CrazyPeter said:
LOL at all the people that think DolphinHD is different to the stock browser. IT IS the stock browser with a different skin... It uses the same rendering engine as the stock browser, it uses the same javascript as the stock browser...
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Maybe but the typing lag is still worse in stock than Dolphin, and I am talking Dolphin for Tabs which came out a few days ago, not DolphinHD
Im finding Opera to be the smoothest browser experience, over Dolphin and the built in one.
Especially on a page with very wide content, maybe a picture to (craigs list) where you must slide the page way to the side to see pic.
Secular
+1 for Opera Mobile, fantastic browser.
Opera did some strange stuff on my a500. No keyboard, black screen...
maxthon for tablet for me
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mx.browser.tablet
I've pretty much tried them all! I still go back to stock browser. Only take a little time to load flash images.
Been a Dolphin fan, they all seem to work but I am currently using "Dolphin for Pad" it's a beta
Dolphin browser mini is best I've used
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gramps50 said:
Been a Dolphin fan, they all seem to work but I am currently using "Dolphin for Pad" it's a beta
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going to give this ago thanks!
maxthon for tablet for me
https://market.android.com/details?i...browser.tablet
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Maxthon mobile for 10" is a real good browser and quick also.
I've been using Dolphin for pad and it seems pretty good. I'm wondering how maxthon measures up to it.
is it just me or the browsers seems not so responsive...
like the stock browser when i type something, there is a delay from the moment i hit the key to it showing up on the screen...
then other browsers like dolphin, opera loads the screen fairly slow compared to my phone on the same wifi connection.
also, anyone else having trouble with flash videos playing poorly? when I skip ahead on a flash video, the picture freezes a while
Ive tried opera, dolphin as well as the less than useful stock browser..
personally so far MX has been by far the best, mouse gestures and speed have the others licked..
Dolphin Tab beta has been pretty good so far!
I prefer the stock browser:
I don't like Opera because it works in mobile mode and I can't get it to work in desktop mode (I even used custom user agent but it didn't work).
I don't like Maxthon because it shows google results on google.co.ch or whatever is the chinese google webpage. I hate it.
Dolphin Tab is ok but I feel like it's slower than all the rest.
I tried a lot of browsers and I'd really like to switch to another but so far every single browser had some problems or issues.
i stick with stock browser
But I admit - typing in a text forum depending on how the software is set up was painful when i first bought my Iconia - 3.01 had some serious lag.
3.1 helped a lot - i find the browser to be a lot faster and more stable, but still the text lag was a little annoying. Once I learned how to over clock and run at 1.54GhZ when using the browser, I am finally happy with stock.
mystik. said:
maxthon for tablet for me
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mx.browser.tablet
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Awesome browser, thanks for your suggestion.
maxthon got a great UI but it is slow.
Opera doesn't save movie links.
Dolphin makes bookmarks very inaccesible.
Not true, dolphin has your bookmarks very accessible.
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Really.are they one click accessible like on the native browser? If so then I never found the button.
best browser?
I haven't tried maxthon...
...but
I use Firefox, Opera, and Stock...
Firefox... only because I can synch my bookmarks and passwords with my desktop (very useful) but flash sites don't always work and flash videos never works.
Opera - strongly considering this as my favorite... but occasionally some sites don't work right, flash works very well and I like the UI
Stock - only use it for certain flash sites.
All-in-all at the end of the way if I had to dump two I would keep Opera
I have the Dolphin and Firefox browsers. When scrolling up and down pages (such as this forum), Dolphin is smooth, but Firefox is really jerky.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a cure?
Alan
alan sh said:
I have the Dolphin and Firefox browsers. When scrolling up and down pages (such as this forum), Dolphin is smooth, but Firefox is really jerky.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a cure?
Alan
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For me, scrolling in every browser is laggy, including Dolphin, except the AOSP browser.
check out the apps and themes section here for a copy of the all new Opera beta.
All the old opera browsers for android were crap, but this new version
is the best browser hands down that I have tried on the N10!
super smooth, FAST!!!!!!!!!, and stable.
Lightning browser aosp browser naked browser or chrome beta
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Just installed Opera beta. Looks nice, but not sure if it supports flash. I'll test it.
No, it doesnt.
Alan
Same here Firefox is jerky as hell. I also use Boat and it's pretty smooth as is Chrome but that has other issues. Another thing with Firefox I find is odd behaviour with SwiftKey, when typing into a Web page and accepting suggested words when I click accept or enter on the dialogue the text entered with suggestions just disappears. I don't see this happen with other browsers.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158286
I've been using ocean browser since getting my n10.
Really speedy and smooth. I especially like the quick controls.
Sleipner browser is really fast and smooth
Ocean seems really nice and supports flash.
Alan
Harbor npossat
it's an open bug, go to bugzilla.mozilla and search 845944 " Large 'janky' slowdown in panning on the Samsung Nexus 10"
Maybe somebody knows what changed with 4.2.2 on nexus 10 and can write on bugzilla.
here there is a possible solution: bugzilla.mozilla 815862 "Increase max allowed acceleration for high-res devices (e.g. Nexus 10)" but in my case didn't work. If someone tries and posts the results (here and on bugzilla) will be appreciated :good:
First check " force GPU rendering " in developer options
Naked browser - super fast and smooth scrolling
AOKP browser - super fast and smooth scrolling
Opera - laggy slow child interface
Dolphin - fast solid but too bulky turns it to slow
Chrome - wtf Google shame on you .... Slow not so slow with the new updates but still
Chrome beta - laggy and stops with the new update
UCL browser - strange fast but stays on when not use it and eats resources
Boat - fast but nothing special when you have AOKP browser ( maybe because of plugins but ... I don't use them )
Etc
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get rid of the scrolling lag
4years later the answer is finally there
The following settings on firefox browser/android have to be changed to get get a smooth experience when scrolling through web pages. To access, tap in the url bar " about:config " and change the values of the following:
ui.scrolling.friction_fast :
-100
ui.scrolling.friction_slow :
-100
ui.scrolling.max_event_acceleration :
-100
ui.scrolling.min_scrollable_distance :
200
ui.scrolling.overscroll_decel_rate :
0
general.smoothScroll.currentVelocityWeighting:
0.45
general.smoothScroll.lines.durationMaxMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.lines.durationMinMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.other.durationMaxMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.other.durationMinMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.pages.durationMaxMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.pages.durationMinMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.pixels.durationMaxMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.pixels.durationMinMS:
-150
general.smoothScroll.stopDecelerationWeighting:
0.0
Thanks cecedo! Indeed, scrolling is much smoother with your settings. But it is not as smooth as with chrome or -surprise- Opera! I really ask myself why those settings are wrong by default. And why does even do opera such a much better job???
In dolphin if I full screen/expand an embedded video the nav bar pops in and out in landscape, I gave firefox a shot but that won't even play embedded video (audio plays but no video) unless it is youtube.
So which broswer should I go with, or if you guys have a fix for the above issues, I'd prefer something with a lastpass addon but I can do without.
AOSP browser is still my favorite after using a couple alternatives
Chrome or stock are the best ones imho
AOSP is just soooo slow, chrome is still working fine but no plugins means I have to use lastpass to launch websites.
I was hoping there was something better but it seems like I'm SOL.
When I used Dolphin browser, I found it to be close to the stock browser, just more feature rich. I tried using Chrome, Firefox, and Skyfire, but found the stock browser to be more of a favorite. I did try a lil browser that was really good with functionality with no bells and whistles at all, Naked Browser. I liked it and it is Flash enabled. Still, I keep coming back to the stock browser.
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When I used Dolphin browser, I found it to be close to the stock browser, just more feature rich. I tried using Chrome, Firefox, and Skyfire, but found the stock browser to be more of a favorite. I did try a lil browser that was really good with functionality with no bells and whistles at all, Naked Browser. I liked it and it is Flash enabled. Still, I keep coming back to the stock browser.
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What is the stock browser ?
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What is the stock browser ?
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This one here. I guess I should call it AOSP browser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40867225
aosp browser. and in no way is it slower than chrome, thats just silly.
I use Chrome and Firefox beta.
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aosp browser. and in no way is it slower than chrome, thats just silly.
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I've found AOSP to be far slower than dolphin (jetpack didn't make much difference for me though) and just slower than chrome.
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In dolphin if I full screen/expand an embedded video the nav bar pops in and out in landscape, I gave firefox a shot but that won't even play embedded video (audio plays but no video) unless it is youtube.
So which broswer should I go with, or if you guys have a fix for the above issues, I'd prefer something with a lastpass addon but I can do without.
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Not sure what you mean about the nav bar popping in and out as I've had no issues with dolphin, When you view embedded videos make sure to have jetpack turned off (if you have it installed)
Opera Beta
It's based on webkit and extremely smooth.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta&hl=en
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Not sure what you mean about the nav bar popping in and out as I've had no issues with dolphin, When you view embedded videos make sure to have jetpack turned off (if you have it installed)
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When I view embedded video fullscreen in landscape the navbar pops up then, goes away, then pops up, ad nauseum. This has been happening ever since I first installed dolphin (5+mos ago) and way before jetpack was ever installed.
They seem to have fixed it for youtube but try this http://t.co/5h7Hx3UPCP it's a bill maher whosay link, if you view it full screen landscape in dolphin you'll see what I'm talking about.
So a little testing:
AOSP - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Opera - Won't expand the video
Chrome - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Firefox - Audio plays but no video
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They seem to have fixed it for youtube but try this http://t.co/5h7Hx3UPCP it's a bill maher whosay link, if you view it full screen landscape in dolphin you'll see what I'm talking about.
So a little testing:
AOSP - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Opera - Won't expand the video
Chrome - Runs fine but it doesn't expand to fill the screen once the navbar hides
Firefox - Audio plays but no video
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Just tested that out, not seeing any issues with the navbar. Only thing I notice is the video gets cut off a bit in landscape
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Just tested that out, not seeing any issues with the navbar. Only thing I notice is the video gets cut off a bit in landscape
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Not sure why it would behave differently from phone to phone unless maybe it is a CM/Dolphin issue, although I was running AOKP for a while and it had the same issue, not going to put a new ROM on my phone to check though
Here is a vid of what it is doing www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNI2RReeJ8
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Not sure why it would behave differently from phone to phone unless maybe it is a CM/Dolphin issue, although I was running AOKP for a while and it had the same issue, not going to put a new ROM on my phone to check though
Here is a vid of what it is doing www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNI2RReeJ8
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Took a look at the video, Haven't had that problem.
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Took a look at the video, Haven't had that problem.
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To be honest, that makes it even more frustrating.
Just use AOSP browser and install ICS flash player apk so you can watch all your naughty flash videos with low hassle :thumbup:
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threeclaws said:
To be honest, that makes it even more frustrating.
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Maybe it's just that one site? Or have you seen it on several sites???