I've run into an issue where I'm unable to get any full version sites to load on my atrix. I've used both the stock browser and dolphin HD and can't seem to get it to work. With the stock browser I've done the about:config changes to desktop and with dolphin hd I've tried switching the agent to desktop, yet still have problems. I even tried the dolphin toggles addon for dolphin which just displays the mobile regardless of swapping.
Anyone have any ideas?
Some sites just wont do it... thats about all I can say. Im sure its a moto issue due to the fact that my cappy can load the same sites in full mode.
had the same problem, Install Firefox (In Market) solved all of my complaints with the browser.
some sites will not do it and if they do they will have a link for it at the bottom of the page. For instance some say "Desktop" or others will have the title of the page like ESPN.COM. clicking any of these will pull up the full site. Firefox mobile is a good solution but does not have Flash so if you don't mind that then FF mobile it is!
tbae2 said:
some sites will not do it and if they do they will have a link for it at the bottom of the page. For instance some say "Desktop" or others will have the title of the page like ESPN.COM. clicking any of these will pull up the full site. Firefox mobile is a good solution but does not have Flash so if you don't mind that then FF mobile it is!
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*doh*, didn't realize that. Does Dolphin support flash?
MIREN browser has been good to me
crawlgsx said:
*doh*, didn't realize that. Does Dolphin support flash?
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Dolphin does indeed have flash. Dolphin HD.
Skyfire is nice and fast
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Is there a better browser for the Vegan 5.1 release? The Facebook website in particular has a problem with the bottom-docked chat bar scroll up the screen and getting in the way of games and posts.
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Jim
I have seen the problem your talking about on Facebook. I haven't used any other browsers on it besides the default, an old version of fennec and the crashy veiwsonic one. When I get back home ill check out how fennec does on Facebook. I know dolphins a popular browser but I've never tried it. Does anyone know how it does on the gtab?
Decided to use my precious limited data on my Htc Aria, Xda app
I've been really happy with Dolphin HD on Vegan 5.1. The up and down gesture controls are pretty helpful.
There is also skyfire and xscope
Okay, I installed Dolphin on my Gtablet. It seems like a nice browser and a little more adapt for tablets than the regular android browser in froyo. It still dosnt seem to be better with the facebook chat bar. To tell you the truth I wasnt expecting the bar to work at all in any browser in android when i fist got my gtab. Im hoping for better browsers soon. If you take a look at the demo of the moto Xoom, It looks like they might have put chrome in honeycomb, if so it would be much better than any browser for android right now.
They are all sorta lacking
Skyfire has a nice feature in being able to easily switch between mobile and desktop rendering of a web page. I find their little toolbar at the bottom of the screen that lets you integrate with Facebook to be annoying and there's no way to turn it off. The tabbed browsing isn't very friendly. You have to access it from a button on the control bar which opens another screen to select the tab. I never did figure out how to close a tab. It is pretty speedy. It's the only one I tested that isn't compatible with my Netvibes homepage--I don't know why, so I don't know what other sites might trip it up.
For me, Xscope was noticeably slower than the others in rendering pages. It's tabbed browsing works well, more like a computer browser's would. This one seemed to be the best at keeping flash-based items framed where they are supposed to be in relation to the rest of the webpage. (The facebook chat bar still rides up on this one...it rides up on all of them.) I don't like the fact that you cannot save webpages/bookmarks as shortcuts on the device's desktop with this browser.
No reason to talk about Opera Mobile.
I am using Dolphin. The tabs are best of the bunch. Swipe right and the bookmarks show. You can save bookmarks as shortcuts on the desktop. It's not quite as fast as Skyfire, but faster than Xscope. It does get to acting flaky sometimes--like trying to enter a term into the search field on the XDA site here. I've had it shut down a few times. To me, this ones features and usability set it apart from the others.
I mainly use Dolphin HD but have also installed Dolphin Mini and I really like it on the Gtab.
There's also a newer browser named Miren Browser. Check the market for it. It supports full flash and has tab browsing. Pretty neat.
Scott
Miren and Dolphin HD are my "go to" browsers on this.
Miren just "looks" nicer for some reason then Dolphin HD. I tend to use Miren more for aesthetic purposes.
Either browser sometimes gives me download errors when I try to download. Once in a while (more often then not) I get the following error when trying to download: "Can't download as file size is unknown" and then it just quits.
Any one have any ideas how to fix that?
I'm also for Dolphin HD. Lately it's been FC-ing on me, but I'm not blaming Dolphin itself (I'll be repartitioning today).
Dolphin Mini, seems to be geared more towards the g-tab. I've tried several of the others and mini works best for me.
I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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I just put vegan on my gtab but many of the applications wont show up on the market and when i find them via browser it says they are not compatable with my device ie launcher pro and any of the dolphin browsers. I love HD on my droidx and would love to have in on my gtab aswell
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All u have to do is look at the sticky that says READ HERE FIRST. its got a market fix that will let u access everything
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take a look at firefox. Was using Dolphin, but this is much faster.
I have been using dolphin browser hd. It has been working well on my g-tab
Swyped from my St0n3d VEGAn 1.0 Beta 5.1.1 G-Tab
On the G-Tab I have tried most of the browsers.
Dolphin HD is my favorite so far. I am really looking forward to their public beta of the tablet optimized version.
Skyfire is fast, but I HATE that bottom bar.
Firefox 4 is out for Android, but the website graphics are bad compared to others. Some type of optimizing I am guessing. Despite that it is still slow.
I need to try Miren. I have not had a chance yet.
Being a tablet as opposed to a phone I would love for them to just release full Chrome on it.
Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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Dolphin HD has some nice features, but it seems to present a condensed version of my favorite daily newspapers. I've tried typing in the full url, but it changes it and won't seem to present the normal view, that the stock Vegan browser presents. (An example, AZcentral.com.) Anyone know of a fix. Meantime I will try Miren. Can't get firefox to download to my Viewsonic, as Google does not recognize it as a android device. (I heard that going back to stock rom will fix that??)
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That's probably on the newspaper's web site, reacting to the fact that it is a mobile browser. Go in to the Dolphin settings and change the user agent to Desktop, and see if that helps.
properly open up pages like facebook, myverizon, here, etc.
i've tried Dolphin HD, Skyfire, Opera Mobile, Maxthon.
they all seem to have some sort of issue or another, not so much with simply displaying the page... but interaction with the page.
for instance i'll have issues where i'm trying to reply to something and the display will get stuck over to the side and i can't view what i want to unless i zoom out.
another thing is if i'm doing some sort of flash based form & click on a field to modify, it does not bring up the keyboard.
does anyone have a suggestion on one that does work properly?
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another thing is if i'm doing some sort of flash based form & click on a field to modify, it does not bring up the keyboard.
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Blame adobe and flash for that, not the browser. The browser is just a wrapper for flash and can't do much to actually interact with it.
I use miren browser and opera
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I just started using Maxthon. I'm not really a fan on non-stock browsers, but I really like this one. FireFox can't seem to work wrap or scale a page to save it's bytes, which I thought they'd have fixed back in beta days... but they didn't. I don't know about the rest. It's a mobile browser though. I accept there's going to be shortcomings. Just be glad you're not stuck with the BlackBerry browser. EEYAAWWOO...
Anyone have a link to the new Firefox 9 apk as it is no longer compatible with the nook tablet via the android market like the old one use to be.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/9.0b6/android/en-US/
Thanks for that link
And that is the beta version of firefox
Go up a few directories: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/
It should be pointed out: neither release or beta builds update themselves. You will need to do so manually.
Maybe check out Firefox's Aurora channel? It can update itself.
This is a better link:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/latest/android/en-US/
Seems to be nearly unusable on my NT unfortunately...
Use Dolphin Browser HD it's the best browser in market, has very useful setting like touch gestures and other stuff, try it out it is good.
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Use Dolphin Browser HD it's the best browser in market
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I agree completely. I am a die-hard Firefox fan; been using it since it was Firebird. But the mobile version is crap It's slow and half the pages didn't load for me. I switched to Dolphin HD and it was much better than Firefox or Opera Mini. And I was still able to load all my Firefox bookmarks using the Xmarks addon for Dolphin.
yea i agree with the previous two people. I tried aurora but it just doesnt run fast as dolphin...at all
I already use dolphin HD on all my android devices but i wanted to be able to use my bookmarks from my desktop firefox and be able to blobk ads like i can with firefox desktop and firefox mobile. I can not find anything simalir for dolphin hd which sucks as when i play flash based vides they get slowed down if there are flash based ads on the screen and i cant just click ont he single element i wanna run it has to run all the flash elements on the page instead of just the one i want. That is why i was looking to use firefox over dolphin because the mobile version has ad block plus and i just wish i could get the same for dolphin hd but i ahvent found any way to do the same thing.
amazing how much smoother it is i really hope ics can help with this
I've found that the tab key doesn't navigate through forms properly in Opera. Anybody experience this or know how to fix it?
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I've found that the tab key doesn't navigate through forms properly in Opera. Anybody experience this or know how to fix it?
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i didnt even know there was a tab key what is it lol
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i didnt even know there was a tab key what is it lol
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He's using the dock. Me thinks
i love opera mobile but not being able to watch embedded youtube videos is a bummer. Ift it could do that it would be perfect.
You guys should try maxthon browser, it is really smooth and has a great interface.
I can't get flash to work in Opera, I just hear the sound but see black squares. Also when searching google, it uses google mobile and not classic, which is very annoying. Any way to fix these?
Is there a Firefox browser for Android?
EDIT: nvm, I found it, it is http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/
Why aren't any of you with the Prime using a real browser, get Firefox.
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You guys should try maxthon browser, it is really smooth and has a great interface.
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I like maxthon. I used it on my original TF but for some reason on the Prime, when it closes, it actually doesn't keep the tabs I had open. It actually starts as if the browser was never running previously.
I hated opera at first then I realized I had Opera mini. Opera mobile owns all other browsers on the prime. I have always been a dolphin user til now.
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Is there a Firefox browser for Android?
EDIT: nvm, I found it, it is http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/
Why aren't any of you with the Prime using a real browser, get Firefox.
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its OK. I tried it out but opera is faster. plus Firefox doesn't display flashvideos also.
Okay, I am going to update my suggestion: boat browser. Even smoother than maxthon and allows Firefox, safari and even IE user agents!
I can't really see much of a difference between Opera and the default browser. Flash doesn't work at all in Opera for me and since Opera bookmarks are pain to access, default browser is the way to go for now.
Can't wait till Mozilla gets the browser fixed, browsing would be so much better with a decent adblock add on. Fennec is just way too glitchy to use now. Not to mention slow.
Opera is smooth but it has that strange issue with facebook posts. For example, you type something in a status box or comment and then post it. It seems to go through just fine but then when you go back and check the post was never submitted to the site.
LOL I thought you were kidding when you said boat browser but I just found it and am using it so far I like it interesting enough one of the sites I visit recognized it as safari 4.......
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its OK. I tried it out but opera is faster. plus Firefox doesn't display flashvideos also.
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Firefix doesn't support flash. Here is their comment: Adobe Flash and other plugins are not supported. Currently, enabling the Flash plugin results in a compromised user experience across Firefox for mobile
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Opera is the fastest and renders web pages the best. It also supports a wide variety of HTML5 video codecs.
I think opera mobile just needs an update to enable flash play on the prime/tegra3. My tegra2 Atrix 4g plays flash fine on opera mobile. Hopefully update comes soon. Stock Browser is the only one it seems to play flash video at the moment. That's half way decent, at least..lol
Opera is always a bit iffy with flash, need to try out a few different packages to find a winner. Definitely a lot easier once we have root and can tweak things around.
Here's my problem with opera: when I look at my NFL fantasy football league, opera keeps refreshing back to the main fantasy league page. It's annoying. I haven't found any other sites like that but that's my main site this football season. This happened in my original TF and so it continues here.
Oh btw, that boat browser is interesting
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What is the obsession with Android web browsers and new tabs?! Dolphin Browser HD, my preference, is great but EVERY TIME I want it to open a link it opens in a new tab. EVERY TIME I click a link from a desktop widget Dolphin opens and creates a new tab. Why? My desktop browser overwrites the content on the tab I have open unless I tell it not to. Mostly I prefer that. I don't need instant access to the last three tabs I had open yesterday. Why is there not a control to change that behavior? Seems so simple. Dolphin has no control for DO NOT open in new tab. Neither does Opera for Android. Neither does Firefox for Android.
try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
AFAIK only Chrome does that but u need ICS in order to install it
It doesn't do it to me everytime. But regardless I cant sway away from dolphin HD. The only problem i have had with Dolphin HD is downloading things.
There's a setting in Dolphin to control this. I don't know where it is. Try contacting Dolphin support.
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Try Boat Browser. I've been using it since my droid charge and onto my razr maxx. Allows new tab controls. Other very cool features to go with it as well. Completely replaced my stock browser
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try chrome beta instead.
chrome beta opens link in the same tab, but when you long-press on a link, you have a few options, like "open in new tab"
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Aye it does, but Chrome beta is ICS-only. It worked wonderfully on my Galaxy Nexus, and I was sad to find out it doesn't work here
Just be aware that some websites default to opening external links in new tabs. vBulletin forums do this, and XDA is vB if I'm not mistaken. So, it's not necessarily a browser issue.