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New firefox browser = smoothest browser?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Past Firefox has sucked hardcore, but now, wow. Its smooth, no chopping zooming out either, it reminds me of the stock galaxy s2 with the bounce effect.
Try it out. Tell me I am wrong
What browser is smoother in your opinion

I'll give it a try, thanks
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using FF brower since 4-6 weeks, in my eyes one of the best.
at my pc i am usig FF to, no sync feature as well.

Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
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I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.

debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR
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lol hit THANKS if you're against puppy abuse
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CuBz90 said:
Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Try ics+ browser then. Stock browser but the quick controls are fantastic.
debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
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Dolphin is good in writing, but too unreliable. Tabs didn't load a lot of the time it didn't even show up at all. Had to keep changing the current from desktop to phone just so i could post messages on different sites....the list goes on.

Any way to back up the bookmarks like Dolphin? I installed it when the stock browser was fc-ing on bookmarks and found the import/export feature makes life easier.

People should really give boat browser a chance. Very good speedy browser! :good:

completely agree with boat browser. I don't understand, why is it so low profile, I have tried other popular ones like Opera, Dolphin (& mini), stock, etc, but Boat seems to be the best of the lot

I think dolphin browser hd is really good along with stock s3 browser.
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Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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I use chrome because I am all Google and signing in allows me to save bookmarks easier. I might try this and see how well it mashes with flash. I can not stand the stock browser for some reason.
Anyways the only thanks I am giving is to the one who presented us with the new version being out. Thanks OP!
By the way flash is still available for us
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30824028
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both on stock at the moment!!

mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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For Firefox and Chrome, try loading engadget's desktop site. While loading, try scrolling down. You will see a lot blank white and takes sometime for it to load. Stock loads much faster.

Firefox has a great interface
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mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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it renders slowly and is not full screen. And it's pretty ugly

SiggiJarl said:
I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.
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THIS!

Maxthon is the best browser for Android:good:

Best Web Browser?

lol, these threads are usually annoying, but I'm desperate!
Tried Ocean browser but it's fugly with that grey color scheme (couldn't find a way to change it). It matters to me since I'll be browsing the net a lot.
Dolphin is the one I'm settled with at the moment and so far it's nice.
Will give Opera Beta a try.
Any others people use?

01alim said:
lol, these threads are usually annoying, but I'm desperate!
Tried Ocean browser but it's fugly with that grey color scheme (couldn't find a way to change it). It matters to me since I'll be browsing the net a lot.
Dolphin is the one I'm settled with at the moment and so far it's nice.
Will give Opera Beta a try.
Any others people use?
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I like Boat Browser. Give it a try.

01alim said:
lol, these threads are usually annoying...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001219

brGabriel said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001219
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Thanks. Can I ask what AOSP? Do I need root or...?

01alim said:
Thanks. Can I ask what AOSP? Do I need root or...?
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Definitely the best browser. Its android browser. Yes you need root. Once you do its very simple to install. Its the smoothest and does flash full screen videos without issues.
If you don't want to root, naked browser is also very good.

so far I'm loving firefox, it has adblock and it's smoother in flash videos. =D

+1 for Boat Browser, very fast and stable, supports flash and is very lightweight with about 3mb in size.
my default browser now for weeks

HansiHusten said:
+1 for Boat Browser, very fast and stable, supports flash and is very lightweight with about 3mb in size.
my default browser now for weeks
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I thought the free version of boat browser has ads and pop-ups asking u to upgrade to boat browser pro? i remembering reading that somewhere..
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Naked Browser. ...lightweight (114kb), fast, no ads...... been using it for the longest now...on my phone and tablet
Thunder Buddies 4 Life!!!!!!!

D-X69 said:
I thought the free version of boat browser has ads and pop-ups asking u to upgrade to boat browser pro? i remembering reading that somewhere..
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The ads are only in the history and bookmarks pages.
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SFG said:
The ads are only in the history and bookmarks pages.
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yeah i guess so, just installed it on my n10, and after using it for a day ive set it as my default browser
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Chrome is the best browser, for me
Works fast (after the V8 Javascript update), and I haven't had it crash yet that I can recall (I do wonder what people are doing to have it crash "repeatedly" though since I haven't had any issues).
AOSP Browser comes in second for me. Anything else isn't an option for me unless it syncs with Google.

I get 300 with puffin in sunspider
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For me Opera is the best.

espionage724 said:
Chrome is the best browser, for me
Works fast (after the V8 Javascript update), and I haven't had it crash yet that I can recall (I do wonder what people are doing to have it crash "repeatedly" though since I haven't had any issues).
AOSP Browser comes in second for me. Anything else isn't an option for me unless it syncs with Google.
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I would agree if Chrome did flash.
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01alim said:
I would agree if Chrome did flash.
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Have you tried Boat yet? I'm curious what you thought of it.

I'm using Boat as my browser at the moment actually.
It's great so far.
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Chrome for almost everything. I use the "other devices" feature several times a day. It's great being able to instantly pull up any tab open on the desktop, laptop, tablet, or other phone.
Firefox Beta or Dolphin Beta for stuff that requires flash. Don't really use AOSP browser anymore.

irishrally said:
Chrome for almost everything. I use the "other devices" feature several times a day. It's great being able to instantly pull up any tab open on the desktop, laptop, tablet, or other phone.
Firefox Beta or Dolphin Beta for stuff that requires flash. Don't really use AOSP browser anymore.
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How do you get Dolphin Beta to actually play Flash? for me whenever I try and enable it, Dolphin tells me it's naughty and refuses to let me force-enable it!
edit: I have installed the Flash APK already, it's just Dolphin Beta fighting against me...

chaosdefinesorder said:
How do you get Dolphin Beta to actually play Flash? for me whenever I try and enable it, Dolphin tells me it's naughty and refuses to let me force-enable it!
edit: I have installed the Flash APK already, it's just Dolphin Beta fighting against me...
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I think you have to change some parameter to Ipad, it's on Android I think, sorry but forgot which option is it. Say if it worked!

I uninstalled Chrome today

And switched back to the native browser.
Got extremely sick of abysmal scrolling performance (made me feel like I was using my Touch Pro) and after switching back to stock I now realize how slowly Chrome was loading pages. And a recent bug that resulted in Chrome saving any MP3 with an MPGA extension and stripped ID3 tags for no damn reason.
The only feature I can say I miss is the sharing of open tabs and bookmarks across devices
Can any other browsers sync with desktop Chrome, well, without being Chrome?

I wish I could do that, loved the browser on my galaxy nexus, but chrome sucks
I would get the original browser but idk how to root
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Chrome drain juice so fast

Congrats
IB4L :stirthepot:
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I don't think so, but look into dolphin beta. It has been the best browser experience Imo
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Try "Chrome Beta". Works much better for me.
sheik124 said:
And switched back to the native browser.
Got extremely sick of abysmal scrolling performance (made me feel like I was using my Touch Pro) and after switching back to stock I now realize how slowly Chrome was loading pages. And a recent bug that resulted in Chrome saving any MP3 with an MPGA extension and stripped ID3 tags for no damn reason.
The only feature I can say I miss is the sharing of open tabs and bookmarks across devices
Can any other browsers sync with desktop Chrome, well, without being Chrome?
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aritra.r9 said:
Try "Chrome Beta". Works much better for me.
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as much as i want to be on the bleeding edge, i de-installed that one. using pages like xda and responding got so bad it was basically useless. i dunno what google is doing there. writing a browser is probably harder than writing an OS, but still, the others can do it to some extend, why not el goog.

I use Opera Mobile, works perfectly and syncs with Google (Chrome favourites on the phone). Loads much quicker as downloaded data is beeing compressed and unpacked.

subxero123 said:
I wish I could do that, loved the browser on my galaxy nexus, but chrome sucks
I would get the original browser but idk how to root
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You don't know how to root your NEXUS 4? Wow, absolutely no excuses, go download the toolkit and let it do it all for you then.

3dawg said:
You don't know how to root your NEXUS 4? Wow, absolutely no excuses, go download the toolkit and let it do it all for you then.
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Or better yet use ADB and fastboot instead of a toolkit and learn something about your phones

for me dolphin has been the best browser by far, it's fast and smooth and doesn't lag like the chrome browser.

gee2012 said:
Or better yet use ADB and fastboot instead of a toolkit and learn something about your phones
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Oh no... You don't mean... Through command line.. Dun dun duuuuun
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[Q][POLL]Which browser do you use?

Don't think this has been made yet... Hope it's okay!
Which browser? Why?
I use AOSP right now because it feels quicker than Chrome, but I miss my bookmarks.

Boat browser, because it has flash support!
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Next browser. It feels a tiny bit faster than the Chrome browser + I like it's Icon

Chrome Beta because it's gestures to change tabs is good and sync to chrome on desktop function is useful!
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I use chrome as my main browser. However I find myself also using the stock android browser as its pretty nice too.
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Dolphin

I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok

A. Chrome because of the syncing.
B. Can I install the old stock browser on unrooted android? I don't use it much but Id like it back for the, even if limited, flash support.

noobdroid_90 said:
I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok
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Wow that sound serious, I use aosp. Would of thought people would be shouting from the roof tops about this?
Source?

meangreenie said:
Wow that sound serious, I use aosp. Would of thought people would be shouting from the roof tops about this?
Source?
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Source: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/39576-major-security-hole-in-aosp-web-browser/

Using uc browser.... but heard dolphin is a godd one...
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Until now I still satisfy with Chrome and didn't install other browsers.
-- Stock ROM.
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Habit Browser. It has a lot of features. (e.g. changing tabs with gesture, quick menues, flash support etc.)

I have chrome of course, opera, Firefox, and Dolphin. I like to use all of them. I have to say I really like the gesture bookmarks in Dolphin. That one may be the one I use most currently. But I am testing a lot of them.
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AOSP with Adobe Flash works for me.

noobdroid_90 said:
I recently read that in the AOSP browser, all the saved data is in plaintext. Switched to chrome after that.
Maybe im a bit paranoid, but thats ok
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I don't follow what you are saying. Any app that stores passwords locally even encrypted with a key is not secure on rooted devices since all they need is the encryption key. My guess is Google does this on purpose since obfuscation would just make people think it is secure without it actually being secure.

bozzykid said:
I don't follow what you are saying. Any app that stores passwords locally even encrypted with a key is not secure on rooted devices since all they need is the encryption key. My guess is Google does this on purpose since obfuscation would just make people think it is secure without it actually being secure.
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(logic dictates that) An app that stores passwords with an encryption key would not make that key easily available to other apps. Maybe im wrong and even encryption stored passwords are easily accessed. Makes me all the more thankful for PDroid.

Chrome of course! Simple and fast. I like stock browser too. Tried next browser and I really liked it. For simplicity, speed, and just everyday surfing chrome for me hands down!
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Browser and chrome as second choice. Firefox if all else fails.
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Google Chrome!
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Browser

What browser you guys recommend....

pro4ever said:
What browser you guys recommend....
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I've been using brave and I really like it. It's basically chrome with a built in ad blocker and for me it's very fast, smooth and battery friendly. Give it a shot and see what you think.

Kiwi or Brave, both are Chrome but with adblocking. Kiwi also have a night mode which is nice. Haven't used Brave for a while so don't know if it have it too.

Chrome with ad guard pro

Either Edge or Samsung. They both offer ads block.
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Does any sync with google ? for my passwords and bookmarks?

Firefox
I have yet to find a browser that allows "tab queue." It's great when I'm looking to open multiple links at once it just queues them up in the notification drawer. That alone has kept me with Firefox. Can't say I use the desktop version of Firefox (I'm a Chrome guy) but on mobile I found Firefox the best for my usage.

+1 for Samsung browser. Has dark mode under accessibility. I use that all the time. Firefox has but it's a add-on. Not sure how safe that is.

I'm using Kiwi which is the closest to Chrome but without the ads. Used Bromite before that but it started to drop frames and lagged, thought I had to go back to Chrome ?

I'm loving Kiki with the address bar at the bottom.

Using Brave (Chromium fork with adblocker and trackers blocked) with DuckDuckGo as search engine. Since I respect privacy and it doesn't give bias results.

Using Brave looks good and plus adblock built in :good: was using chrome beta for long time

Kiwi ?

Kiwi. And they have a true black theme with black webpages. All webpages.
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Try VIA browser. Lightest and quickest I've used

Exodia
No history logged, ad blocker, and you help forests

Brave is great. I use a blue chrome icon from Pixel icon pack as the stock icon is not as pleasing to the eye...haha
Here is my home screen for no reason..

Dolphin
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combat goofwing said:
Dolphin
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Wow. I haven't used Dolphin since Ice Cream Sandwich....that's when my phones were strong enough to use Chrome.

AarSyl said:
Wow. I haven't used Dolphin since Ice Cream Sandwich....that's when my phones were strong enough to use Chrome.
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I use Samsung internet app. Just got used to it with all the Samsung phones.