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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Namyep said:
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?
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Has anyone been able to successfully use this browser?
If I use it, and allow the screen to lock, it becomes impossible to unlock the phone and I have to pull out the battery in order to get back into Android.
The entire phone also starts choking up making each click or tap take about 30 seconds or more to execute.
Wonder if this is a common problem or just mine...
I have the same problem.
so, I use xscope
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I use Dolphin HD. It looks like firefox..also supports add-ons and gestures. I also recommend you 'browse faster for Dolphin'. Increasing browsing speed alot.
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It was a nightmare when I tried Firefox, really I won't recommend it
When I saw it got released, I went all happymode and went to download it.. the dissapointment when I realised how laggy it is compared to pretty much any other browser out there :\
Opera mobile is really the smoothest browser out there, wish they ported Chrome over to Android.
S'what I thought. Thanks, fellow arcanites
At the moment I'm just using the stock browser, since it seems to be one of the fastest ones, but I lament the fact that switching tabs is kind of a chore.
I'll look through all the other browsers out there again at some point
Tried firefox for android moment ago, not realy like it, loading time is horrible and sometimes cannot load at all, said my connection not available. Now I'm using stock browser and operamini.
Just wondering what the majority of you are using as your default browser. I've always used Dolphin hd but been getting a lot of force closes. Still use it though as I love all the addons.
Opera for me
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Stock browser
or Chrome sometimes.
ICS +
Stock browser with added features. Works and integrates quite well.
Disabled stock browser, using Chrome Beta for Android, in fricking heaven!
No Flash support, don't care
Using good old Dolphin for PAD browser, imo still the best.
With best regards, maris
Originally using stock ICS browser but this week changed to Opera Mobile. So far it looks and behaves pretty good.
maris__ said:
Using good old Dolphin for PAD browser, imo still the best.
With best regards, maris
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That one hasn't had an update in months I think they've forgotten about it.
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ICS +
Stock browser with added features. Works and integrates quite well.
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The desktop toggle function only seems to work on a few sites for me. I like my sites
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That one hasn't had an update in months I think they've forgotten about it.
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Because it didn't need one
Fair enough Maris
Chrome. Works pretty well.
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Chrome. Works pretty well.
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No flash not a problem for you? I watch a few online highlights (football) sites.
I can't try it myself, it's unavailable here.
Chrome is good for me only to grab the websites i 've open on my computer, then copy paste the url in the STOCK browser...
I just hope one day get rid about this CPU eater FLASH!
just trying out opera now, I'm quite surprised. Last time I tried it images on sites wouldn't load for me and it kept opening mobile versions of sites. Granted it was at least 6 months ago that I tried it last but it seems to have improved a lot.
I may stick with it for a while until dolphin gets sorted for ics properly.
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Disabled stock browser, using Chrome Beta for Android, in fricking heaven!
No Flash support, don't care
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Love chrome. Did not know even a beta was available. Installing it now.
Stock or Dolphin
I use firefox for the sync and the addon. Plus I've been using firefox on my desktop for like 4 or 5 years
chrome beta so far the best for me...
Try tint browser , very similar to to ics+ browser but alot faster
Like unusable badly.
I chrome, opera, boat, etc. They have started to lag. When I open the app, it takes forever to load and it it literally freezes because it doesn't respond to my touches. This past for about 10 to 15 seconds. This happens every time I go to a new website as well. Sometimes, even the whole entire tablet freezes, not just the browser app. I can't even go home, back or multitask. Then, the stupid dialog box saying "app is not responding do you wait to close, report, wait?" this lasts for 10 seconds or so
Then it finally unfreezes but then freezes again when I type in a new url.
Only really happens in browser and Tapatalk too, but only during startup for Tapatalk.
Should I factory reset? I don't want to lose my game save data though I'm stock btw.
This is where having a micro sd would be helpful. Stupid idiot OEMs omitting sd cards #smh
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Try clearing your cache? I installed Cache Clear by JRummy and was amazed at over 1GB of cache data 800mb of which went to chrome... It ran much smoother after clearing it.
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Ya I cleared cache on chrome and magazines. Still problem.
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I find Chrome to be VERY laggy when I open it, takes ages to re-load the previous open tabs (even if it's only 1 or 2) and ages before I can open a new one and type a url etc, I am finding the Firefox beta to be much MUCH better, plus it supports Flash so I am now pretty much using it as my default browser.
Maybe you should try custom rom
try downloading androbench and then test your device. Browser lag is sometimes related to storage read speeds.
Use Xscope browser. Nuff said.
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try downloading androbench and then test your device. Browser lag is sometimes related to storage read speeds.
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I tried that. It was bad. Would a factory reset help that?
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Just tried xscope. Not a bad browser. It did freeze on me though
But it's pretty quick.
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Just tried xscope. Not a bad browser. It did freeze on me though
But it's pretty quick.
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Xscope is very fast. In my experience it's the fastest. It's lightweight and has tons of features. I really suggest reading the help section to understand what options it has. Honestly I am amazed that xscope is not as popular as it should be. Everybody talks about dolphin/chrome but they don't come close to how easy and fast xscope is. I think that anybody who doesn't like xscope hasn't messed around with it enough to understand it. It literally feels way closer to chrome browser on the pc than chrome for android does. Use it for a few days and learn all it's features and I promise you will at least think a lot differently about it. There are quick gestures for switching tabs and you can even swipe across the screen to go back to your previous link (instead of pressing back button). That option is super handy! There are quick toggles for inverting the whites and blacks, desktop modes, full screen, lock orientation, etc. Trust me, just play with the option and you will love it I think.
I just reset my tablet since the browsers were lagging badly and freezing.
Everything seems to run s,other now,although I haven't installed my games yet lol
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Look at your Google sync services. Possible some rogue app is problematic. I had stock browser sync issues at one point and just disabled sync for that service. Also, I think that Dolphin is the smoothest
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I remember reading something about Google currents causing lag in jelly bean.
People said they fixed it by opening the currents app and disabling background sync.
Hey all! Sorry to bother folks but I was wondering how you all felt about what worked better on the Nexus 10 with a CM based ROM, Chrome or the standard Android 4.2.2 Web Browser?
Both seem to work well for me and I think Chrome was "made" to go with this tablet but I was curious of others experience performance wise and website compatibility.
Appreciate any relevant feedback you can provide!
Cheers all!
Jason
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Chrome for me
I tried using almost all of them last night, and I got best results from the stock browser, boat browser and Dolphin Beta.
Boat is decent, pretty snappy but comes with ads. Dolphin is silky smooth for me, but the lack of flash bugs me. I had slowness, stuttering and touch input lag from both Chromes and the others.
So I go with stock. Running CM current too.
Thanks! I appreciate the opinions! Anyone else care to add an opinion on the subject?
I've been using Chrome but I used the standard browser unintentionally after wiping the ROM and was kinda impressed actually.
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Thanks! I appreciate the opinions! Anyone else care to add an opinion on the subject?
I've been using Chrome but I used the standard browser unintentionally after wiping the ROM and was kinda impressed actually.
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AOSP Browser...
espionage724 said:
Chrome for me
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To go into a bit more detail about this, both AOSP and Chrome work fine for me. Chrome from what I understand has an updated javascript engine, and password sync though (not 100% sure on the javascript thing). AOSP has flash support.
Chrome here, I like the bookmark syncing.
Also- I've started messing with the experimental options in Chrome.
Type into Chrome's omnibar:
chrome://flags/
I'm not sure what does what, but test and see if certain settings make things smoother, like enabling GPU rendering.
aosp browser is too good for me.
ASOP!
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Stock, chrome isn't as fluid as stock.
Boat for Flash, and because it does "mouse over" well.
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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ZDeuce2 said:
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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