Hey all,
Mozilla just released the updated Firefox browser for Android yesterday.
Click me for press release
From the TL;DR section
*including reduced memory usage
*improved text rendering
*60% install size reduction on Android (from around 43 MB to 17 MB)
*Actions like panning and zooming are faster and smoother
*page load times are reduced from our previous beta.
*On Android 2.2, we’re now around 25% faster on the SunSpider Javascript benchmark than the stock browser
Known issues:
*Users who have a large desktop profile using Firefox Sync may see some performance issues
*Adobe Flash and other plugins are not supported yet
*Text does not wrap to fit the screen after zooming in, as it does in the Android browser (bug 578179). The Easy Reading add-on has some proof-of-concept code to do this.
*535793 - Fennec will load an error page in place of the desired page while connecting to a network and loading a page at the same time
*609366 - If a user changes their network during the middle of a update, the browser packaging may break to the point a re-installation is required.
Download link
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I'll give it another try......
Skyfire sucks, Dolphin is too bloated, Xscope v6 sucks, Xscope v5 doesnt work on Vibrant that good (better with lag fix). Using Opera now, very nice browser but needs many improvements.
I dont know if its the "Core" kernel, but this browser freezes second time now when i play with it
Thanks for the info and download link. I didn't try the first release because of the size. Giving it a try now.
This will be a good browser when its finalized. Endless features thanks to current and future add-ons
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This will be a good browser when its finalized. Endless features thanks to current and future add-ons
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Agreed...they just need our input on the bugs for testing. It's still a little slow but much better than the initial release.
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Very buggy for me w wifi, Uninstalled for now
I also noticed that ALL browsers (except for stock and Opera), that work super fast on Nexus, actually lag on Vibrant, so this might also be the case here. I use Xscope v5 on Nexus and it flies, yet i find it unusable on Vibrant even with voodoo lagfix, but it works fine with ext2 lagfix.......weird
will test out "Core" kernel for battery drain and if i get the same results as with JACs, then i will switch to voodoo based kernel again and give this browser another try
Yeah freezes for me too. Sux.
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still laggy. question, why don't we have a google chrome on android?
MUUUUUCH better than the last one.
The last one actually froze my phone. This one is doing quite well.
-bZj
Updated OP to include known issues in case no one bothered to check them out...
~SB
But i changed to chrome in desktop already,
Offtopic: why doesn't the default one come with tab browsing...
XScope is garbage, I have no problems with Dolphin, and Opera is disgustingly slow as of recently. This one shows some promise but Firefox is still taking up a ton of ram.
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XScope is garbage, I have no problems with Dolphin, and Opera is disgustingly slow as of recently. This one shows some promise but Firefox is still taking up a ton of ram.
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Xscope is not garbage, well V6 is. V5 is very good, Vibrant is just "slow" and cant run it without issues. Opera on the other hand is very fast and gui is nice in my opinion. Dolphin is just way to bloated.......and also slower then stock.
Tomorrow we are getting Opera 10.1 Beta and this should be the best browser for Vibrant, but stock Froyo browser is already pretty good (aside from no tabs)
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Xscope is not garbage, well V6 is. V5 is very good, Vibrant is just "slow" and cant run it without issues. Opera on the other hand is very fast and gui is nice in my opinion. Dolphin is just way to bloated.......and also slower then stock.
Tomorrow we are getting Opera 10.1 Beta and this should be the best browser for Vibrant, but stock Froyo browser is already pretty good (aside from no tabs)
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Other people have problems with the slow rendering of XScope. There is no reason at all why it would render pages slower than Firefox. That's why I said it's garbage. Opera Mini has huge response times, it doesn't work as well as it used to and it's rendering pages worse than when it originally dropped.
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Other people have problems with the slow rendering of XScope. There is no reason at all why it would render pages slower than Firefox. That's why I said it's garbage. Opera Mini has huge response times, it doesn't work as well as it used to and it's rendering pages worse than when it originally dropped.
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The reason why it renders pages slow (sometimes very slow) is Vibrant. Xscope V5 flies faster then stock on my Nexus. I remember using ext2 lagfix and i believe that fixed Xscope as well.
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The reason why it renders pages slow (sometimes very slow) is Vibrant. Xscope V5 flies faster then stock on my Nexus. I remember using ext2 lagfix and i believe that fixed Xscope as well.
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It's rendering the same page. There is no excuse for it to be much slower than any other browser rendering the same exact page other than it's the browser.
heygrl said:
It's rendering the same page. There is now excuse for it to be much slower than any other browser rendering the same exact page other than it's the browser.
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perhaps there is something in the code that doesnt work good on rfs.
As much as I love and respect Firefox and Mozilla as a company, there Android browser isn't quite ready for prime time. There are no major problems, per se, but it takes a loooooooong time to load, and more than a few times it just didn't load the page. In contrast, Sammy's native browser, on the very same hyperlink, zips right to the url.
That being said, I do understand that we are still in the beta phase and that it will be tweaked prior to a full release, if it gets that far. Added to which, being a long time PRIMARY USER of Firefox, I look forward to great things from Mozilla in the future! besides, just like with all their products, they are constantly updating them, so I know that this browser will become a viable alternative in the very near future.
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hey friends, just want to share one cool app for SGS2:
Dolphin Browser HD - Works great on SGS2
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WHAT DOES IT DO!!
browser app to replace built-in browser, has tabs, gesture, etc..
apexi350z said:
browser app to replace built-in browser, has tabs, gesture, etc..
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Think samvillian was being sarcastic. Dolphin browser HD has been out for a while and pretty sure almost everybody knows about it. I was using it on my captivate long time ago. Probably why this thread isn't full of "oh this is cool" or "this is an awesome browser" replies from people. There are multiple browsers for android devices in the market. Firefox, opera, opera mini, just to name a few. Just depends on your preference.
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hey friends, just want to share one cool app for SGS2:
Dolphin Browser HD - Works great on SGS2
https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkubWdlZWsuVHVubnlCcm93c2VyIl0.
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Dolphin Browser is the best and most complete mobile web browser I've ever used on a mobile device. Thanks for spreading the word of this great little app.
i noticed that on my s2 before and even after rooting (unnamed) that dolphin HD runs slow.. its noticeable when i scroll up and down on pages and just seems overall sluggish compared to the stock browser... i love the stock browser because its so smooth just wish it had tabs - anyone know a fix or reason why it might run slow on my phone? I tried clearing rams, made sure no others apps were running, and even tried rebooting the phone and messing with the dolphin settings to bare minimum
Canious said:
i noticed that on my s2 before and even after rooting (unnamed) that dolphin HD runs slow.. its noticeable when i scroll up and down on pages and just seems overall sluggish compared to the stock browser... i love the stock browser because its so smooth just wish it had tabs - anyone know a fix or reason why it might run slow on my phone? I tried clearing rams, made sure no others apps were running, and even tried rebooting the phone and messing with the dolphin settings to bare minimum
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It runs like silk on mine. Even with pages that are full of graphics and flash. One thing I would try is go a day or trip without killing anything in ram - don't use any task killers or managers including the one that comes installed, just let the kernel handle memory itself and run dolphin all that day, don't even look at the ram usage and see if after a day of that if it is running any better.
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I like Dolphin HD, but on my GS2, it held a wakelock (I don't know if it was going to be consistent behavior, but one time is enough for me to uninstall - if it happened once, it'll happen again). Not only that, it was ramping up the CPU and drained my battery significantly within a few minutes. I ended up uninstalling. I'm currently using Miren (and Opera).
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WHAT DOES IT DO!!
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Lmmfao!
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There is some sort of privacy issue that is being mentioned about dolphin browser. Should check it out guys. Its in Android apps and games thread.
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There is some sort of privacy issue that is being mentioned about dolphin browser. Should check it out guys. Its in Android apps and games thread.
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Yup apparently the latest version collects all sorts of personal including all urls visited -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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I am a bigger fan of Opera Mobile, since it uses the GPU for acceleration. Smooth as can be.
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I am a bigger fan of Opera Mobile, since it uses the GPU for acceleration. Smooth as can be.
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I didn't know that. Cool.
karth500 said:
Yup apparently the latest version collects all sorts of personal including all urls visited -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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I like dolphin mini, but sticking with opera until dolphin responds to this.
Their official reply is that the URL transmission was to check to see if a webzine version of that page existed on their servers, in which case, it would give you the option of viewing the webzine. This does correspond with how the webzine actually works, so i'm inclined to believe them. They have temporarily removed the functionality so they can add an opt in to make the program's operation clearer to the user.
never used the default browser because of this
I have been having some really funky issues with the graphics when in chrome. The issues seem to appear mostly when the keyboard is open, though I believe I've seen it at other times as well. Here is some examples. There are some other cases of where it shows like a scrambled up version of the page but i couldn't capture it. Any suggestions on a fix? Could it be from my 3rd party keyboard?
btw, this is the ics leak that i am using.
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I think its your keyboard.
Does this issue happen in MMS, Stock Internet app, Search bar?
Yepp I do also now in general it's become unuseable. I went back to dolphin
Swyped from mah 3vo!
i have problems with chrome but not like yours i get glitches.
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I think its your keyboard.
Does this issue happen in MMS, Stock Internet app, Search bar?
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nope only in chrome.
alainater said:
Yepp I do also now in general it's become unuseable. I went back to dolphin
Swyped from mah 3vo!
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what kind of keyboard are you using?
That is keyboard problem,not problem with Chrome.
Your swiftkey theme is ugly.
Also try using default keyboard as this seems to be swiftkey/chrome not playing together.
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Your swiftkey theme is ugly.
Also try using default keyboard as this seems to be swiftkey/chrome not playing together.
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haha, i was trying to best match ICS. Hopefully swiftkey will release their new keyboard. I saw it had new themes.
i guess ill wait for an update to either chrome or the keyboard. stock browser works fine.
I too have these issues with chrome, no matter what keyboard I use.
It also acts up when I open links in new tab sometimes.
I m using the leaked ics but without firmware.
I think that's why its called
"chrome beta"
Same issues, stock, you are not alone.
Google + pertinent info = results
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what kind of keyboard are you using?
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Swype beta. Was the same with stock htc ime
hockey4life0099 said:
haha, i was trying to best match ICS. Hopefully swiftkey will release their new keyboard. I saw it had new themes.
i guess ill wait for an update to either chrome or the keyboard. stock browser works fine.
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Download the swiftkey 3 beta. It has a nice cobalt skin and a holo skin.
Look up swiftkey 3 beta, sign up for the forums, and download. You dont need to buy it agian.
I was having the same issues. Downloaded the SwiftKey 3 beta and it seems to have fixed the issue.
Also you can now ajust the haptic feedback. I turned it so I can barely feel it. Feels like I'm typing on something furry and I love it lolz
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i have problems with chrome but not like yours i get glitches.
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+1 same problem here. ICS leak + Chrome
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I can confirm these issues too. I don't know if it so much the fact that the app is beta because I've been googling to no end and I can't find anyone else with this issue. Could it be something specific to our phones?
Here's the ones I usually get:
Try ICS Browser +. Better than stock, no bugs that I've seen
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Try ICS Browser +. Better than stock, no bugs that I've seen
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The thing is chrome has awesome features integrated with your desktop version of Chrome. I use the main browser for flash since chrome doesn't support it, but it would be nice if we found a way to get rid of the graphical bugs.
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I can confirm that I am having this problem as well.
I have used ViperROM ICS and MeanROM ICS; both do the same thing in Chrome. I have tried the Adreno 220 update and it seems to slightly help, but the problem is still there.
It seems that Chrome pulls some of it's settings from the stock browser, because playing with the debug settings in the stock browser seems to slightly improve the issue (I don't think it's my imagination). I have found that I get best results by forcing 2D hw acceleration in the main system dev options, then in the stock browser settings under "Debug" I turn off 'Enable CPU Upload Path' and turn on OpenGL (at the top).
The tearing and flickering still occurs, but it's slightly better. I'm beginning to wonder if it's a hardware problem? My theory is that it is freaking out trying to composite the transparent gradient above the keyboard (the part that darkens the webpage while you type).
I have tried many different keyboards; it's slightly better with some but the problem is there with them all.
Anybody have any ideas?
In several occasions I couldnt write login info because it wouldn't show me the keyboard
First, I'm well aware that there are similar threads around the forums, but my question is somewhat different.
With that out of the way: Well, I've been testing a whole mess of different browsers, and so far, I've only found three that have dynamic text reflow (by which I mean the text resizes to whatever zoom level you choose): Opera Mobile, Opera Mini and UC Browser, and UC Browser's text reflow is somewhat glitchy and unreliable. Not even Opera Beta has the text reflow.
I'm also aware some browsers have the double-tap after zoom to reflow the text, but I find that generally rather unreliable, too; it sometimes zooms out instead of reflowing.
Why is this? Is there a technical limitation with doing this in Webkit, that Presto made easy or something? Am I wasting my time trying to hunt down a new browser with dynamic text reflow? (Opera Mobile is starting to drag a bit.)
Opera beta text reflow works perfect for me with pinch to zoom. What device and what Android version are you using?
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That's two screenshots of the same site, I just pinched to zoom way in on the second screenshot. Are you sure its not the site? Some sites with mobile skins have special features like adjustable font size built in that disables the pinch to zoom feature. But any desktop version or regular mobile site skin should work ok.
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The latest Firefox has dynamic text reflow as well, you just got to turn it on in the settings.
As to the why so few browsers have it, I have no idea.
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I'm using Jelly Bean on a Galaxy Nexus, currently hopping between ROMs. (This whole thing started when LiquidSmooth, for some reason, causes Opera Mobile to crash on me.)
And that might be the problem; I typically doubletap to zoom as opposed to pinching. Hm.
EDIT: Weird. Tried Opera Beta again, now it text reflows. Gah.
Opera beta 16.0.1212.67320 does the trick, although somewhat sluggish on my Galaxy S i9000 running Mackay 4.1.0.
Can't get it to work on latest versions of:
Chrome
Chrome Beta
Firefox
Firefox Beta
Dolphin (chrome based)
Next Browser (chrome based?)
Boat browser mini (although there is an option for it, it doesn't work)
KitKat AOSP browser
still waiting for reflow on firefox android , I use firefox because of extensions/addons I need/like but now they even removed the toolbar making those addons hard to work with without a button , having to dig into menus to add a rule in uBO to block something, hides half the page you are trying to customize, so now I am switching for some sites between chrome or mi browser and firefox, I think now I use it only because I am used to, but I believe I will just drop it and use something else, dont want to use chrome tho
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still waiting for reflow on firefox android , I use firefox because of extensions/addons I need/like but now they even removed the toolbar making those addons hard to work with without a button , having to dig into menus to add a rule in uBO to block something, hides half the page you are trying to customize, so now I am switching for some sites between chrome or mi browser and firefox, I think now I use it only because I am used to, but I believe I will just drop it and use something else, dont want to use chrome tho
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Ran Sunspider 1.0.2 benchmarks comparing a few favorite web browsers on my stock rooted VS980.
Fastest LG G2 web browser:
1. AOSP 879
2. Firefox 917
3. Mercury 932
4. Chrome 940
5. Opera 1193
6. Maxthon 1247
For comparison I ran Chrome browser:
Nook HD+ (dual core 1.5Ghz) 1004
Sero 7 Pro (quad core 1.3Ghz) 1305 same cpu as Nexus 7
Droid Bionic(dual core 1.2Ghz) 1698
You can use the AOSP installer from the Play Store to install AOSP browser.
On my blog I have more G2 stuff
tabletuser.blogspot.com LINK
What is your favorite browser and how does it compare?
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Chrome is my favorite..
Easy to access my favorite bookmark. Sync everyting from your mobile and desktop
I was just looking into this the other day... I found the stock browser to be the fastest, but I don't like the fact that I don't have sync and add ons. I really like Firefox because I can sync it across devices and I can get addons! No other browser can do add ons (other than maybe dolphin) to my knowledge.
That's weird... I followed the link that you posted to the aosp browser but it says my device isn't supported? It won't let me open it if I go through with the install, keeps crashing?
The fastest for me would be stock or Next browser which has Google Sync built in as well as add ons.
What about Dolphin? Seems pretty fast. IMO
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Next browser is pretty nice! Faster than Firefox for sure and a lot of the same features. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hi,
For what it's worth with Opera (about 550):
In real use Chrome and Opera are the fastest, at least for me...
So uh.. Opera is the better option here? I've tried other browsers every now and then but always went back to Chrome because of the sync with my desktop. It's just so convenient to have it sync like that.
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Chrome is my favorite..
Easy to access my favorite bookmark. Sync everyting from your mobile and desktop
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Same reason here, Chrome in all my devices. I used to have Dolphin and Opera before in Nexus days. No more.
yup AOSP is fastest. i got rid of Chrome on day one. tried FF but it was also not good. whats even better about AOSP browser is that you can install Quick ICS Browser on top of it. it needs AOSP installed first to work though because its based off of it.
Quick ICS is still the fastest browser to this day imo, despite the fact that it has ICS in its name. and it has pie menu controls. double awesome.
everyone should check out the pie controls in AOSP browser!! you dont wanna go back after you have tried it
For me stock is the fastest. Chrome seems to suck lol. I do hate that "not responding" msg I get from time to time though.
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PIE!!! control
screenager said:
everyone should check out the pie controls in AOSP browser!! you dont wanna go back after you have tried it
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Thanks bro, didn't realize the PIE control was in the options the whole time. Only issue I had so far, was AOSP browser crashed and I lost the 8 tabs I had saved, no sync like other browsers. Either way, AOSP and PIE!!
AOSP browser syncs with your Chrome bookmarks, too. FYI. You login to it with your Google account just like you would Chrome.
Stock Browser
Incidentally, "Android Browser" in the play store (sorry, I can't post a link yet) seems to be a stock browser implementation that does not require root. I had this installed already and downloaded the AOSP browser and they both have the exact same scores and apparent functionality. fyi
Anyone of those browsers do text wrapping?
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Anyone of those browsers do text wrapping?
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Yep, both the AOSP and the Android Browser I mentioned do text reflow.
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Ran Sunspider 1.0.2 benchmarks comparing a few favorite web browsers on my stock rooted VS980.
Fastest LG G2 web browser:
1. AOSP 879
2. Firefox 917
3. Mercury 932
4. Chrome 940
5. Opera 1193
6. Maxthon 1247
For comparison I ran Chrome browser:
Nook HD+ (dual core 1.5Ghz) 1004
Sero 7 Pro (quad core 1.3Ghz) 1305 same cpu as Nexus 7
Droid Bionic(dual core 1.2Ghz) 1698
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Thanks for this thread, I found a new browser to use.
Here were my test results:
1. Next Browser 872.7ms
2. Stock Browser 1013.4ms
3. Chrome 1041.3ms
I've always used xScope because it doesn't reload the page when you go back. It uses the cached page. Are there any other browsers that do that?
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Which browser do you think works best on nexus 9 with the least lag and heat? Chrome is not bad in using but gets really hot and super lag sometimes when returning to home screen (could take up to 3-4 seconds for browser to close, sometimes even close in slow motion. I will say this is the most embarrrasing trait on Nexus 9 that should not exist at all).
Most other apps that i use are ok so far, but broswer is like the most fundamental thing they should get it to work well.
I use chrome and javelin
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Chrome beta seems to be working fine.
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I use puffin (free), and it is the fastest browser. But for the least amount of heat, opera mini(I prefer beta version) is good, but doesn't have the option for Desktop user agent...
With opera mini:
Anyone have thoughts on whether there is less heat because it is a "mini" browser or is it because the browser does data/image compression (off-road mode)
Its my understanding that the actual reason for excessive heat is because the CPU ramps up to max clock speed everytime the screen is touched, and this happens constantly while browsing. The only current solution is using the tablet in power saving mode, or some modifications to the kernel..
Firefox
I use Firefox with adblock edge.
Less heat, slightly better battery life, and best of all (for me) is that it keeps playing videos in the background when I switch tabs, switch apps, or even lock the screen.
The best advice though for battery/heat issues is using elemantalx kernel and capping CPU/GPU frequencies while browsing.
Hope google fixes that governor quickly (and the memory management issues).
Go back and forth between Ghostery and Atlas. Would love to use chrome but I need an adblocker extension (not supported) and man has it gotten laggy recently.
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I use Firefox with adblock edge.
Less heat, slightly better battery life, and best of all (for me) is that it keeps playing videos in the background when I switch tabs, switch apps, or even lock the screen.
The best advice though for battery/heat issues is using elemantalx kernel and capping CPU/GPU frequencies while browsing.
Hope google fixes that governor quickly (and the memory management issues).
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Firefox really a nice and polished browser, now my default. Only complaint is multiple windows dun appear as individual tabs on tablet.
The regular Opera seems to be working great for me. Great battery life, 6+ hours, where with chrome i was looking at like 4 hours SOT. Also loads fast, and doesnt keep reloading pages constantly like chrome does. Ive tried puffin, uc, firefox, dolphin, a bunch of different betas, and opera seems by far the best. Too bad they dont have a better looking icon, lol. Im running mine bone stock.
Dolphin is always my first choice
No lags no overheating and it supports flash.
Chyeo1979 said:
Which browser do you think works best on nexus 9 with the least lag and heat? Chrome is not bad in using but gets really hot and super lag sometimes when returning to home screen (could take up to 3-4 seconds for browser to close, sometimes even close in slow motion. I will say this is the most embarrrasing trait on Nexus 9 that should not exist at all).
Most other apps that i use are ok so far, but broswer is like the most fundamental thing they should get it to work well.
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Try Habit browser. I was ready to smash the tablet due to constant tab reloading in chrome beta.
You need to spend at least 30 minutes going through the options (there are hundreds) and you can configure it to look and behave exactly that way you want.
I also find battery life is slightly improved over chrome, i can get 8 hours of screen on time, most of that browsing.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Hmmm. I always use Chrome. Not sure what else is out there.
Dolphin Here For Flash Support
Been using Dolphin for flash support for a long time. Used to be you needed to load a modified flash apk in Dolphin to get it to work but now i think it's included by default, at least I know for sure if you sign up for the Dolphin beta it is. Might be though it's included in the non-beta as well now.
chris3g said:
Try Habit browser. I was ready to smash the tablet due to constant tab reloading in chrome beta.
You need to spend at least 30 minutes going through the options (there are hundreds) and you can configure it to look and behave exactly that way you want.
I also find battery life is slightly improved over chrome, i can get 8 hours of screen on time, most of that browsing.
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That Habit broswer is wicked. It's as if the tablet is idling. Thanks for the tip and screenshots
Yandex browser seems better than Firefox/Chrome in my experience. Worth a try.
Yes it's all about the habit browser.
No tabs reloading, so fast at loading. Night and day better performance. :highfive:
Feels like surfing on a PC once configured. :angel: